What happened to conspiracy theorist Max Spiers?

British man died in Poland after telling mother his life was in danger

Max Spiers
Max Spiers was found dead in a friend’s flat in Warsaw in 2016
(Image credit: Porozmawiajmy TV)

A prominent British conspiracy theorist who died suddenly after vomiting a dark fluid had “potentially fatal” levels of an opioid in his system, an inquest has heard.

Max Spiers, from Canterbury, had travelled to Poland in April 2016 to speak at a conference about his research into extraterrestrials and alleged government cover-ups, The Guardian reports. He died on 16 July, at the age of 39, at the Warsaw home of a woman with whom he had begun an “informal relationship” during his trip.

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