# The list grew from three Marconi deaths to thirty, mostly from other employers

> Contemporary reports count three Marconi deaths in April 1987, six by 7 April 1987, eight by March 1988, thirteen by August 1988 and at least sixteen by…

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Evidence · Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990

# The list grew from three Marconi deaths to thirty, mostly from other employers

Contemporary reports count three Marconi deaths in April 1987, six by 7 April 1987, eight by March 1988, thirteen by August 1988 and at least sixteen by October 1988; Collins's 1990 book made it 25 and a 1998 retrospective 30. Of the 27 people named on the lists, 8 were GEC employees; 3 did not die, 1 was murdered by an unconnected offender and 1 was a journalist killed in Chile.

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## What it means

Key question[Who is on the list of "Marconi scientists", and how was the list put together?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9R1ZCZKX/who-is-on-the-list-of-marconi-scientists-and-how-was-the)

No answer ahead yet

**Open** was No evidence yet

Answer this evidence bears on[A press-built list of mixed cases, a third of them Marconi staff](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/answers/ANS0DGGAWPTFZK7/a-press-built-list-of-mixed-cases-a-third-of-them-marconi)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** was No evidence yet

What it implies
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The 'Marconi scientists' are mostly not Marconi staff and not all scientists, and several did not die by the means implied.For the key question: Who is on the list of "Marconi scientists", and how was the list put together?

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Because the list was gathered from the whole defence sector, the right denominator is that sector, which makes an excess even less likely.For: Were there more deaths among British defence scientists and engineers in 1982–1990 than ordinary death rates would produce?

## Next steps 1

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Check Collins's Open Verdict against the case table

Adds evidenceGood odds~8 h

[On: Who is on the list of "Marconi scientists", and how was the list put together?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/questions/QST0DGG9R1ZCZKX/who-is-on-the-list-of-marconi-scientists-and-how-was-the)

**15** score

Details

Get a copy of Tony Collins, Open Verdict (1990), and check each of the 15 'unverified' verdicts in the case table against it.

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 8

[25 Marconi Scientists, 1982–88 (Project Camelot list, after Mark J. Harper's "Dead Scientists and Microbiologists" master list)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6YEENQCQ/25-marconi-scientists-198288-project-camelot-list-after-mark)

Harper 2005

SRC

[Another defence scientist dies](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG691M2NTZ/another-defence-scientist-dies)

NZPA-AAP 1988

SRC

[Eighth British boffin dies oddly](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG68T2FYT2/eighth-british-boffin-dies-oddly)

NZPA-Reuter 1988

SRC

[Open Verdict: An Account of 25 Mysterious Deaths in the Defence Industry](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6Y5585Y0/open-verdict-an-account-of-25-mysterious-deaths-in-the)

Collins 1990

SRC

[Pentagon wants to investigate scientists mystery](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG697ASPC1/pentagon-wants-to-investigate-scientists-mystery)

NZPA-AP 1988

SRC

[Sixth scientist found dead](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG68CHBYC4/sixth-scientist-found-dead)

NZPA-PA 1987

SRC

[The mystery of the Marconi boffins](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6KEC4P0N/the-mystery-of-the-marconi-boffins)

Rogerson 1998

SRC

[Their Firm Linked to 'Star Wars': British Scientists' Deaths: Suicides or Conspiracy?](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DGG6K49BE92/their-firm-linked-to-star-wars-british-scientists-deaths)

Marshall 1987

SRC

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