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I think I'm coming across as more of a conspiracy theorist here than I intended.

When he was convicted for homosexuality, it would have come to the attention of various senior people in government. They would have wanted to make an example of him, being as he was a relatively well known figure at the time, much like what happened with Oscar Wilde.

They would have also had concerns about his homosexuality being used against him by britain's enemies, and also because of the recent uncovering of a ring of soviet spies who were all drawn from an intellectual set, all academics, and two of whom were gay.

What I am saying is, I find it likely that these government/military figures would have found it highly convenient for Turing to disappear, or at least have his life made extremely difficult for him. They couldn't have him executed for his sexuality, but they could apply chemical castration. They did offer him the choice between castration and prison, and I accept that this weakens my case. You might ask, if they were that concerned, why didn't they just have him conveniently die in a car crash? My answer would be that they weren't that concerned, it was an opportunistic thing.

Also to be honest I am not entirely convinced that his death by poisoned apple was necessarily suicide, but there is no evidence for that, and there never will be.




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