For the first time in centuries, young women in Japan are turning away from marriage as shifting gender norms and economic independence reshape relationships. In this documentary, Karley Sciortino travels to Tokyo to explore the rise of “à la carte” boyfriend services for the country’s powerful single women.
YouTube sensation Shoenice22 explains why he's spent the past two years eating and drinking everything from sticks of deodorant, to tampons, to full bottles of grain alcohol.
We explore “CultTok,” TikTok’s obsession with cults, after a commune called The Garden goes viral. As online sleuths accuse it of being a dangerous cult, we investigate whether it’s real—or a digital witch hunt.
We visit a homemade DMT lab in London, where a chemistry teacher known as “Bob” makes the powerful hallucinogen in his spare time. He walks us through the process and explains why the drug is so sought after.
Banks makes tens of thousands a month selling weed in a small German town, but wants out because his product has become dangerous. Laced with synthetic cannabinoids, it’s now highly potent, addictive, and potentially lethal.
Gangs recruit young people online as “money mules” to launder money in UK cities. Many face frozen accounts or prison, yet the crime remains underreported.
We speak to a young credit card scammer who buys stolen account details online to make fraudulent purchases. As teens as young as 13 learn these schemes, some use the money to survive — others to fund a luxury lifestyle.
Paracelsus in Switzerland is the world’s priciest rehab, charging £315,000 for luxury treatment. Writer Sydney Lima explores if it can curb her partying—and discovers a strange, unexpected world.
The UK is seeing a psychedelic boom, with LSD and magic mushroom use rising sharply and claims they could revolutionize mental health treatment. We explore the trend and the risks of self-guided use in unregulated settings.
The Arranged Gay Marriage Bureau promises to match LGBTQ+ clients with partners for a high fee. But as customers follow the process, optimism turns to suspicion when the service appears to be a scam.
At 77, Arturo Rojas designs $60,000 custom guns while working as a dishwasher at his family’s restaurant in Dallas. We spend a day with the legendary gun artist.
Like many millennials, Luke graduated with massive student debt—$130,000 to be exact. Desperate, he hatched a plan to smuggle cocaine from Panama to the U.S. to pay it off.