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Top Flight Time Machine

History Box - Canoe Man Part 1

Top Flight Time Machine

Andy Dawson & Sam Delaney

Comedy, Sports, Sports & Recreation, Soccer

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

John Darwin’s elaborate fraud is examined. Would we do the same? And is Cheryl Cole ready for the Newcastle job? (Rec: 16/11/21)


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0:00.0

Waitrose have added more of your favourites to their new lower prices.

0:03.6

Or is it new, new, lower prices, or newer, new, lower prices?

0:07.9

Well, they've added more, so it could be more, newer, new, lower prices.

0:11.7

Or even the newest of new, lower prices on more.

0:14.2

Ernie, who? Waitrose have new, new, lower prices on hundreds of your favourites,

0:19.3

like apples, chicken, and those cheeky ginger nuts. Waitrose.

0:23.0

Food to feel good about.

0:25.0

Selected stores, subjects with availability, prices may vary in a little

0:28.0

Waitrose Tunnel Islands and concessions.

0:59.0

Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go, this is it.

1:07.0

This is Toplight Time Machine, I am Andy Hock, Body Dawson.

1:10.0

I am 70 Delaney, so what?

1:13.0

Welcome along to another history box.

1:17.0

And you've probably worked out already from reading the title of this episode

1:21.0

of what it's going to be about.

1:24.0

Maybe it'll be one episode, maybe it'll be two, four, seven, nine, fifteen.

1:29.0

Who knows?

1:30.0

It is the John Darwin canoe disappearance man case from December 2007.

1:42.0

In short, it is the man who faked his death and then hid for five years

1:50.0

as part of a life insurance fraud scheme scam.

1:55.0

So yeah, we're sourcing this solely from the Wikipedia page.

2:02.0

We haven't drawn upon many different sources or strands or threads.

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