Christopher Allen probeerde carrière te maken als oorlogsjournalist toen hij op slechts 26-jarige leeftijd werd neergeschoten en gedood aan het front in Zuid-Soedan. Maar naarmate het nieuws van zijn dood zich verspreidde, groeide de argwaan. Sommigen beweerden dat hij eigenlijk daar was als huurling, als vechter. Anderen zeiden dat hij een roekeloze freelancer was die zich in iets groots waagde. En er was nog een vraag: werd hij opzettelijk gedood, of was dit weer een ander oorlogsongeval? Pig Iron, van Tortoise en het team achter Sweet Bobby, is een duister avontuur in oorlog en journalistiek – en in wat er echt met Christopher Allen is gebeurd.
Christopher Allen was trying to make it as a war reporter when, aged just 26, he was shot and killed on the frontline in South Sudan. But as news of his death began to spread, suspicion grew. Some claimed he was really there as a mercenary, a fighter. Others said he was a reckless freelancer, in over his head. And there was another question: was he killed on purpose, or was this another accident of war? From Tortoise and the team behind Sweet Bobby, Pig Iron is a dark adventure in war and journalism – and into what really happened to Christopher Allen.
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Introducing…Dangerous Memories
When Sarah watched her 23 year old daughter cycle away from her in Chelsea – a well-off corner of London – she had no idea it would be the last time they’d see each other for 6 years. What would make a loving child from a life of privilege sever ties with friends and family, and disappear?
It turns out, Sarah wasn’t alone in losing a daughter. Something strange was happening to other young women, too.
And they all had one thing in common: a kind of therapist figure – a woman they were all seeing and sharing their problems, their secrets, their fears with. But it took years for the truth of what was happening behind closed doors to emerge, and the extraordinary things this woman led them to believe.
Dangerous Memories is the story of young women who wanted to be healed that became, for us, a story about the healer, and what we risk when we let someone else into our mind, and our memory. The first 2 episodes are out now and released weekly. To binge-listen to all 6 episodes ad-free from today, subscribe to Tortoise+ or download the Tortoise app
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Reporter: Grace Hughes-Hallett
Producer: Gary Marshall
Additional reporting and production: Imogen Harper
Sound design and original composition: Tom Kinsella
Theme music: Far Gone (Don’t Leave) by Pictish Trail
Podcast artwork: Lola Williams
Commissioning editor: Basia Cummings
Executive producer: Ceri Thomas
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