Matt Shea
Presenter and Writer
matt.shea@vice.comMatt Shea is a presenter, director and writer who specialises in crime and fringe stories. He is the creator of the long-running series High Society and has won awards for Iceman, about the cold water Guru Wim Hof, and Time To Die, a feature documentary about the global underground euthanasia movement.
Reddit Wants the Boston Bomber's Blood
Only one day after the Boston bombings, a subreddit was formed to collate and analyze photos of the crime scene, expanding to more than 3,000 users in less than half a day. We spoke to Rather_Confused, one of the subreddit's mods, to get a feel for...
Berliners Are Waging a War Against Gentrification
It’s been 23 years since the Berlin Wall was demolished, and now the bulldozers are back. But this time, no one’s clapping. When word got out that a developer was planning to build a luxury apartment complex right on top of the preserved section of the...
I Tattooed Porn Websites on My Face So My Kids Wouldn't Starve
In 1990, Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, dreaming of a future in which people everywhere could bask in the glory of an interconnected global world. Two decades later, a man had the URLs of multiple porn websites tattooed on his face...
Bulletproof Kids
In December, the massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, threw the country into a deep depression, followed by a fiery debate about guns. Companies hawking children’s clothes saw sales skyrocket. One of these vendors, Amendment II...
Are the FBI Operating a Honeytrap for Islamic Terrorists?
Investigative journalist Trevor Aaronson says they've been goading people to attack the US for years.
Christian Dubstep Is Kind Of a Big Deal
With ecstatic build-ups and epiphanic drops, of course dubstep is perfect for Christianity!
'The Mystic' Is Coming to London
Which is good news if you want to spend lots of money having your life ruined.
Whitehall Is Closed Off Because a Naked Man Climbed Up a Statue and Threw a Sword at Police
We went down to investigate.
Which Building Would You Steal the Keys to?
"Probably Downing Street, so I could give Cameron a slap."