The Canoe Man

Download or read book The Canoe Man written by John R. Darwin and published by . This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canoe Man Panama and Back Sex, deceit, lies, greed, disguises, secret codes, help from others and of course exotic locations; this has it all! Fact is certainly stranger than fiction! This is the first of the "Canoe Man" diaries by John R. Darwin. It is his authentic and official story of how he successfully faked his own death for 6 years. The story tells the reasons behind this audacious crime which was reported worldwide. The ongoing planning, and the disguises used to prevent recognition, were so effective that he had the police completely fooled and believing that there was no way John could be alive, they issued a death certificate through the coroner. From that moment on, nobody looked for this "dead" man; and later this was reluctantly admitted to a High Court Judge. The fact that he was never actually caught, but handed himself in after six years, bears witness to the planning and disguises he used. He goes into detail on how he managed to procure documents that enabled him to travel worldwide at will. There were of course various adventures along the way, which included some in the USA with American women with whom he stayed while Anne was still in the UK. "The BBC has already dramatised his extraordinary story and a number of film production companies are looking at a feature -film option." - Amy Turner, "The Sunday Times" Magazine. "If written as a novel, there would have been elements of this story readers would find hard to believe" - The "People" special supplement on true crime. "As a prison officer, John Darwin had unique access to the criminal mind but also, and perhaps more importantly, knew the mistakes that put them behind bars." - Daily Mail The conclusion of the book contains the ill-fated decision and preparation to return from Panama to the UK. The consequences of his dramatic reappearance in the second book, "The Canoe Man The Other Side of the Door" which is the continuation of his diaries.