Thomas Morton

Thomas Morton

  • Big Sandy

    Thomas Morton gets an education in heavy artillery.

  • Takanakuy

    Takanakuy is a fighting ceremony with roots in the Andes’s pre-Spanish, pre-Incan history. In the absence of pretty much any form of justice system—the Chumbivilcas state police department sports a whopping three officers—villagers and townspeople from...

  • Takanakuy

    Christmas festivities vary widely around the world, and are widely a steaming crock of boring shit. Ooh, Swedish girls wear a crown of candles the night before Chistmas? Please tell me more about this scintillating national cust-snzzzZZZZZZZZZ. In the...

  • Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

    The groom's family meet their new in-laws and attempt to make amends for kidnapping their daughter. Back at the yurt, the happy couple take their vows and head to the bridal suite/kitchen.

  • Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

    A woman mourns her daughter's suicide as the result of her kidnapper husband, and Kubanti and his groomsmen make the snatch and drag his bride-to-be kicking and screaming to the wedding yurt. Literally.

  • Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan

    Thomas Morton travels to the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan to investigate the Central-Asian tradition of bride kidnapping. In episode 1 we meet Kubanti, a young man who is determined to be married by sundown.