In 1990 Romania, the world was stunned by what was revealed: Images of orphanages, of starving, freezing unloved children, suffering shocking untold misery. Crammed into small rooms, bed-bound on rotting faeces stained matresses, they were closeted away from the society and often malnourished. Many of them in fact were not orphans, but had been placed […]

Over a two year period, dozens of young people in the small Welsh town of Bridgend have killed themselves. Many of the victims knew each other and the deaths made headlines worldwide. There were allegations of internet suicide cults or a suicide craze. What caused this ’cluster’ of deaths? Can suicide be contagious and what […]

8 / 10 ( 1 vote ) In the 1970s and 80s, hundreds, possibly thousands, of men, women and children were abducted by North Korea’s Secret Service on the orders of Kim Jung II. The majority of these victims came from Japan and South Korea but it’s believed that nationals from at least 11 other […]

Set in the sprawling urban capital of Buenos Aires, The Cardboard Train is an amazing story of Argentinian culture and the will to survive. This is a personal story of a young girl and her family adapting to their newly impoverished lives. Instead of commuting to the office, they travel by train as a community […]

Meet Sabrina, Feodora and Lilly – three very different young women with the same insatiable desire to starve themselves. Once isolated from society by their anorexia, through websites they have now found others like themselves who share the unbridled passion to be thin. Pro-ana forum members swap ideas about living the anorexic lifestyle and support […]

Across the United States a hidden vampire culture is flourishing with the taste of blood in its mouth. Are people really drinking blood in an age where the threat of AIDS and Hepatitis is so very real? Film-maker, Mark Soldinger ventures on a quest to find out. In New York, the distinction between the ‘roleplayers’, […]

When Helena Ferenciková was 19 years old and in the throes of labour with her first child, she was told to sign a document. Only afterwards did she realise she had authorised her own sterilisation. Eleven years previously, the same happened to Elena Gorolová. Both women are now fighting for justice. As Roma women, they […]