SEPTEMBER, ’24 UPDATE:
Mystery not resolved, possibly illuminated further, but probably only deepened, almost 10 months since his last post on The Covid Blog”.
HS & Shane, in comments below, recently shared news of an obituary for a Brian A. Wilkins, Mesa AZ, died on Christmas Eve, ’23. Obit post on everloved.com created by his ‘uncle’, Stanley: https://everloved.com/life-of/brian-wilkins/timeline/
No memorial date, cause of death, additional bio, photos, or any other info is given. Wilkins is/was from Iowa, but went to college and may have stayed living in AZ since, so that lines up, and the year of birth given, 1975, would seem to be about right.
In light of the super-limited nature of the info with the obit, it doesn’t mean anyone died, it could just be cover and mean the ‘Brian Wilkins’ assignment ended (if he was/is in intelligence). If he did die, though, and was who he portrayed himself to be, then foul play seems likely, as he was not injected, was fairly young, very fit, and someone like him would/should have mentioned he was sick, or so I would’ve thought.
Maybe the ‘uncle’ would respond if contacted: https://everloved.com/members/stanley-wilkins/ Strongly doubt it.
If not, and if the Mesa coroner’s or medical examiner’s or office of vital statistics do not have or will not provide some documentation about this man’s identity and death, then this is a legitimate task for a private investigator to sleuth out at this point, and a very disquieting situation.
ORIGINAL POST (03.15.24, 5:26 PM, UTC+0):
Like the Ice Age Farmer, another independent journo-blogger, Brian Wilkins, of The Covid Blog, has gone off the radar, making his last posts on his main site and any social media on or around Nov. 17th of ’23, and not responding to comments or messages on his SM, or to email or donation messages (at least to mine) since then.
The most recent outside information I readily found via search engines is about the linked case between him & PayPal, one he apparently lost, and which involves a substantial financial judgement against him.
Perhaps the legalities of this case (possibly under appeal?) prevent him from, or make it wise for him to stop posting, and without notice? It’s pretty odd. Even the IAF made a video post indicating clearly that all was not well in his world before dropping out of view.
If anyone knows anything, please leave a comment, or email me at deadmessenger (at) mailfence (dot) com
UPDATE: Land address & phone number (should anyone want to try either: from https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67502186/parties/wilkins-v-paypal-inc/
That picture was very appropriate. He stole money for a non-existent book, refused refunds and also ran off with donations people stupidly gave to an unknown person. The picture of the business fleeing with a suitcase was Brian Wilkins fleeing after stealing money from people.
Just read the final judgement in his lawsuit against PayPal. Maybe there is justice in the world. He was ordered to pay $380,000 as found in his arbitration with PayPal and a judge upheld the arbitration. Guarantee the boy had to file bankruptcy and has no money. Well, Brian, there is a thing in the world known as “what goes around, comes around.” You cheated people taking donations for your website and people paying for a book that you never produced (and I believed fully that he never intended there to be a book.) and refused refund requests. You cheat people and the world tends to come around and smack you on the back of the head for the wrong you did.
You may very well be right. Dead, intelligence op, and grifter are all plausible scenarios.
That said, we all send money to strangers and relatively unknown businesses all the time. His site was up for a long time, his posting would have taken up a fair bit of (whoever’s) time, lending it all an air of legitimacy, he did video interviews, etc. He was as well known to his readers and as just about anyone else on the internet is. It was a good grift, if grift it was.
What picture are you referring to, by the way?
I don’t send money to strangers. Maybe you do and that is your choice. “Lending it all an air of legitmacy?” Yet, he disappears with not one word to anyone. And yes, I am one who he refused to give a refund for his non-existent book. That is larceny.
Really? You’ve never bought anything on eBay, or from a vendor on Amazon, or from anyone else online, ever? If you have, those are all strangers, and with whom you would likely be way less familiar than with Wilkins. Yes, I think the length of time his sites were up and the number and scope of his posts lend an air of legitimacy to them and him, whoever he is or was. Doesn’t mean it wasn’t a con, anyway, though. Or….maybe he was harmed or threatened. We don’t and can’t know.
