Disaster Trolls: 6. The Visitor
The visitor to Lisa’s boatyard appeared to be an ordinary customer. But, she was horrified to later discover the real reason he had turned up at her workplace. The man who had pretended to be interest...
30 Loka 202214min
Disaster Trolls: 5. Who Believes This Stuff?
How widespread is the belief in conspiracy theories that falsely claim UK terror attacks are faked? Marianna Spring reveals the results of a survey carried out for the BBC.There’s a moment of revelati...
30 Loka 202215min
Disaster Trolls: 4. Hall’s Stall
Marianna Spring finally comes face to face with Richard D Hall. Will she be able to get answers for the terror survivors targeted by his conspiracy theories?In earlier episodes, we heard how Hall has ...
30 Loka 202213min
Disaster Trolls: 3. The Insider
What sort of person spreads false claims about survivors of terror attacks? An unexpected source gives Marianna Spring the inside track on conspiracy show host Richard D Hall.Neil Sanders has moved in...
30 Loka 202215min
Disaster Trolls: 2. Sharpening the Spike
Martin and his daughter suffered life-changing injuries in the Manchester Arena bombing, but one conspiracy theorist claims to have gone to great lengths to try to prove otherwise.Eve, then 14, and he...
30 Loka 202214min
Disaster Trolls: 1. Darkness in the Glade of Light
Daren is haunted by his experience of the Manchester Arena bombing. So why do people taunt him with conspiracy theories which falsely claim the attack didn’t happen?On 22 May 2017, a terrorist bomb wa...
30 Loka 202215min
Disaster Trolls: Introducing... Disaster Trolls
What happens when tragedy makes you a target? Why would anybody accuse terrorism survivors of being liars and “crisis actors”?The BBC’s disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring in...
24 Loka 20222min
War on Truth: 9. Roddy: 'We don’t trust the media, so we became it'
Citizen journalism – reporting by self-taught people, often on the ground - can play a vital role in the coverage of conflict. However, not everyone who contributes to this coverage is as 'independent...
29 Huhti 202216min
