Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share What happened to Gary Matthews?
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
What happened to Gary Matthews?
Gary Matthews was a talented artist and photographer, sociable and well-liked - a familiar face in his hometown of Shrewsbury. A few years ago, his friends noticed that he was getting into conspiracy theories. Like millions of others, he fell for Covid pseudoscience when the pandemic hit. In January 2021, at the age of 46, Gary caught the virus, and died.
Marianna Spring, the BBC’s specialist disinformation reporter, travels to the serene medieval Shropshire town that Gary Matthews called home to investigate what happened to him - and why. While delving into the conspiracy underbelly of this picturesque town, she finds out more about Gary's life - and discovers a story that's been repeated across the country, and around the world.
Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Mike Wendling
View all episodes
By BBC Radio 4
4.3
6666 ratings
Gary Matthews was a talented artist and photographer, sociable and well-liked - a familiar face in his hometown of Shrewsbury. A few years ago, his friends noticed that he was getting into conspiracy theories. Like millions of others, he fell for Covid pseudoscience when the pandemic hit. In January 2021, at the age of 46, Gary caught the virus, and died.
Marianna Spring, the BBC’s specialist disinformation reporter, travels to the serene medieval Shropshire town that Gary Matthews called home to investigate what happened to him - and why. While delving into the conspiracy underbelly of this picturesque town, she finds out more about Gary's life - and discovers a story that's been repeated across the country, and around the world.
Producer: Ant Adeane
Editor: Mike Wendling
More shows like Death by Conspiracy?
View all
More or Less
893 Listeners
Friday Night Comedy from BBC Radio 4
2,115 Listeners
File on 4 Investigates
40 Listeners
Newscast
646 Listeners
RedHanded
12,603 Listeners
The Slow Newscast
171 Listeners
Americast
755 Listeners
The Story
257 Listeners
Bad People
193 Listeners
The Missing
194 Listeners
The Rest Is Politics
3,074 Listeners
The News Agents
991 Listeners
World of Secrets
1,033 Listeners
The Rest Is Entertainment
873 Listeners
Intrigue
178 Listeners