You sound pretty bitter over the slight cost of his book, petty larceny, if that’s what it was. Anyway, if you read his blog enough to want his book then what you paid him was properly due him anyway. Think of it as a donation for all his work.
Greetings everyone. I did a deeper search in September but with all that was happening in my life, I did not get a chance to update here. Because of prying eyes, I don’t want to hurt Brian’s quest (if so) to “fall of the face of the earth,” as we know TPTB’s continued efforts to suppress all truth include silencing and even murdering those who champion truth in the name of investigative journalism. To those of us genuinely concerned about B, the obit’s DOB is incorrect (everlove) and I don’t see any note of grief from family members. So…I’m hoping B is with Michael Jackson #lookfortheclues (deeper still).
Thanks for message. I hope he’s well, too, especially if he isn’t/wasn’t an intelligence man running an op.
Oh, please. He wasn’t that much of a “big dog” for TPTB to care. Those stories were from him with no back up to them. He took money and ran.
An incivil response to a civil post. Just hate that kind of thing. Incivility online is such a super easy tell about character.
You don’t know what happened to Wilkins, so save the animosity towards the other commentors posting courteously in apparent good faith. None of us know what happened to him, including you.
Sorry about your book fee, I lost mine, too. But I read his blog for two years, so fair enough, I say. I owed him, anyway, and hope he’s well.
All of Wilkins’ sites….
* thecovidblog.com
* brianwilkins.org
* veracityobjectives.com
…are now offline since last update of this post.
Hi there
The covidblog.com Telegram channel is still working but nothing posted the since November 2023.
I seem to recall that Brian was keen to start a dating site for unjabbed individuals. He asked for 1000 names, including social media links and photos. I’m not sure how many people signed up, but that was one request of his that did not sit well with me. He was very happy when he got the 1000 subscribers he was looking for. Who now has access to that database, and what is being done with it?
I tried looking on the way back machine site to see if there were any articles published by Brian before he started the covidblog. Interestingly, only two articles appeared, which contradicted what he said about being a prolific writer. It’s almost as though the two articles in question were generated to establish his persona. I may be wrong, but this is not looking good.
Thanks for the message and add’l info. I’m a subscriber to the CB Telegram channel (since after it became inactive), and have noted it remains up, but social media being free, unlike most website hosting, it makes sense that it and any other SM would still be online. His personal website seemed to have a bunch of hobby writing about non-political things, which seemed to look authentic.
Yeah, this situation doesn’t feel right at all. He’s just gone, and no one has emerged to say where or how, in spite of his large readership, and there is/was Covid Legal, which would presumably have some legal people involved, helping. Paralegals, at least.
It’s all very odd.
Related to my below first NR post in March, I didn’t know this last December post on its blog would stay on air only one day. It seems I was the only one to read it. Otherwise, I would have taken a printscreen. Don’t you find strange that it’s not anymore possible to post any comment on the covidblog and that the blog is still visible? Brian was very proud of the security of his covidblog, you cannot for example copy any text from it, at least not me as philistine and that accesses to the covidblog only from my phone. I touch with my finger a word or paragraph and no “copy” option appears. Anyway, with the baby and general hospital soap opera last covidblog posts, I feared it started to be dangerous for his safety. But I still find strange we have no news from him as he had a webmaster for the Covidblog. Thanks for the update regarding the obituary, I hope it’s fake or not him. I find strange he disappeared before 2024, the year he said will be the deadliest. I cannot believe he be a psyop as you say he may be. It seemed so genuine. I post with a new email address, the last one created on purpose was strangely blocked by Hotmail as soon as I posted here a message, saying I infringed the chart.
Apologies NR, you got flagged as spam due to your username ‘NR’ being too short, and I’ve now whitelisted you. Thanks for trying again.
