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308 - The Disappearance of 'The Canoe Man'

Do Go On

Matt Stewart, Jess Perkins & Dave Warneke

Fact, History, Facts, Comedy

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2021

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

In March 2002, prison guard John Darwin was seen paddling out to sea in his kayak, but was not seen returning. A massive search was undertaken but he was not found and Darwin was presumed dead. That was until five years later when he walked into a London police station claiming to have amnesia. So where the hell had he been?


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

Back From The Dead: The John Darwin Story (documentary)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXXaP1NIJn8


Canoe Man (Dramatisation)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_6kA1HH--Y 


https://pressgazette.co.uk/david-leighs-panama-paperchase/

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/local-news/john-darwin-missing-five-years-3730425

https://metro.co.uk/2007/12/10/darwins-beard-disguise-revealed-by-police-589075/

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-500944/John-Darwin-reached-hideaway-coffin-shaped-door.html

https://metro.co.uk/2008/07/23/revealed-the-words-which-caught-anne-darwin-305728/ 

https://web.archive.org/web/20071208152437/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/12/06/ncanoe906.xml

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-12214355

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/dec/17/canoe-man-john-darwin-arrested

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/canoe-man-john-darwin-who-23334833

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/29/anna-avramenko-john-darwin_n_4359447.html 

https://social.shorthand.com/TheNorthernEcho/3gttWa568j/john-canoe-man-darwin-the-full-story

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/david-leigh-wins-london-press-304563

https://pressgazette.co.uk/david-leighs-panama-paperchase/

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tees-12214355

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Darwin_disappearance_case

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-37551735

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/14779112/canoe-man-john-darwin-insurance-scam-wife-anne/

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/canoe

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/oct/08/anne-darwin-deceiving-my-sons-was-unforgivable

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/canoe-man-john-darwin-who-23334833

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/29/anna-avramenko-john-darwin_n_4359447.html



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0:07.2

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0:09.2

This is what they want.

0:10.1

America's sweetheart.

0:11.1

You won't give it to them.

0:12.2

Just watch me.

0:16.6

I want to dance with somebody,

0:18.2

only in Simmers from Boxing Day.

0:31.8

Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On.

0:35.3

My name is Devin Wannakie and is always in here with Matt Stewart and Jess Perkins.

0:40.8

Hey Dave, how's it going?

0:43.2

Jess as well also, how are you going?

0:45.0

You're a fuck.

0:47.0

Well I'm good. Just get that in there.

0:49.6

I'm glad to hear that Dave.

0:51.6

Thank you.

0:52.6

I appreciate you and I love you.

0:54.6

Matt, you've got a lot of work to do, young man.

0:58.6

To win back my affection.

1:01.6

Oh no.

1:02.6

Sorry, a lot of work to do, old man.

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