Friday 18th Sep 2026
Episode Number:545

The Man Behind The BlindFold

She spent more than 100 hours with the man she believed she loved – but she never saw his face. Kye Fortune was, to the woman at the centre of this case, a real person. They had built a relationship online and eventually met in person, but only on the condition that she wore a blindfold. What followed would lead to one of the strangest criminal cases in the UK, involving deception, identity, trust and consent. In this episode, I tell the story of Gayle Newland and the woman who believed Kye Fortune was real.