So I was doing to cursory research on a few leads and the ticker rolled onto Gerry McCann.
Apparently there was a Gerry McCann that posted to newsgroups back in the late 90s and early 2000s, that resided in the UK. I haven't yet confirmed this is the same Gerry McCann as Madelines father.
Here is the search result: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03
Gerry McCann held an [email protected] account at the time according to most of these posts, most visibly in this one: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/uk.adverts.personals/2iXhtdo2WfQ/5o9LWvSOYpgJ
uk.adverts.personals ›
1st time poster looking for female
2 posts by 2 authors
gerry.mccann
6/28/97
do i need say more if your intersted in metting
email me @-
[email protected] [OP redacted]
There are several other group posts like this as well.
uk.adverts.personals ›
looking for female or couple
gerry.mccann
6/22/97
hi this is my first message to this group
im looking for a female or couple to live out our dreams
im straight an 25
email me at [email protected]
-The wikipedia page for Madeline McCann says that Gerry McCann was born in 1968. That would place him at 29 at the time of the exchange. Considering that this was a personal ad, I'd say its easy to believe he was lying. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Madeleine_McCann#Kate_and_Gerry_McCann))
uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi › Jack-off session in Bounrmouth: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi/H3SgffYy_wk/T3T7KHzpgJoJ
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uk.rec.naturist › C4, 12.35AM.: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/uk.rec.naturist/As4dcJfC2YM/uSE-6DgVmoAJ
-this one is interesting because I think Praia da Luz has been referred to as a nudist sort of place
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uk.adverts.personals › Woking Couple: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/uk.adverts.personals/vBxzQa0KGYI/pk4a1wQwyi8J
-swinging
alt.sex.virtual.internet.tele-coitus › threesome wanted with bi female in uk: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/alt.sex.virtual.internet.tele-coitus/8e8SUqwW_fg/z0ZjM7MthbYJ
Then there are a fair number of posts regarding questions about maintenance for a Saab vehicle. No clear indication that this is the same user holding the @virgin.net account or that it is the same individual that is Madeline's father. However, considering that Madeline's father was a doctor, this is possible.
A detail that seemed benign at first struck me instantly when I read this article:
Richard Branson offers £100,000 for Madeleine McCann legal fund
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1563250/Richard-Branson-offers-100000-for-Madeleine-McCann-legal-fund.html
-Richard Branson of course, being the owner of the company Virgin, and the domain of the email for Gerry McCann of the newsgroups.
This article also seemed relevent:
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/02/mccanns200802
Occasionally their $1,200-an-hour lawyer Angus McBride, whose salary is defrayed by Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson, Scottish businessman Stephen Winyard, and Brian Kennedy, a multi-millionaire rugby-team owner, drops in on the British tabloids to protest headlines such as portuguese paper smear: “kate killed madeleine as gerry played tennis.”
They held fundraisers with Virgin...
http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-web/fundraiser/showFundraiserProfilePage.action?userUrl=KateMcCann2
And more fundraisers Virgin...
http://www.gerrymccannsblogs.co.uk/London_Triathlon.htm
And hey, they even took a Virgin plane flight with tickets from Branson himself shortly after Madeline's disappearance.
http://madeleinemccann.org/blog/2014/04/20/gerrys-usa-trip/
22 July 2007: Gerry spends the whole day travelling from the Algarve to Washington, USA with their Campaign Manager. They take a Virgin plane with the tickets donated by Richard Branson.
Now all of this could just be a kind gentleman solely interested in helping this family be reunited. However, Richard Branson owns the Carribean island just next to known pederast Jeffrey Epstein. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180114/http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/jeffrey-epstein-sordid-high-life-4919588
Epstein’s global property portfolio included Manhattan’s largest private residence, a ranch in New Mexico, a mansion in Florida and private island neighbouring Richard Branson’s in the Caribbean.
