UFO lecturer, filmmaker, researcher, and influencer David Wilcock reportedly died by suicide outside of his Nederland home in Boulder County, Colorado, on April 20. He was 53.
Wilcock’s longtime friend and former Gaia colleague Corey Goode confirmed the reports of his death in a video uploaded on the SphereBeing Alliance YouTube channel. Titled “Responding to the Death of David Wilcock, My Good Friend,” it had Goode state:
“This is probably the hardest video I’ve ever had to do. As many of you know or have learned, umm, yesterday on 420, David Wilcock took his own life. We are devastated and shocked. I really love David. He was a good friend. He was there with me through a lot of horrible things. We were there for each other… with each other through a lot of awesome things.”
While that may be true, David Wilcock previously got embroiled in a controversy after being dragged into Corey Goode’s 2020 federal lawsuit against their former employers and conspiracy theory streaming network Gaia.
In fact, in more than one instance, Wilcock went on record to “blame” Goode for his professional troubles/ scandals.
Meanwhile, in his “tribute” video for David, Corey continued to blame Gaia for his former colleague’s deteriorating mental health in recent times, stating:
“The last time I spoke to David was just before my birthday in February. And he just went on and on about, you know… Gaia dragging him into the lawsuits, Steven Cambian, Jay Weidner, and these other people that were relentlessly cyberstalking him, reporting him to the IRS… the SEC…”
Corey Goode also claimed that when Wilcock’s dog died, people reported him to the police, calling him “cruel.” These, according to him, were “beyond sick” and “criminal,” which might have pushed David to take his own life.
“I’m still in shock. I’m very upset. I can’t believe I’m not going to hear him laugh again, see that big smile and those sparkly eyes. Umm, he was a good man and he didn’t deserve all these,” Goode noted.
Exploring further the fallout between David Wilcock and Corey Goode
David Wilcock met Corey Goode when they became co-hosts of the Gaia program, Cosmic Disclosure, and went on to become good friends.
In his latest 11-minute video, Goode claimed that since 2018, things have been “really crazy” for both him and Wilcock:
“We’ve gone through an incredible amount of legal issues and cyberstalking. We’ve received death threats… numerous, on a yearly basis. There are groups of people that have gone out of their ways to completely destroy us. I think a lot of these people would have preferred to see me as the person who took their own life, but it was David.”
Corey Goode continued:
“The amount of relentless cyberstalking, bullying, attacking everyone close to you until they turn on you or abandon you. This is something that was done systematically for a long time.”
Goode was referring to the time when he left Gaia in 2018 after three years and got involved in a long-standing feud with the company.
Two years later, he sued them in Colorado for seemingly orchestrating an online conspiracy against him to undermine his theories about a “covert space agency” and a bird-like alien species called “Blue Avians.” He also accused a senior executive of abuse of power by threatening him with a gun and pressuring him to shoot 26 episodes in a week.
Meanwhile, Gaia countersued Corey, accusing him of defamation, trying to sabotage the streaming company, and owing $20,000, which he took as an advance for a conference, and backpay for relocation costs he borrowed from the company.
According to The Daily Beast, David Wilcock, too, left Gaia in July 2018 due to creative differences, including a disagreement regarding the promotion of the program Ancient Civilization, which he refused. However, Gaia’s countersuit against Corey claimed that he seemingly helped David write his resignation letter, which later leaked online.
Wilcock, however, released a formal public apology in February 2019, stating his letter was taken “out of context” and held Goode responsible for the misunderstanding:
“Based on the hostility directed at me online and the threat of a lawsuit against Gaia and me from Corey Goode, which is repeatedly referred to in the leaked letter circulated online as a legal matter that I did not want to get drawn into the middle of, I decided to stop going to work and eventually not renew my contract with Gaia.”
David Wilcock added:
“This decision was difficult for me as I dedicated five and a half years of my life’s work to create meaningful content to share with our community.”
The leaked letter showed Wilcock accusing Gaia TV of “unethical” practices, such as ill-treatment of employees, poor pay structure, and “deceptive” editing, which exposed David to violent threats from the conservative Christian community.
However, in his apology made viral by bogger Jason Colavito, the former Ancient Aliens host appeared to retract the accusations in the letter:
“Anyone who read this letter online did not know or understand why various things may have been said. None of this should ever have been made public… These accusations are false and without merit. Given such, I apologize to Gaia, its employees and the entire Gaia community as I would never intend to disparage Gaia.”
David Wilcock also clarified that his fallout with “secret space program fantasist” Corey Goode, followed by a gust of online backlash, influenced his decision to quit Gaia. He continued:
“It was very obvious to me that a powerful group was violently resisting the work I was doing with Gaia on Cosmic Disclosure. There were incredibly malicious and slanderous attacks being made online against me, my various insiders and Gaia, by what I refer to as the “Dark Alliance.” This included personal death threats I received in July 2017, warning that if I continued working as the host of Cosmic Disclosure, I would be killed.”
While David Wilcock didn’t clarify whether Corey Goode was part of this “Dark Alliance,” he explained:
“Taken together, the threats and attacks we collectively went through all appeared to be a coordinated operation from a force outside of Gaia or its employee base. This force’s agenda was almost certainly to ‘divide and conquer.’”
David praised his ex-employers for their “Full Disclosure” and “Seeking Truth Movement,” while stating that the leak of his resignation letter caused “our own public to turn on us” and thus profiting the opposition.
Last year, Wilcock appeared on the Hidden in Plain Sight podcast and further blamed Goode for a lot of his “problems” and “unhappy” life.
David’s Gaia producer, Jay Weidner, also came forward in September 2024 and wrote in a Facebook post:
“David Wilcock is telling everyone that he no longer believes Corey Goode. Doesn’t he owe all of us a huge apology? He was the one who sold Corey Goode to the world.”
Now, amid reports of Wilcock’s passing, Weidner doubled down on his claims:
“I produced 2 of David Wilcock’s shows at Gaia. We worked together for over 4 years. I think Wisdom Teachings is still the best show, ever, at Gaia. We were like brothers, that is, until he met Corey Goode. After that, David began going mental. Corey’s lies ripped David’s hold on reality.”
In a follow-up post, Jay wrote:
“Corey Goode’s lies destroyed David Wilcock.”
Goode, for his part, continued to sing praises of Wilcock and blamed the authorities for not taking him and David seriously when they approached them for help against their cyberstalkers and others who made their lives miserable. Corey also urged the community to help him ensure that the Boulder County law enforcement and the FBI delve deeper into the factors leading up to David’s apparent suicide.
Wilcock’s friend and Edge of Wonder host/ producer Ben Chasteen also shared in his Facebook tribute that David was “struggling with many things” after his fallout with Gaia and Corey Goode, without going into details.
Reports about David Wilcock’s death surfaced after Boulder County Sheriff’s Office issued a media advisory stating their officers responded to a 911 call about an ongoing “mental health crisis” on Monday morning at the 1400 block of Ridge Road in Nederland (where Wilcock lived!).
However, the man who was seemingly alone on the property used the weapon on himself outside of the house, in the presence of the deputies. He was later declared deceased at the scene.
Edited by Pallavi K