Michael Barrymore

Michael Barrymore

From Those Conspiracy Guys by Gordon Rochford

January 5, 2023 · 3h 0m · Season 8

About this episode

The episode discusses the unsolved death of Stuart Lubbock and its connection to celebrity Michael Barrymore.

On this episode we discuss one of the most famous and contentious true crime cases this century; the death of Stuart Lubbock. Now this case is still unsolved and in the UK and Ireland it was a huge deal and was covered incessantly by the news and tabloid media because of the association with celebrity tv personality and comedian Michael Barrymore. Lubbock died in the swimming pool of Barrymore's house after a drink and drug fuelled night out in the local nightclub but, as yet, the killer or killers havn't been brought to justice. The nature of Stuart's death has led the public to believe (with the help of the ghoulish reporting of the tabloids) that this was some sort of gay orgy gone wrong or some other sort of violent sexual death. The injuries Stuart Lubbock sustained were severe and undeniably sexual in nature but the focus was not really on finding actual justice for Stuart; it was on Michael Barrymore himself and it was front page news for weeks, months and years. Michael Barrymore shocked a fairly conservative nation when he came out in 1995 and was, for the most part, loved and adored for who he was and for his wonderful ability to entertain rather than his sexual…

People in this episode

Host: Gordon Rochford

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • celebrity
  • LGBT issues
  • media coverage
  • unsolved cases

Keywords

  • Michael Barrymore
  • Stuart Lubbock
  • true crime
  • celebrity scandal
  • LGBT
  • unsolved murder
  • media sensationalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: tabloid media

Places: UK, Ireland

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