And lets not forget that Branson is a member of ICMEC and apparently in close contact with none other than John Podesta.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/5bmtfb/richard_branson_is_the_british_jeffery_epstein/
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/27565
There is surely more to this out there. I was entirely shocked to find anything at all on Gerry McCann. We need to keep digging on this because this may be the most clear connection to anything nefarious we have.
ReadThatAlready ago
No I've never seen his videos. Maybe somebody has a copy on their website?
ReadThatAlready ago
Wow, that's interesting, never heard of that aspect. Thanks. Do you know what religion and heritage he was?
Yuser_Manuel ago
I don't know if the post you found was from THE Gerry McCann but I was reading comments on a blog dedicated to Madeleine and people were mentioning him going to chat rooms looking to hook up with women, while married. I'll look for that blog.
thicktail1730947 ago
Clement Freud was a pedophile with a really nice villa.
roundhouse1776 ago
Ernie Allen has connections to Bill Clinton.
podesta_pedosta ago
Interesting find One thing that sticks out for me is why would he use his actual name? If I were posting on kinky websites trying to solicit sex I wouldn't use my real name
ReadThatAlready ago
Give us a quick run down of Eli Sizemore, never heard of that. I've been researching the mask ritual.
madhatter67 ago
I was wondering about Branson just the other day....he's really not a very nice man behind his amiable billionaire PR
derram ago
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the_magic_man ago
So, you found nothing?
Brainyidiot ago
Thank you terrific work
UncookedSpirit ago
Nice sleuthing.
throwitawayn0w ago
Archive it all. Also, awesome find.
ReadThatAlready ago
Damn good idea! I did that same search logged into to google which returns fuller results. Did you see the link at alt.dating.uk.south-east? That's the one you I think needs to be checked. Something going on in that thread. Date was 9/4/99 by gerry.mccann Also alt.sex.swingers.uk seems to have a link with gerry mccann also that seems related, might be critical. Look for 4/5/99 by Gerrry Mccann If you can't see them you have to log into google apparently. There's something there. I didn't follow the links but it doesn't look good for Gerry from the outside if that's Madeleline's father. Worth checking out. The name Gerry McCann is associated with two posts related to lolitas and teens, and others with Uk swinger hookups, nudism, etc. That Freud guy was said to have charmed Kate Healy by suggesting she was addicted to sex when he first met her. They were all swingers? Seems likely. Also there is an exchange about SS officers involving a guy named Gerry McCann in an alt conspiracy titled Secret Service Agent Emory Roberts. The exchange is here. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/%22gerry$20mccann%22$20AND$20before$3A2007$2F05$2F03/alt.conspiracy.jfk/ccQY_wxZ7qc/ptULIrEt5kUJ The critical part says... [re: Secret Service agents Stu Stout, Paul Paterni, and John
Thrash57 ago
If we can somehow find if its the same Gerry, we would be taking a giant step.
ReadThatAlready ago
Same Gerry McCann? Good chances. They are both in the U.K. The U.K. is a small place actually.
nimblenav ago
is there a way to know how many Gerry McCann are in the UK?
setter ago
192.com lists 166
ReadThatAlready ago
Sure, log into facebook, linked, in twitter etc, and search for them Gerry/Jerry/Gerald/ or whatever McCann with other parameters one at a time like Uk, Britain, major cities like London, etc. Eliminate people too young now to have participated in online discussions then and super old guys and you'll get an idea of how many people today could have made comments on a board like that then. I'm sure Madeleine's father doesn't have a page unless it's like a fund or something, but you'd get an idea if somebody else could be a match for the commentator that was trolling swinging sites back then instead. There are online directories, white pages for people, but I've never had success using them. They always want you to pay to get any real info.
Void_Walker ago
Brilliant work. I'd give anything to tie him to comment that says "anyone want to buy a little girl?" , "Getting pretty sick of dealing with this kid really want to sell it" Then we got these creeps.
pizzapartywithkids ago
Certainly doesn't help that his company name seems rather blatant: VIRGIN
UncookedSpirit ago
OMG that name creeped me out so much as a kid and then I came around to thinking it was nothing and here I am feeling a response to that brand name that I haven't had in well over a decade...