About this episode

Gabriel investigates a claim that the CIA poisoned legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks during the 1970 World Cup.

Enjoying the series? Subscribe to Audible to binge all 7 episodes ad-free, right now. Ed needs help. He’s heard that the CIA poisoned his grandfather, legendary goalkeeper Gordon Banks. True, Banks did get ill with food poisoning at the World Cup in Mexico in 1970, causing England to crash out. Investigative journalist Gabriel Gatehouse is sceptical at first. But when Ed’s mum Wendy drops a tantalizing clue, Gabriel checks in with one of his old CIA contacts, who tells him: it’s not as crazy as it sounds. But they’d better hurry: the only living witness to this rumour is in his nineties, and in poor health… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Host: Gabriel Gatehouse

Topics covered

• investigation
• CIA
• food poisoning
• football history
• family secrets
• true crime

Keywords

• CIA
• Gordon Banks
• food poisoning
• World Cup
• investigative journalism
• family history
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CIA

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