The Man Who Loved Grizzlies
On Timothy Treadwell, who lived and died with the bears of Alaska.
On Timothy Treadwell, who lived and died with the bears of Alaska.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair May 2004 40min Permalink
The 79-year-old actor, too creaky to get off the couch, interviewed at his palatial Florida mansion about love, fame, and how he’s in okay financial shape despite the fact that a surveyor is taking measurements of his house as he speaks.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair Nov 2015 15min Permalink
Timothy Treadwell liked to say that, “Grizzlies are misunderstood.” Then one killed him.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair May 2004 40min Permalink
A financier and his wife build a mansion in the jungles of Costa Rica, set up a wildlife preserve, and appear to slowly, steadily lose their minds. A spiral of handguns, angry locals, armed guards, uncut diamonds, abduction plots, and a bedroom blazing with 550 Tiffany lamps ends with a body and a mystery: Did John Felix Bender die by his own hand? Or did Ann Bender kill him to escape their crumbling dream?
Dan Akroyd, John Belushi, cocaine, and the making of The Blues Brothers.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair Jan 2013 25min Permalink
The enigmatic life and death of Bruno Zehnder, who obsessively photographed penguins in the ice fields outside of a Russian base in Antarctica.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair Jan 2000 45min Permalink
Steven Seagal spent a few years in Japan and returned to open a dojo in L.A.. Jules Nasso was the wiseguy producer behind all of Seagal’s hits. When it all fell apart, Seagal reputedly offered money for a contract killing, and Nasso may have been caught on tape arranging to extort Seagal through the Gambino Family.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair Oct 2002 Permalink
A group of childhood friends, two of whom had already climbed Everest, finds tragedy on Mont Blanc.
Ned Zeman Vanity Fair Nov 2010 20min Permalink