The Walkers: The real Salt Path

The Salt Path was the supposed bestseller debut book by Raynor Winn, selling millions worldwide. So when two more sequels came along with increasingly bold claims on reversing a terminal illness, why did the publisher Penguin not question it more? Chloe also goes on the hunt for Raynor Winn’s fourth book…her true debut written years before The Salt Path.

Credits:
Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer - Matt Russell
Artwork - Observer design with acknowledgements to Angela Harding
Music supervision - Karla Patella
Sound design - Tom Burchell
Executive Producer - Jasper Corbett
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At a motorway service station, Chloe meets someone close to Raynor Winn who’s nervous about coming forward. It turns out she’s another character from The Salt Path…and she’s Raynor Winn’s niece. And she’s not turned up empty handed…

Credits:
Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer - Matt Russell
Artwork - Observer design with acknowledgements to Angela Harding
Music supervision and sound design - Karla Patella
Executive Producer - Jasper Corbett
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In the aftermath of her initial investigation, Chloe hears from a close family member of Moth’s. The story is one of deep divides…and another theft. But it takes her one step closer to understanding who Moth and Raynor Winn really are.

Credits:

Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer - Matt Russell
Music supervision - Karla Patella
Sound design - Rowan Bishop
Executive Producer - Jasper Corbett

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Moth is suffering from a rare and terminal illness: corticobasal degeneration. Life expectancy rarely extends beyond eight years. But almost two decades after his diagnosis, Moth is still defying the odds. Has he discovered the secret to a medical miracle?

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Credits:

Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Additional reporting - James Urquhart
Producer - Matt Russell
Sound design - Rowan Bishop
Fact checking - Madeleine Parr
Music supervision - Karla Patella
Executive Producer - Jasper Corbett
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When the television cameras come to a heritage cider farm in Cornwall, Moth and Raynor Winn take centre stage. Within weeks, they vanished. The farm’s owner, their friend, is left to piece together the disparity between what he’d witnessed…and what Raynor Winn had written about.

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Credits:

Reporter - Chloe Hadjimatheou
Producer - Matt Russell
Artwork: Observer design with thanks to Angela Harding
Music supervision & sound design - Karla Patella
Executive Producer - Jasper Corbett
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