Like the plot of a bad mystery novel...

[Vermilion]

Man reappears after five years missing at sea, only to find wife has absconded with all monies...

Did wife boink him on the head and leave him to die, or did they plan something together? Perhaps she genuinely was so distraught at his apparent loss, that she needed a nice long, expensive holiday in Panama...

Who's the author of this tale? Cos it fits every cliche so far...

Full (badly written) Story Here

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[neonlyte]

And yet the bit in the linked (badly written) story that sticks out for me is: "Mr Darwin, a Roman Catholic, left teaching to work..."

It's like the piece I quoted yesterday, "Mr Dougon, who was infertile, denies murdering his wife..."

Mr Darwin's is an odd story with more in the telling to come but why do journalists feel the urge to qualify their subjects with the extraneous details. is a Roman Catholic prone to memory lapses, or canoeing? Are infertile men always murderers?

 

[Vermilion]

I love the way newspapers always put the ages of the subject in.

Miss Vermilion Lazarus (24) wrote an article today...


One of my favourite Terry Pratchett books The Truth takes the mick out of this beautifully, even giving the age of the dog, Wuffles (11) when he's kidnapped...


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[scheherazade_79]

I love the way newspapers always put the ages of the subject in.

Miss Vermilion Lazarus (24) wrote an article today...


One of my favourite Terry Pratchett books The Truth takes the mick out of this beautifully, even giving the age of the dog, Wuffles (11) when he's kidnapped...


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Sexual orientation only gets put in if you're gay, though

 

[Vermilion]

Sexual orientation only gets put in if you're gay, though

Very true, but that's because we're special...
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[Guest]

And yet the bit in the linked (badly written) story that sticks out for me is: "Mr Darwin, a Roman Catholic, left teaching to work..."

It's like the piece I quoted yesterday, "Mr Dougon, who was infertile, denies murdering his wife..."

Mr Darwin's is an odd story with more in the telling to come but why do journalists feel the urge to qualify their subjects with the extraneous details. is a Roman Catholic prone to memory lapses, or canoeing? Are infertile men always murderers?

I have the feeling that in the infertile man's case, the wife was pregnant...and it was not mentioned.

 

[sr71plt]

Man reappears after five years missing at sea, only to find wife has absconded with all monies...

Did wife boink him on the head and leave him to die, or did they plan something together? Perhaps she genuinely was so distraught at his apparent loss, that she needed a nice long, expensive holiday in Panama...

Who's the author of this tale? Cos it fits every cliche so far...

Full (badly written) Story Here

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Thanks for posting this. I keep seeing teasers on CNN that a story on this is coming after the next commercial, but I never stay on CNN long enough to catch what this is all about.

 

[oggbashan]

BBC News have just shown a photo, apparently taken in 2006, of Mr and Mrs Darwen together in Panama City.

Police are investigating to see whether a fraud was committed. Mrs Darwen owns a penthouse flat in Panama.

Og

 

[starrkers]

I love the way newspapers always put the ages of the subject in.

Miss Vermilion Lazarus (24) wrote an article today...


One of my favourite Terry Pratchett books The Truth takes the mick out of this beautifully, even giving the age of the dog, Wuffles (11) when he's kidnapped...


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When the stories are crime related, there's actually a point. They use age and partial address as a way of making sure they identify the right person, so Miss Vermilion Lazarus (36) doesn't get her knickers in a twist.

 

[Vermilion]

When the stories are crime related, there's actually a point. They use age and partial address as a way of making sure they identify the right person, so Miss Vermilion Lazarus (36) doesn't get her knickers in a twist.

But she might enjoy the experience...

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