Kathy Beale (Gillian Taylforth)

[maidmarian]

dupl

[tammyy2j]

For Kathy to abandon her sons especially young Ben and let them believe she was dead as Gavin was or is that bad why didn't she try to leave or end her life as sons think she is dead already

It will be hard for anyone to out do Archie, Larry Lamb played him brilliantly

[Dazzle]

I think the unbelievability of scam rests
not on Kathy being bullied/co-erced into
it but on the fact they got away with it -at all
and for so long.
Also that it will come to light through confession
rather than normal processes!

The way I look at it is that the so-called "canoe man" and his wife got away with it until they regretted it and decided they wanted their old lives back. It's reasonable to assume therefore that there must be others who've got away with it completely.

For Kathy to abandon her sons especially young Ben and let them believe she was dead as Gavin was or is that bad why didn't she try to leave or end her life as sons think she is dead already

The key phrase in the spoiler to explain Kathy's actions is "brainwashing". At the moment I'm waiting to hear it from Kathy's lips before I decide whether I find her explanation for abandoning her sons credible or not. I think it sounds promising though, and at least it's different than witness protection.

[maidmarian]

The way I look at it is that the so-called "canoe man" and his wife got away with it until they regretted it and decided they wanted their old lives back. It's reasonable to assume therefore that there must be others who've got away with it completely.



The key phrase in the spoiler to explain Kathy's actions is "brainwashing". At the moment I'm waiting to hear it from Kathy's lips before I decide whether I find her explanation for abandoning her sons credible or not. I think it sounds promising though, and at least it's different than witness protection.

A lot does depend on Kathys explanation and
how well she puts it over.I hope it does sound
believable- as I like the character.
And she achieved what for me is the almost
impossible- making P Mitchell seem romantic!
In the early days on the banks of the Seine in
Paris!

re " Canoe man" - it was a very convulted plot
but I thought the police were suspicious already
because of wifes behaviour and were investigating
( this would be actual police-not soap police!)

And the reason canoe man decided to come
back and feign amnesia was due to change in
Panamas visa laws which would have meant
he would have been discovered.-and ended up
in a less hospitable prison than one of ours!?

so went for the better option? but would have
been found out anyway?

[maidmarian]

The way I look at it is that the so-called "canoe man" and his wife got away with it until they regretted it and decided they wanted their old lives back. It's reasonable to assume therefore that there must be others who've got away with it completely.



The key phrase in the spoiler to explain Kathy's actions is "brainwashing". At the moment I'm waiting to hear it from Kathy's lips before I decide whether I find her explanation for abandoning her sons credible or not. I think it sounds promising though, and at least it's different than witness protection.

A lot does depend on Kathys explanation and
how well she puts it over.I hope it does sound
believable- as I like the character.
And she achieved what for me is the almost
impossible- making P Mitchell seem romantic!
In the early days on the banks of the Seine in
Paris!

re " Canoe man" - it was a very convulted plot
but I thought the police were suspicious already
because of wifes behaviour and were investigating
( this would be actual police-not soap police!)

And the reason canoe man decided to come
back and feign amnesia was due to change in
Panamas visa laws which would have meant
he would have been discovered.-and ended up
in a less hospitable prison than one of ours!?

so went for the better option? but would have
been found out anyway?

[Dazzle]

I just had a quick look at the John Darwin (Canoe Man) wiki page. It seems the police were suspicious because his wife hadn't been behaving like a grieving widow and had bought a property in Panama, and also due to an overheard phone conversation. There were no charges until John showed back up though, so they got away with it for five years.

I think there's bound to be a few people in the world living off the proceeds of their faked deaths. It's impossible that 100% of people are caught for any crime.

[Perdita]

Lord Lucan was never found ...

[Siobhan]

For Kathy to abandon her sons especially young Ben and let them believe she was dead as Gavin was or is that bad why didn't she try to leave or end her life as sons think she is dead already

If she was brainwashed by Gavin, she could have been led to believed that her sons would be killed so she abandoned them to protect them, especially young Ben

[Siobhan]

For Kathy to abandon her sons especially young Ben and let them believe she was dead as Gavin was or is that bad why didn't she try to leave or end her life as sons think she is dead already

If she was brainwashed by Gavin, she could have been led to believed that her sons would be killed so she abandoned them to protect them, especially young Ben

[tammyy2j]

If she was brainwashed by Gavin, she could have been led to believed that her sons would be killed so she abandoned them to protect them, especially young Ben

I await to see how he brainwashed her