False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures - Episode 2
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2020
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
False Hope? Alternative Cancer Cures is a three-part investigate series into the death of young musician, Sean Walsh.
Sean was 20 when he found out his cancer was back. He’d been in remission for less than two years and was determined that this time round, he would not have conventional treatment. He turned down chemotherapy in the hope that he could cure his Hodgkin’s Lymphoma through an alternative approach, including a vegan diet, cannabis oil and coffee enemas. Throughout his treatment he used controversial thermography scans to monitor his progress and was convinced he was getting better.
Journalist Layla Wright followed Sean’s journey on social media as he attempted to heal himself, and for a while, it seemed to be working. He raised thousands of pounds to fund his treatment and beat the doctor’s prognosis. But in January 2019 Sean died, and his family believe alternative treatments cost him his life.
Through the testimony of those closest to him, and through his own words, Layla explores why Sean – and many others – took this approach. She meets the family of Linda Halliday who also relied on thermography scans for reassurance that alternative treatments were working and investigates the clinic that provided them.
Presenter and producer: Layla Wright Producer: Ruth Evans Executive producer: Matthew Price Sound design: Emma Crowe Editor: Emma Close and Philly Beaumont
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds. BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, I'm Lila Wright and you're listening to the seriously podcast from BBC Radio 4. |
| 0:45.0 | This is episode 2 of False Hope alternative cancer cures. |
| 0:53.8 | If you're just joining, go back and listen to episode one first. |
| 0:57.4 | This will all make a lot more sense if you do. |
| 1:01.9 | In the last episode, you met Sean Walsh, a young musician who had been diagnosed for the second time with cancer. |
| 1:09.0 | But this time round, Sean decided he was going to do things his own way. |
| 1:14.0 | No chemotherapy, no doctors and no hospital scans. |
| 1:21.0 | People put these doctors on a pedestal, |
| 1:25.0 | like an authoritative figure. |
| 1:26.6 | It doesn't fool me, it has no effect on me. |
| 1:31.6 | He even travelled to a clinic in Mexico. |
| 1:34.0 | As I was saying, everything down to the food, the atmosphere, the vibe, the people, what you're getting served, all the juices, the oxygen chamber, |
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