Theo Martin

**Theo Martin** (2004 - 3 January 2023) was student at the University of East Anglia studying medieval history. He was the son of Daniel Martin and Samantha Martin née Gibson, nephew of Laura Gibson, and was a member of the Gladwin and Fisher families on his mother's side. He was murdered while out running in Camden, London on the 3rd January 2023 but his death was officially recorded as a suicide. He was 19 years old.

## Early Life

Martin was born in 2004 to Daniel and Samantha Martin. His father, Daniel, suffered from drug addition and he died of an overdose in 2006 when Theo was 2 years old. Samantha raised Theo by herself after this but struggled due to financial issues and health problems. Martin's aunt, Laura Gibson, and his grandfather, Phillip Gibson, supported Samantha in raising Theo where they could. However, in 2010, Phillip went missing and evidence found in Suffolk in 2016 suggested he had died, although the contradictory nature of some of the findings meant they were not brought in front of a coroner for any official ruling. According to his aunt, Theo and his grandfather were close and this was likely more of a loss to the boy than the death of his father.

Martin was an avid reader growing up and showed considerable academic aptitude which shone through even when he lost his mother in 2020 to COVID. He was in his first year of A-levels when Samantha died but he still achieved remarkably high results that secured him a place at the University of East Anglia to read medieval history.

## Death and Investigation

Having enjoyed his first term at university, Martin returned to stay with his aunt for the 2022 Christmas/New Year break. Martin was a regular runner and when he left his aunt's house on January 3rd 2023 there was no indication that he was out of sorts or in any way depressed. Indeed, he had been looking forward to returning to his studies. However, his aunt was visited by police officers later that day with new that Theo's body had been found on the railway tracks beneath a bridge in Camden. There was no note and there were no witnesses but the coroner ruled the death a suicide. Just two days later, his student flat in Norwich was burgled.

Former Department of Works agent, Marcus Byron, approached podcaster Kennedy Fisher about investigating Martin's supposed suicide. He presented Fisher with an alternative theory that Martin had been murdered because of a historic notebook that he may or may not have possessed.

While uncovering the history of Martin's family, it emerged that his family ties were ultimately responsible for a lot of tragedy during his short life. Firstly, it was discovered that his mother, Samantha, was the product of an unintentional incestuous relationship between half-siblings, Phillip Gibson and Destiny Fenner. This could very well explain Samantha's general poor health that left her vulnerable to the Coronavirus during the pandemic. Secondly, Martin's own murder was a result of his familial connection to his grandfather, Phillip, who had inherited a notebook from an associate, Robert Blake. This notebook was believed to provide the location for the Church of Starry Wisdom, an occult, fascist organisation with ties to Obed Marsh and the Esoteric Order of Dagon. When the Babalon Working ritual at Pleasant Green failed in 2020 and Obed Marsh was apparently killed, the organisation, led by Martin's own distant cousin, Caroline Morse, started to search for its historic headquarters.

Phillip Gibson never passed on Robert Blake's notebook to his daughter or grandson - he had it on him when he disappeared at the Blake House in 2010 - but Theo Martin was killed because the Starry Wisdom cult thought he might have it.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 THotD: "Episode 1"
2. ↑ THotD: "Episode 5"