I had not tried to post any comments on TCB, so wasn’t aware one could not. It might be strange, as is this whole scenario, or it might be that some automatic block has been put up on his site due to admin inactivity. The uncopyable text is very odd. I’ve only seen that once before with a music website. Thanks for the info, and sorry you got blocked.
Additional work related links I just noticed on his regular website:
• https://clearvoice.com/cv/brianwilkins
• https://contentcoup.com
And a court case that I think involved him which verifies his middle initial and Arizona residency: https://casetext.com/case/wilkins-v-maricopa-county/
I would assume this “in memorial” page is suspect. https://everloved.com/life-of/brian-wilkins/
It lacks zero data about the cause of death. The page was created by ‘Brian’s Uncle’ https://everloved.com/members/stanley-wilkins/
Thanks for comment. I tend to agree, and have posted an update today to this post. It’s still relevant info, though, as I think he did live in AZ, and that would be about his age.
Also, I believe he mentioned his birthday was March 10th. I specifically remember that because mine is March 1st. And I thought to myself that only a fellow pisces with 1 numerology could see through so much bs with acute clarity.
Thank you so much for posting this inquiry about Brian! I look forward to his blog posts which I check at least once a week for new articles written by him. I sincerely appreciate all of the research and work that Brian puts into his blog; his insight and perspective are thought provoking and eye opening. The comments section below his written work is refreshing and comforting knowing there are readers who share similar reactions and responses I do during “the times of these.” Seven months is a lengthy time to be incognito and I have been thinking about Brian for a long while wondering about his well-being. Perhaps he has relocated and is in the midst of setting up shop so that he can safely and freely focus on his work away from distraction? In addition to writing for the blog, Brian discussed completing his book draft which must require a significant amount of time and energy and a much needed balance was in order to make it happen?
Sending loads of love, hugs and prayers that Brian is safe, healthy, strong and away from all harm, danger and injury, shielded and protected with God’s divine protection.
Thanks for the comment. I think it much more likely that he would have just said that he was taking a hiatus to write. Would’ve taken no time at all, but by now he would further be aware that people are beyond curious and concerned, and would be letting people know his status. If he could. If the recently found obituary is legit, then he’s gone, and can’t, or it’s cover, and he’s gone, anyway.
I suspect we’re never going to know what happened to Mr. Wilkins.
Hey, thanks for posting this. I know that he’s had a hiatus before but not as long as this. Was hoping he’d surfaced by now. Worst case I’m thinking maybe an arrest? Also authors tend to use pseudonyms so possibly the reason for no real leads, however its just a stretch. I’m a bit skeptical that no other truther has mentioned his ‘disappearance’ given that his blog was so popular. Feels weird, like the twilight zone.
Hi, thanks for the comment. Yes, Twilight Zone is apt.
Something very wrong here. No news, no obituaries, no one that knew or knows him making a post, anywhere. It’s a bit like that first nurse that famously keeled over on camera after getting the shot, and then no one did or could ever get a clear shot of her coming out of work afterwards or a comment on the street, or in front of her house, as proof of life. I mean, if The Beatles could be approached for comments outside of Abbey Road at the height of their fame, surely that nurse could’ve been approached somewhere up close to prove she wasn’t dead.
But this is weirder still, as Wilkins just disappeared entirely (there has been much high profile follow-up about the nurse). He has no ardent fans that have crossed his physical path that can at least just give an update? I hate to say it, and I don’t know that I think it likely, but Mr. Wilkins is of clearly above average intelligence, and over 6 months down the road since the last post on his website, if he’s not dead, just gone, if he has chosen to remain mum and keep his readers and followers in the dark (he might have been coerced into disappearing and silence), then I think it has to be considered that he was an intelligence guy doing a job, maybe to be a lightning rod for people seeking what he posted, to create a database, perhaps, or maybe to just distract, and his posting came to an end, like the Donnie Brasco story.
Probably not the case, but it’s possible.
I also find it extraordinary that he’s simply vanished. I hope someone preserves his blog because soon that will disappear.
Thanks for writing, DC.
