The case of the missing teenager Jay Slater has been a lightening rod for online sleuths and conspiracy theorists.

It’s a familiar story, with echos of the search for missing Nicola Bulley in Lancashire in 2023. If you missed what happened when I visited the scene myself, keen to meet the TikTok sleuths clocking up thousands of views for harassing villagers, you can hear that again here.

In the meantime, I spoke to my friends on Times Radio Breakfast about the similarities – people driven by a desire for simple narratives, and sense of community and a genuine mystery.

Watch here…