HISTORICAL FACTS: 3 - Caught on Camera

Canoe fraudster John Darwin now living totally different life after faking own death

John is the subject of new ITV show The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe - and here's where he is now

Daily Record · Apr 18, 2022

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe viewers slam actors over 'insulting' accent fail

The new ITV drama about John Darwin, known as 'Canoe Man' after he faked his own death in 2002, aired on Easter Sunday. But viewers from Hartlepool, which is where the story unfolded, were baffled by the actors' attempts at their regional accent

Daily Mirror · Apr 18, 2022

Where is John Darwin now - canoe man living new life abroad with young wife

The 71-year-old fraudster faked his own death back in 2002 in a dishonest plot with ex-wife Anne Darwin, who played the grieving widow and helped him collect his £250,000 life insurance policy.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 18, 2022

Canoe man John Darwin nearly blew own cover when seen gardening after faking death

John Darwin was so cocky about not being recognised in his disguise of a beard and a hat - while his sons mourned him, he would potter around in the garden

Daily Mirror · Apr 17, 2022

What happened to John Darwin and his wife and where are they now?

The barely believable true story of how former prison officer John Darwin faked his own death in a canoe accident is being retold in an ITV drama. Here's what happened to John and his wife Anne after their release from prison...

Manchester Evening News · Apr 17, 2022

Where are John Darwin and his wife Anne now? ITV The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

John and Anne Darwin's prison sentence and what they are doing now

Liverpool Echo · Apr 17, 2022

What happened to Anne Darwin? Canoe man John wife's life after prison - divorce and tell-all book

Anne Darwin, the wife of 'canoe man' John, has her past revisited in ITV's The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe

Chronicle Live · Apr 17, 2022

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe cast as John Darwin scandal becomes ITV drama

The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe launches on ITV on Sunday night, decades after John and Anne Darwin made headlines

Chronicle Live · Apr 17, 2022

The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe: What is fact and what is fiction in the ITV drama?

The events of the series are so bizarre they seem implausible – here’s the true story the drama is based on

The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2022

Inside life of 'Canoe Man' John Darwin's ex-wife - from fake death to pension scam

John Darwin faked his own death at sea in 2002 and hid in a secret room at home while wife Anne made a fortune in a life insurance and pension scam. Their story is told in a new TV drama

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022