Charles Veitch

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Charles Veitch
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Veitch in 2011
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Born (1980-08-05) 5 August 1980 (age 44)
NationalityBritish
Education University of Edinburgh
Occupation YouTuber
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Subscribers483 thousand [1]
Total views201 million [1]

Last updated: 30 October 2024

Charles Torres Veitch (born 5 August, 1980) is a British filmmaker, YouTuber, and former conspiracy theorist. [2] [3] [4]

Veitch was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1980 to a wealthy family in the oil business. He attended Edinburgh Academy. He claims to have received a Master of Arts with honours in philosophy from the University of Edinburgh. [3] [2]

He joined the Territorial Army before working at HBOS until the financial crisis made him redundant in 2009, at which point he dedicated himself to full-time filmmaking and protesting. [3] [5] Veitch was a former prominent figure among Britain's conspiracy theorists where he was recognized as a 9/11 "truther". [6] In 2011, Veitch went on the BBC's 9/11 Conspiracy Road Trip and later confessed he no longer believed 9/11 was faked by the United States government. [3] His decision to denounce the 9/11 conspiracy theories drew backlash from prominent conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones and David Icke. He also received death threats. [5] [6]

In recent years, Veitch has been noted for his walking tour-themed YouTube videos. [7] [8]

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