Matt Shea

Presenter and Writer

Matt 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.

Andrew Tate’s Hustlers University Offered Prizes for Followers to ‘Cancel’ KSI

VICE World News obtained chat logs showing that a close associate of Andrew Tate put a “bounty” on the head of KSI after he backed Tate’s ban from social media platforms.

How Andrew Tate Used Tinder and Instagram To Try To Groom Women As Camgirls

New testimony, WhatsApp messages and voicenotes obtained by VICE World News further expose the methods used by alleged human trafficker Andrew Tate to try to recruit and groom women into working for his webcam operation in Romania.

‘I Love Raping You’: What Andrew Tate Told Woman Who Accused Him of Rape

Exclusive: VICE World News has obtained WhatsApp messages and voicenotes sent by Andrew Tate to a woman who accused him of a 2013 rape. She said police told her they believed her account, but authorities declined to prosecute.

Exclusive: Andrew Tate Was Arrested on Suspicion of Rape in the UK in 2015

7 years before his arrest in Romania, Andrew Tate was investigated over allegations of sexual assault and physical abuse in the UK, during which time he appeared on Big Brother for five days. But UK authorities declined to prosecute.

'Dr Death' Has a New Machine That's Meant to Disrupt the Way We Die

This weekend, euthanasia campaigner Philip Nitschke will unveil his most ambitious death machine yet, the "Sarco".

Matt Shea

5.10.19

superhuman

Inside the Superhuman World of the Iceman

Almost everything Wim has done was previously thought to be impossible—but he’s not a freak of nature, anybody can do what he does. They just have to learn how.

Matt Shea

6.5.17

Stuff

Badminton and 'Lobster Dinners': What Prison Life Is Like When You're Filthy Rich

Infamous upper-class fraudster "Fast Eddie" Davenport recounts tales of his time in a UK prison.

Matt Shea

Matt Shea, Illustrations: Dan Evans

12.17.15

ICEMAN

The Man Who Uses Meditation to Conquer Extreme Cold

Wim Hof has used the power of his mind to stay submerged in ice for hours and run a marathon in the desert with no water.

Matt Shea

Daisy–May Hudson and Matt Shea

We Sent an American to His First Ever Glastonbury to See if It Shits on Coachella

He met Jesus, rejected drugs, and won a table climbing competition, whatever the hell that is.

Matt Shea

6.30.15

Festivals 2015

We Asked Deep Philosophical Questions to People at Stone Circle

Quizzing Glastonbury's late-night intellectuals on the meaning of life, the universe, and everything.

Matt Shea

6.26.15

LOVE INDUSTRIES

The South Korean Love Industry

Exploring Seoul's sex motels and a penis park in South Korea's most romantic honeymoon spot.

Why Are London's Homeless Addicts Scared of the Jesus Army?

We spent a night on their farm to see if they really are a "kidnap cult".

Matt Shea

Matt Shea and Simon Childs

2.10.14

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