308 - The Disappearance of 'The Canoe Man'

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