See What A Real Life NIGHTCRAWLER Actually Does For News Stations

When I saw the movie Nightcrawler, I kept thinking to myself "no way is this real." I've worked for a TV news station before, and while there were reporters and cameramen who were ready to run out to events during news time, we never had freelancers who we paid for morbid footage of crime scenes and what not.

Turns out, in larger cities there's an actual market for these exact people, and while the guy featured in Vice's video isn't as crazy as Jake Gyllenhaal is in the film, it's still pretty crazy to see his livelihood is based on the tragedy of others. Initially, you may think he's a bottom feeder for profiting off that, but check out the video. I think you'll be surprised the amount of heart a guy in that profession can have.