In December 2007, 57 year old John Darwin walked into a police station in London, claiming to have no memory of who he was or where he’d been for the past five years. But as the police began to investigate Darwin’s story everything began to fall apart.
This week Taylor and Kat take a break from murder tales to investigate the story of Hartlepool’s canoe man and Kat reminisces on this bizarre tale of fraud that took place just down the road from her hometown!
FURTHER READING:
Sea Search for missing canoeist - BBC News
Timeline of the case - BBC News
John "Canoe Man" Darwin: The full story - The Northern Echo
Canoe man "stole dead baby's identity to get false passport - Evening Standard
Family of John Jones still waiting for an apology - Hartlepool Mail
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