The Spy In A Bag / The Death Of Gareth Williams

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?... *** LISTENER CAUTION IS ADVISED ***This episode was researched and written by Benjamin Fitton. Narration, audio editing and production direction also by Benjamin Fitton. Script editing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton.  More information can be found on our website at http://theywalkamonguspodcast.com For early advert-free access and other extras, visit https://www.patreon.com/TheyWalkAmongUs MUSIC: Manifold Destiny by RedpointThese Little Hills by RedpointYour First Loose Tooth by RedpointQ-Met by RedpointEating And Growing by RedpointThe Love Not Given by RedpointSquare Leg by RedpointAn Opening by RedpointMiddlesex Beach by RedpointMusic can be purchased here: https://redpoint.bandcamp.com/All music sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - https://twitter.com/TWAU_Podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theywalkamonguspodcast/ Acast - https://www.acast.com/theywalkamongus We’re running a brief listener survey. As a thank you, completing it gives you the chance to win one of three signed copies of the They Walk Among Us book: https://bit.ly/theywalkamongussurvey2026  Thanks!Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/theywalkamongus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.