Murdered by his YouTube Fan: The Case of Marc Williams
REAL
Naomi Channell
4.8 • 725 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
18-year-old Marc William's from Uckfield was a rising YouTube star, who liked to document his love of climbing high buildings, free running and parkour. He was loved by his friends and family and his videos also bought like minded people into his life, including another local man, Lewis Ashdown.
They seemed to have a lot in common and soon Lewis started appearing in Marc's videos, joining him on his adventurers. But one night and one brutal act of betrayal, meant Marc would never upload another video again.
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| 0:57.3 | Now, back to today's episode. In December 2025, a research briefing on homicide statistics |
| 1:05.8 | from Parliament cited that the majority of homicide victims in England and Wales were male. |
| 1:12.9 | In the year ending March 2022, 73% of victims were male and 27 were female. |
| 1:20.6 | Female victims of homicide have most commonly been killed by a partner or ex-partner, |
| 1:26.6 | accounting for 62% of victims in the last decade. |
| 1:31.6 | Male victims of homicide have most commonly been killed by a friend or acquaintance. In fact, |
| 1:38.6 | 40% of victims were killed by someone they had a friendship with. In today's case, we're going to hear what happened to a teenager |
| 1:46.9 | who just wanted to be accepted for who he was |
| 1:50.1 | and the ultimate betrayal he was subjected to |
| 1:53.4 | by someone who claimed to be one of his best friends. |
| 1:58.8 | I'm Naomi Channel and this is real. |
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