In the spring of 2023, police in the U.K. found the most unlikely of overdose victims: a well-liked, well-respected couple in their 60s. Initially, investigators considered that the deaths might be the result of suicide or an accident, but then – as one co-host likes to say – their “Spidey senses” kicked in, turning their attention toward a caregiver who may have been providing the wrong kind of TLC. This week, The Escape Pod goes back more than a decade before the Baxters’ untimely deaths for a cautionary tale about who we choose to trust.

Bullet Points of Key Topics and Markers:

Topic #1 :30 MIL saga continues – with a funny twist

Topic #2 12:28 Meet the Baxters

Topic #3 19:08 Investigation turns up treasure trove of interesting tidbits

Topic #4 29:53 Escaping children who mock their mothers

Resources & Links

• Man posed as doctor to befriend couple before 'poisoning them'

• Luke D'Wit: Sinister double murderer jailed

• Luke D’Wit: How a double killer plotted the deaths of his trusting ...

• Fears 'fentanyl murderer' who poisoned married couple may also ... - LBC

• Luke D’Wit-Baxter Murders

• Fentanyl Killer Luke D’Wit

• Carol and Stephen Baxter Murders: Where is Luke D’Wit Now?

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