Mr. Wilkins is either an intelligence cutout guy that was doing a Donnie Brasco role play; he’s dead, or; he or people close to him were threatened. That he just got flaky or bored and wandered off isn’t plausible.
Since no obituaries fitting him have been found, that narrows it to ‘Brian Wilkins’ being a role, and the assignment ended, or he was legit and had to stop on a dime to protect himself or others.
Regardless, I was thinking that someone would have gotten wind of his whereabouts, real name (if role playing), obituary, concerned friends and family would have come forward, something. To suddenly and completely ghost is something people in intelligence do, not regular civilians. I also find it super odd that NO ONE else prominent in the truth or libertarian alt. media has taken up this inquiry.
A very good point about his weblog, that needs to get archived.
Thanks DM, I was thinking maybe the only way to find out what happened is to widen the search:
https://brianwilkins.org/personal-response-7-biggest-risks-of-raising-black-children-in-a-white-environment/
Perhaps, there are friends that could shed light on what’s happened?
I also note that in one his videos from March 2023 that he mentioned he had some staff working for him? Either way something doesn’t feel right about his vanishing act and the silence that’s followed..
Maybe, but I would have thought such people would already have made their thoughts and concerns known, unless… he’s OK, but just shut up so people close to him would not get harmed, or he’s an intelligence op. Either makes sense.
I don’t think this person just stopped all communications without a farewell message unless one of those scenarios is in play.
Hi there
I’ve been trying to find out what happened to Brian since I was a keen supporter of his outstanding blog. He has never been quiet for so long. I see he last posted on his brianwilkins.org website in December 2023 and nothing since then. I found an obituary online (using DuckDuckGo) for a Brian A Wilkins born in January 1975 and passed away on 24 December 2023. There are no photos or any other information, which is very strange indeed. Additionally, there were no comments or condolences left on the obituary site. I pray Brian is ok, but it’s looking increasingly likely that something sinister is afoot.
Thanks for the post. That’s terrible but expected news if he is the same man, middle initial A.
I think I found the same obit on everloved.com, and have shared it on an update to this post above. If you found a different one. please let me know.
His site is now offline.
Thanks for letting us know. Yes, his personal website now forwards to: https://brianwilkins.org/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi
P.S. Disregard the smiley face emoji above. I hit the wrong one, and now can’t edit or remove it.
Or he was a grfiter who got people’s money and then ran.
Maybe, we’ll likely never know.
I looked up the address shown, and it is a UPS Store, so that has to be a P.O. Box. And when I call the phone #, it rings several times and goes to a generic greeting. It does beep, but I didn’t leave a message. If you put that number in Spydialer, it shows No Record Found. I feel like somebody, somewhere has to know something! Anybody here live in the Des Moines area?!
Thanks, Laurie, for your initiative, and letting me and this thread know. Makes sense that he would have both an arm’s length address and phone number.
It’s turned into quite a mystery at this point, has it not? No info to confirm his welfare either fair or foul. It’s pretty odd.
Thank you again for putting it out there! I also emailed support@veracityobjectives.com and inquired. So far no reply but if they do I will certainly post here.
I’m glad I did, and surprised more didn’t, that there’s not more curiosity among his readers. I don’t know what https://veracityobjectives.com is/was (what is it?), but I went there and that’s a dead site, and the domain is available, so I wouldn’t be surprised if your email gets no response. Unless mail to that domain is getting forwarded to an active address somehow, then what you sent will not have landed anywhere.
Thanks for posting this!
I was wondering as well why Brian stopped posting literally from one day to another … no updates, nowhere (he has a second, more private webpage). Everything stopped abruptly end of 2023. I tried to reach him, just asking to give a brief sign of life. What about his book, his (non-vaxxed) dating site, all of his projects?! It seems that everybody who tries to stop the easy flow of money in this world will be cancelled, sooner or later. Alas! Greetings from Europe
Thanks for comment. He has another website in addition to The Covid Blog and brianwilkins.org? Wasn’t aware if so, but if you mean the latter, I know of it, and 12/3 was last post there.
