The Spy In A Bag / The Death Of Gareth Williams

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True Crime

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🗓️ 10 January 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Monday, August 23, 2010. Officers from the central London police force visited the home of Gareth Williams at his top-floor flat on Alderney Street in Pimlico, London. Gareth had been working as a communications officer at the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham. The cypher and codes expert was seconded to the secret intelligence service headquarters on the bank of the Thames, around half a mile from his home. When Gareth didn’t turn up for work, his colleagues made attempts to track him down; however, when that failed, the authorities were notified. Police arrived at Gareth’s home, and after receiving no response, they broke down the front door of his flat. They spotted a mobile phone and SIM cards laid out on a tabletop. As they entered the bathroom, they noticed a large red North Face sports bag in the bath. They unzipped the padlocked bag, and Gareth’s decomposing body was found inside. But how did it get there? Did Gareth lock himself inside, or had he been murdered and his body placed there?...

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0:00.0	Hello you. It's Glow Time on Magic Radio.
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0:19.1	We're all on Magic Radio, playing the best variety.
0:22.6	From the 80s to now.
0:25.1	It's Glow Time on Magic Radio.
0:27.2	The rest is still a riddle. Welcome to Season 2, Episode 15 of They Walk Among us, a podcast dedicated to UK true crime.
0:51.8	Listener caution is advised, as this episode contains adult themes and descriptions that some listeners may find distressing.
1:06.1	Monday, August 23, 2010.
1:10.3	Officers from the Central London Police Force visited the home of
1:14.0	Gareth Williams at his top floor flat on Alderney Street in Pimlico, London.
1:19.6	Gareth had been working as a communications officer at the Government Communications Headquarters
1:24.6	in Sheltonham. The cipher and codes expert was seconded to the
1:28.8	Secret Intelligence Service headquarters on the bank of the Thames around half a mile from his home.
1:35.3	When Gareth didn't turn up for work, his colleagues made attempts to track him down. However, when
1:40.8	that failed, the authorities were notified.
1:50.5	Police arrived at Gareth's home and after receiving no response, they broke down the front door of his flat.
1:55.3	They spotted a mobile phone and SIM cards laid out on a tabletop.
2:03.1	As they entered the bathroom, they noticed a large red North Face sports bag in the bath. They unzipped the padlocked bag and Gareth's decomposing body was found inside. But how did it get there? Did
2:10.5	Gareth look himself inside? Or had he been murdered and his body placed there.
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