Central Valley, California, is home to some of the most impoverished rural towns in America, where crystal meth addiction is prolific. In Fresno, Louis finds a community ravaged by this cheap and highly addictive drug. …
Continue ReadingEP2/2 Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail
Louis Theroux concludes his exploration into Miami Mega-jail, one of America’s largest and most violent of jails, a holding pen for almost 6000 un-convicted inmates.Louis goes deeper into the jail system, meeting an alleged triple …
Continue ReadingEP1/2 Louis Theroux: Miami Mega Jail
In the first episode of this two-part series, Louis Theroux spends time in one of the most notorious sections of Miami County Jail: the fifth and sixth floor of ‘Main Jail’, where many of the …
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux: Hypnotists
Louis meets a Las Vegas hypnotist who claims he can make dreams come true and meets a California man who teaches chat-up techniques.
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux: Behind Bars
Louis goes inside California’s San Quentin’s prison – one of America’s most notorious prisons – to meet serial murderers, gang members, at risk inmates and guards.
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most …
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux – Law and Disorder in Lagos
On the streets of Lagos, it is not the police who wield power but gangs of fight-hardened young men known as Area Boys. Louis spends time with several outfits, joining them as they patrol their …
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux: Survivalists
In Idaho, Louis meets military enthusiasts and right-wing patriots who are preparing for a global catastrophe, including trips to survivalists’ store Safetrek and a mountain refuge for conspiracy theorists called Almost Heaven. Louis also visits …
Continue ReadingLouis Theroux: Under The Knife
Louis Theroux travels out to Los Angeles to check out the world of plastic surgery, where breast enhancements, tummy tucks, muscle implants and the like are common procedures. Spending time in the surgeries of several …
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