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Top Flight Time Machine

History Box - Canoe Man Part 5

Top Flight Time Machine

Andy Dawson & Sam Delaney

Sports & Recreation, Soccer, Sports, Comedy

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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‘John Jones’ turns himself in, the bloody government, George Michael’s origin story, and atrocious workplace conduct. (Rec: 7/12/21)


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1:15.6

This is top flight time machine, I am Andy Hopbody Dawson, Pa, Pa, Pa, Pa.

1:19.2

I'm 70 Delaney, so well. Welcome along to history box, and we continue to unravel the saga

1:27.8

of canoe man John Darwin from about 15 years ago or so. The man, of course, he disappeared,

1:35.2

fictitious death, escaped Panama, came back, and there was all for 250 grand worth of insurance

1:44.5

fraud. Have you ever told your kids about the case of John Darwin? I don't think I have.

1:50.4

I guess you have been. I told Len about it, and it was, it was fucking it. It's just that you

1:58.0

realize as you're telling it, this is a brilliant story for a young boy, right? Yeah, he's just like

2:03.4

the eyes get wider and wider. But even he, when he said how much money did he get? And I said

2:10.4

about 250 grand, even Len who is 10 was like, what? 250 grand. He told his kids he was dead.

2:18.4

Yeah, but his favorite bit, because as you fans of the Lennon verse or no, one of Len's favorite

2:24.8

things and greatest talents is making up names, fictional names. So why we got into it was he

2:31.6

actually said that John Jones would be a really terrible made up name for someone. And I said,

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