On the morning of Thursday March 21st 2002 John Darwin took his red canoe, called the Orca, out for a paddle at the seaside of Seaton Carew in Hartlepool.

After John didn't return that evening, an extensive search was undertaken across the coastline to find him. The wreckage of his canoe and a double ended paddle were recovered but with no sign of John.

A death certificate was issued and said he’d probably encountered difficulties and, as result, most likely died at sea.

However the ocean was reported as being rather calm on the day of his disappearance.

What at first seemed to be a simple death by misadventure, turned out to be more complex than first imagined.

MUSIC

Namaste by Jason Shaw
OceanTapping by P C III
Farewell the Innocent by Ars Sonor
Hold My Hand (Ambient Mix) by Ars Sonor
I Don’t See the Branches I See the Leaves by Chris Zabriskie

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