# Marcus Eliason 1988: Coincidence or conspiracy?

> Marcus Eliason, 1988. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Associated Press feature (The Press, 10 February 1988, p. 10): Russell Smith's death…

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# Coincidence or conspiracy?

Marcus Eliason, 1988.

**Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990** Article0

## What it's used for here

Associated Press feature (The Press, 10 February 1988, p. 10): Russell Smith's death, the earlier cases, the MoD's statement that Peapell worked on an unclassified open-literature study of Soviet beryllium metallurgy, and its view that the deaths were investigated and links were "newspaper hype". CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Stuff Ltd).

## Cited by on this site 10 records

[An unexplained puncture wound and no known reason to be in Bristol](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD4Z6B82K/an-unexplained-puncture-wound-and-no-known-reason-to-be-in)

Evidence

EVD

[Fewer than a third of the people named were GEC employees](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCR267V71/fewer-than-a-third-of-the-people-named-were-gec-employees)

Evidence

EVD

[Official answers put the dead on separate, mostly unclassified work](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGCFH604C3/official-answers-put-the-dead-on-separate-mostly)

Evidence

EVD

[Open verdict on Peapell; police made no further inquiries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD72K1WS4/open-verdict-on-peapell-police-made-no-further-inquiries)

Evidence

EVD

[Suicide suspected; police inquiry closed with no link found](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGD5QZPDHX/suicide-suspected-police-inquiry-closed-with-no-link-found)

Evidence

EVD

[The government withheld detail and refused an inquiry](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/evidence/EVD0DGGC4EEYRG4/the-government-withheld-detail-and-refused-an-inquiry)

Evidence

EVD

[Peter Peapell found dead in his garage](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14MQ96/peter-peapell-found-dead-in-his-garage)

EVT

[Richard Pugh found dead at home](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14KSP5/richard-pugh-found-dead-at-home)

EVT

[Russell Smith found below a cliff at Boscastle](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists/events/EVT0DGGES14Y0HJ/russell-smith-found-below-a-cliff-at-boscastle)

EVT

[The Marconi scientists' deaths, 1982–1990](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/marconi-scientists)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Marcus Eliason (1988). Coincidence or conspiracy?. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19880210.2.74.9
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