Welcome to Webworm!

Hi,

Welcome to Webworm – my stuff delivered directly from me, to you (via your inbox).

If you ever have any questions about Webworm and your Webworm account – this FAQ should have you covered!

Webworm is my main gig, and what I do when I am not working on documentaries like Tickled, Dark Tourist, and Mister Organ, or podcasts like Flightless Bird.

The next Webworm might see me reporting live from the ground about some big story, worming my way into some weird corner of the internet, digging into the latest conspiratorial oddity, or musing on something I’ve been watching or reading.

It might be a brand new investigation, or a deep dive into the archives.

“Spaceman Barry” on Flightless Bird? That was on Webworm first. Mister Organ was a series of articles before it was a film. Same with Tickled.

All my stuff starts with writing.

If you want to check out what Webworm has been doing for the last five years – visit the website: www.webworm.co. You can also log into your account there too, and change any of your details – like your email address or subscription type.

Going Deeper

You’re currently subscribed to the free version of Webworm, which means you will get all my public interest journalism (like my coverage in Minneapolis, or my megachurch reporting) for free.

But if you want to go deeper, get more stuff, and support my work directly you can always sign up as a full member:

It's $6.99 USD a month – about the same as one fancy cup of coffee a month – or cheaper if you get an annual subscription. You can cancel anytime.

As a paying member, you get all my newsletters, can take part in AMAs, get in the comments section, and be first to hear about live in-person things I do like this. You also unlock the entire archive, including:

-Webworm breaking the story of Fake Seizure Guy, and following the aftermath. Webworm was in court as he got sentenced.

-Podcasts like "Spaceman Barry" and "The Secret In the Safe" (those were Webworm podcasts way before they ended up on Flightless Bird)

-What the deal was with Dark Tourist Season 2?

-For any Tickled fans, an interview with the executor of David D'Amato's will.

-More personal stuff, like this essay about my ASHD diagnosis and experience with face blindness, and why the Canadian killer from Netflix's "Don't F**k With Cats" started writing to me from prison.

-Other fun stuff like my quest to track down my stock model twin, and my attempt to find out whether Joseph Gordon-Levitt had lost his mind.

Paying members also allow me to keep my public interest journalism unpaywalled for everyone. Stuff like my year long investigation into New Zealand's biggest Pentecostal church, Arise – and the story about toymaker Zuru getting angry at negative workplace reviews on Glassdoor, then taking Glassdoor to court so they could get the details of anonymous reviewers in order to sue them. That sort of thing.

I have zero investors here, and run zero ads. That is to say, if it doesn’t cause you financial hardship, I hope you’ll consider becoming a paid subscriber.

In the meantime — it’s great to have you here. Thanks for reading my work.

David.

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