The Missing Money | The Walkers Ep1
1/13/202641 min
In a small town in north Wales, an alleged theft at a local estate agents plants the seeds for a global blockbuster.
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Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Additional reporting - James Urquhart
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Chloe Hadjimatheou· Host0:22
2025 was a weird year for me. Most of it was spent following one tip-off. I get a lot of these tip-offs working in investigations, and I can tell you, they rarely lead to a story. They hardly ever pan out. But this one, the one that came to me last spring, was different. It's taken me from Wales to Cornwall to France. And then a few months ago, on a sunny October afternoon, I found myself parking up a few hours' drive from London. So we've just pulled into a service station off the motorway in Gloucester. Uh, it all feels very Deep Throat and Secret Squirrel. I was there to meet a source. They are extremely nervous about talking to me, so at the moment this is all on background and completely off the record, and I can't even say who they are. All this secrecy for a story about a book. The tip-off