Cocaine is everywhere and celebrity chief Gordon Ramsey is no stranger to the illegal substance, he has had many encounters with it throughout his life and career, stating that he has been served it, had his hand shaken and left with little wraps of foil containing it, he has even been asked to dust soufflé's with it and its use now seems to be more prevalent than ever before, especially in t
Sullivan Correctional Facility located just outside Fallsburg, New York State, is a maximum security prison notorious for being home to some of Americas most violent criminals, one such criminal is Arthur John Shawcross.Shawcross has murdered 11 women and is currently serving a 250 year prison sentence, his case has raised some serious questions regarding the cause of extreme violence and what
Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1945, Allied forces liberating Europe found evidence of atrocities which have tortured the world’s conscience ever since. As the troops entered the German concentration camps, they made a systematic film record of what they saw. Work began in the summer of 1945 on the documentary, but the film was left unfinished. FRONTLINE found it stored in a vault of London’s
Chris Benoit was a professional wrestler who murdered his wife and 7-year old son, before taking his own life in a murder-suicide at the family home. The incident took place over a three day period from June 22nd to June 24th, 2007. It was a story which at the time dominated the news cycles and left the world searching for answers. To this day it remains to be the darkest moment in professional w
The Man With No Alibi is part of BBC Three's online mini series known as Unsolved, which explores unsolved murder/missing person cases, very similar in style to Netflix's Making a Murder. In this six-part season we delve into the incredibly dark and bizarre case of Jong Ok Shin.Jong Ok Shin was murdered in the early hours of 12 July 2002, she was a 26 year old student from Korea, the way in wh
Although New Zealand is one of the most peaceful countries in the entire world, it happens to have one of the highest imprisonment rates as well, falling in second highest in the western world. Not only is there such a high imprisonment rate but half of the jailed people are indigenous Maori. However, Maori only make up 15% of New Zealand’s population. In the last two decades the jail population
A British man, known as Dave Kent has experienced the dangers of hash first-hand. An ex-smuggler imprisoned in a tough North African prison for three years, Dave provides you with an insight into the hash trade. British professor Robin Murray reveals psychological risks associated with the drug and you will also explore the medical use of this non-life-threatening substance.
As an arts journalist John Wilson has covered the theft of many great paintings over the years, most never return but when they do it usually makes headline news, and a journalist like him will tell the story of how it was recovered, once the art is safely hanging back on a wall. However, in June 2019, Wilson got a tip-off from a reliable source promising to take him on a journey to recover paint
London, the capital of the United Kingdom is currently going through what could only be described as an epidemic. In the last few years there have been a record breaking amount of knife-related murders here and in this VICE special we see ex-gang member Josh Osbourne take us on a journey through this culture of violence.From personal footage Osbourne captured as a youth we witness the full ext