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🗣️ What happened to John Cantlie?

The fate of the journalist – kidnapped in Syria in 2012, last seen in an ISIS propaganda video in 2016 – has long obsessed @A_Loyd_Times.

So much so that he decided to look for answers himself

🧵👇
podfollow.com/last-man-stand…
Over the course of an 8-part #StoriesOfOurTimes podcast series, Loyd and @ManveenRana have been investigating Cantlie’s disappearance.

🔹How did Cantlie survive so long as a hostage of the Islamic State?
🔹Did he really turn?
🔹What happened to him?
Pt 1: On the trail

Loyd begins his investigation. He explores the events of a prior kidnap and asks: what compelled Cantlie to return to Syria after his first escape?

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/12c6cd?utm_s…
Pt 2: The kidnap

Loyd investigates details of Cantlie and his colleague James Foley’s abduction in 2012. He speaks to those who were with them and explores possible reasons the men were targeted

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/12e0d9
Pt 3: Missing

The hunt is on for Cantlie's whereabouts, when a rapper shows up in a Belgian prison - saying he has information to share.

What can this man tell us about his location and the conditions they both experienced as Isis hostages?

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/12fc41?utm_s…
Pt 4: There but for the grace of God

For Loyd this story is personal. A year after Cantlie went missing, Loyd was also kidnapped in Syria. He recounts the realities of abduction and asks: what can his experience tell us about Cantlie's case?

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/131745
Pt 5: Freedom is for other people

One by one Cantlie's fellow hostages were set free or killed. Yet, their captors had a special role in mind for him.

What can Cantlie's past tell us about why he was chosen?

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/133087?utm_s…
Pt 6: Lend me your ears

As the other hostages are killed, Cantlie emerges in a series of Islamic State propaganda films, ‘Lend Me Your Ears’.

His new role keeps him alive. It also attracts questions.

Is he becoming a willing messenger?

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/134a94
Pt 7: Inside Mosul

Loyd retraces Cantlie’s steps on the streets of Mosul, the Iraqi city where John was last seen alive

🎧 Listen ➡️ pod.fo/e/13632a?utm_s…
Pt 8: Restless ghosts

When a British minister tells reporters that Cantlie is still alive in February 2019, the search is on again.

What does the British government know?

Loyd shares his conclusions of what happened to John Cantlie

🎧 Listen ➡️ podfollow.com/last-man-stand…
👂 Listen to the full Last Man Standing series here ➡️
podfollow.com/last-man-stand…

👀 Read more about Loyd's investigation here👇
thetimes.co.uk/article/my-sea…

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