Episode 85: What Happened to Gaia?
REAL
Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On the 7th of November, 19-year-old Gaia Pope went missing in her hometown of Swanage, Dorset, on the south coast of England.
What transpired is truly heartbreaking and Gaia's legacy is needed now more than ever.
This is Real.
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| 0:00.0 | Warning, this is a true crime podcast and is not suitable for all audiences. |
| 0:05.5 | Please use discretion. |
| 0:07.6 | What is our legacy? |
| 0:09.9 | What will we be remembered for? |
| 0:12.9 | It's something I've thought about before. |
| 0:15.4 | I wonder if you have too. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm sure we'll all hope will be remembered for good things, for kindness, generosity and success. |
| 0:26.2 | When I heard about this case, I realised that sometimes the most powerful legacies are born from the most heartbreaking of cases. |
| 0:37.1 | I'm Naomi Channel and this is real. Thank you. I'm going to |
| 0:55.0 | I'm going to |
| 0:58.0 | I'm |
| 0:59.0 | I have |
| 1:01.0 | I have Gaya Pope, also known as Gaya Pope Sutherland, was born on the 2nd July 1998 in Swanage, Dorset. |
| 1:32.2 | Swanage is a small town on the south coast of England and has a population of just under 10,000 people. Gaia didn't come into this world alone. She has a twin sister, |
| 1:40.4 | Maya, and an older sister called Clara. Their parents are Kim and Richard. Gaia was |
| 1:47.7 | diagnosed with epilepsy when she was around the age of 12, and she started to receive treatment. |
| 1:54.7 | She was also described as someone who lit up a room when she walked in, and she was very popular, |
| 2:02.5 | especially with boys. |
| 2:10.2 | Her sister said she would walk into a room and own it. She was a huge advocate for body positivity. |
| 2:17.1 | She loved nature and people, often fundraising for the air ambulance with her family. |
| 2:23.6 | As she entered her teenagers, she started doing what many teenage girls did. |
| 2:26.5 | She started using social media. |
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