We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!

Gareth Williams

2025/3/24

Forensic Tales

This chapter explores the background of Gareth Williams, a genius mathematician and UK spy, his personal life, and the events leading up to his mysterious death.

Gareth Williams was a brilliant mathematician recruited by the intelligence service.
He had a reserved personality and was highly private.
Gareth expressed a desire to leave MI6 and return to GCHQ before his death.

#273 - The death of UK spy Gareth Williams in 2010 has become one of the most high-profile unsolved mysteries in years after his naked body was discovered padlocked inside a duffel bag. Described as a genius mathematician who the intelligence service had recruited, Gareth’s exact cause of death remains unknown, and people can’t agree whether he could have locked himself in there on his own or whether someone else was responsible.

There have been a number of theories over the years, including sex games gone wrong and Russian spies. But even today, there are still so many unanswered questions about his death.

What happened to Gareth Williams, and how can forensic science help us find those answers?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices)

Gareth Williams 01:04:37 Share

Forensic Tales

Shownotes Transcript

Gareth Williams