67. England - The Gareth Williams Affair

Gareth Williams was a Welsh-born crypto-analyst who worked in London on secondment from the Government Communications Headquarters in Cheltenham. A week after he failed to show up for work at MI6, he was reported missing. Police discovered his body inside a locked sports bag in the bathroom of a government-leased apartment in Pimlico. Was this talented code-breaker’s death the work of international intelligence agencies – or perhaps something more personal?

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Resources

YouTube

Death of a Welsh Spy

New details on MI6 spy death

Web

Wikipedia - Gareth Williams

Wikipedia - Stuxnet

Wikipedia – Government Communications Headquarters

Articles

Extraordinary life and death of spy found in a padlocked sports bag

MI6 spy Gareth Williams complained of friction at work, inquest told

MI6 offers ‘profound apology’ for delay in reporting Gareth Williams Missing                                                                          

Created & Produced by Sonya Lowe

Narrated by Noel Vinson

Researched by Two Red Romans Productions

Music: “Nordic Medieval” by Marcus Bressler

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