I’ve already stated my thoughts about the possibilities in reply to prior comments, but if you hear anything, please do let us here know, thanks.
Hi!
Yes, I meant brianwilkins.org, sorry.
Hopefully he took off with his van again, but I doubt it. I double-check on his name (or variations) from time to time, but I’m too far away to dig deeper. Let’s hope for the best!
The guy was a scammer. He took money for a book that didn’t exist and refused to refund one bit of it. Stop thinking something nefarious happened to him. He wasn’t THAT important. Lost a case trying to sue PayPal. Sometimes people look good on the outside (some of his personal blog posts bring that into strong suspect), grift by writing or talking about relevant things (he would get some deaths really wrong like the plane crash in NC that killed several people. The jabs or COVID played absolutely no part in that crash (how do I know? There were two pilots that day), but he refused to take down his article about the crash that caused much pain to friends and family). The guy was a grfiter. Now he took the money and ran away.
Him running a grift is as plausible a hypothesis as any other. Looking like we’ll never know. Almost a year gone now.
Thank you for posting this! I keep searching for him and checking the blog and his website to see if he’s updated since November 17, 2023. His website’s last post was December 4, 2023. I’ve sent messages as all of you and no response. Needless to say, I’m worried about him and praying for him every day.
Thank you for commenting, Riv, and for your interest. It’s very odd, and a long time now, but also…no obituary. Not that I’ve found, anyway, so I guess it has to now be faced that his silence is either enforced or… voluntary. Though it would likely mean he’s been threatened, I have to hope for the former if he’s well and just not responding, as I’d hate to think he was sitting by intentionally letting those who read his weblog wonder about him, about his welfare.
Thanks again for the comment, and please let me/us know if you ever learn anything.
The DM
He has a phone # and land address posted here: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67502186/parties/wilkins-v-paypal-inc/
I’ve not tried either, but I would guess contacting either or both would get the same non-response as electronic communications have.
Thank you for posting this. I miss getting news from his blog. I hope he is okay. I’m disappointed I won’t be receiving the book I paid for, but that’s okay.
Thanks for reading it. I’m glad I’m not the only one curious about him (didn’t know he had a book). I follow The Covid Blog’s RSS feed, and would get a little notification if he’d posted anything new there, but there’s been nothing anywhere.
I have a feeling he’s either dead or just done, guessing the latter, and that he was threatened, if so. Bad stuff happens to people that gain a certain influence and/or audience size: Ross Ulbricht; Julian Assange; lately Alex Jones.
If he wasn’t threatened and just stopped without notice to his readers and supporters, then that’s a drag, bad form on his part, so hoping he has a good reason if he’s well.
I’ve been wondering. I check in to his site everyday to see if he has posted anything.
It’s a long time now. He’s either not OK, or he decided to suddenly stop what he was doing without comment to anyone. Not good either way.
Hi, I am happy to read your first two comments. Last year, he also disappeared a few weeks, but new comments from people were still published on the blog under the articles and after a while he published a video telling people not to worry. This time, there were absolutely no new comments. I am not an IT specialist, but it’s like the admin of its blog disappeared with the keys. In its other blog, I am sure I read around December a very short article of Brian threatening someone to catch him, with to illustrate the article the image of a businessman fleeing with a suitcase. But the article was on air like less than 24 hours and then disappeared. Its blog is https://brianwilkins.org/about-brian/
Very few people seem to worry. I found one asking same question (as you Admin) on 4chan, but no answer. I found also two comments of people worrying on its YouTube Channel Operation Nation under following song: https://youtu.be/BnaXoClMC_8?si=6d05WHLmZ-5HI7gC but they know nothing as well.
I am sorry for my English and for this long and not very informative about its whereabouts.
Thanks for the comment and links. I wish we could see that briefly posted article you mention…
I’m glad you posted this. I was literally wondering the same thing. Frequently checking his website for updated news but haven’t seen anything since November. I hope he is well.
So do I, thanks for comment. There are a few of us wondering about him, anyway.