The unsolved death of a conspiracy theorist
“Your boy’s in trouble. If anything happens to me, investigate.”
This was a text British conspiracy theorist Max Spiers sent to his mother just a few days before his death.
Spiers had many investigations regarding government/military cover ups, extraterrestrial life/UFOs, etc. Spiers was passionate about his research and believed in many conspiracy theories; he wanted to share his research with the world. On July 16, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland, Spiers was found dead on the sofa in a friend’s apartment.
Spiers was in Poland because he was scheduled to speak at a conference. Colleagues and friends of Spiers believed he was going to expose most of the information he knew regarding black magic involved in politics, his experience with extraterrestrial life, and how he believed he was being mind controlled.
The idea of being abducted and examined by extraterrestrials was something Spiers believed he had experienced. He also believed he had supernatural powers since birth.
Throughout the years, Spiers had some drug issues. He was in an accident while he was living in the U.S and cracked his pelvis. He was given a prescription of opiate pain relief and later developed an opioid use disorder. When Spiers was no longer able to receive opiates, he used heroin. According to his actions during an interview, where Spiers appeared to be drugged, it seems he may have relapsed, but I have a theory about this I will get to later.
When Spiers died on his friend’s sofa, his friend had called for an ambulance. But when the paramedics arrived, they were unable to revive him. The Polish authorities then handed Spiers’ body over the the British authorities. The Polish police never conducted an autopsy; the British authorities, on the other hand, did. Mysteriously, they ruled that Spiers died of natural causes. Does vomiting amounts of black liquid seem natural? Not at all.
The case was said to be closed, but Spiers’ mother, Vanessa Bates, would not let the case die.
Bates believed her son did not die of natural causes. Bates would investigate, as her son told her to in that text a few days before his death.
When Bates was made aware of Spiers’ death and was given her son’s belongings, including his laptop, she discovered the laptop had been wiped clean. None of Spiers’ research was found on the computer, nothing was left to indicate that this laptop belonged to Spiers’ at all.
Bates believes her son was killed on purpose. It is not known by who exactly, but she believes someone or some group of people, wanted Spiers’ research to remain a secret.
When Bates was shown the video of Spiers’ interview before his death, she believed she had seen him like this when he was using heroin.
But why would Spiers all of a sudden relapse?Why would Spiers want to appear in this state and make himself seem less credible?
I believe Spiers was drugged by a person or organization who wanted to hurt his credibility. Because who is going to believe someone who gets intoxicated before an interview? I think Spiers was made to look like this was so no one would believe a word of his theories, and what he had uncovered.
I am not blaming the government for his death. But it is clear that Spiers was wanted to be kept quiet. And the only way to do that, was to have him dead.
The investigation is still ongoing because Bates had urged for the real reason of her son’s death.
And until we find out what exactly happened, the death of this conspiracy theorist, remains unsolved.
Senior Tatiana Calzado is the opinion editor and this is her third year on staff. She enjoys writing, playing the piano and ukulele, and eating sushi....