Death by Conspiracy?: 10. Light and Dark
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BBC
2.8 • 947 Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
As Gary is remembered by those he left behind, what does his story tell us about the world we live in – online and off – right now? 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
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| 0:00.0 | A group of men ran in with machetes. |
| 0:03.8 | I'm Livy Haydock, and from BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live, |
| 0:08.6 | this is gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:13.2 | The scene of the killing near a Chinese bookshop is being flooded with detectives. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome to the world of the triads. |
| 0:19.6 | If the triads are coming out of you, you're done. |
| 0:21.5 | Where loyalty is sworn in blood. |
| 0:24.8 | Gangster, the story of Georgie Pye. |
| 0:27.6 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.7 | Oh, look, it's military tornadoes. |
| 0:38.8 | It's a military exercise. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm in a children's playground near Shrewsbury |
| 0:44.7 | and I'm sitting on a bench next to Charlie Parker. |
| 0:48.4 | It's a cold January afternoon |
| 0:50.0 | and a fleet of military jets are piercing the bright blue sky above us. |
| 0:54.4 | They're getting ready for war, maybe, I don't know. |
| 0:56.8 | There is a war going on. |
| 0:58.9 | Between who? |
| 1:00.7 | Between who? Between light and dark. |
| 1:03.2 | I don't think Charlie is talking about the prospect of military conflict here, |
| 1:07.6 | but about everything he believes in, his entire world view. |
| 1:12.2 | It's basically a battle of light and dark. |
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