VICE.com today premieres The Real, the latest franchise in VICE’s expanding arsenal of shows and formats. The Real uses a raw and immersive reporting to investigate the untold stories behind today’s most popular television shows and films.Watch the series trailer here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnBcOsMYkpc

In the premiere episode, The Real True Detective?, host Gianna Toboni heads to Ponchatoula, Louisiana to meet with the detectives who investigated allegations of ritualistic child molestation within the town’s Hosanna Church.Watch The Real True Detective? on VICE.com:

http://www.vice.com/en_uk/the-real/the-real-true-detective-010

Though Special Agent Todd Tedder and Captain Stewart Murphy put the two accused church members behind bars for life, residents of Ponchatoula are still reeling from the scandal that shook their small town. In The Real True Detective?, VICE visits the police station where members of the church confessed to satanic pedophilia, goes inside the D.A. storage unit where evidence from the case is still held, and witnesses the disturbing cartoons drawn by the church’s victims.The Real profiles the true-life characters that inspire Hollywood, and will premiere every two weeks exclusively on VICE.com. Upcoming episodes will focus on Weeds, Eastbound & Down, and more.