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Forensic Files

A Bitter Pill To Swallow

Forensic Files

HLN

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.63.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

This episode originally aired May 13, 2019. A 33-year old woman meets, falls in love with, and marries a successful young doctor, but an unusual amount of discomfort during her pregnancy arouses her suspicions, prompting a personal investigation that culminates in a startling revelation.

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0:00.0

When a beautiful young woman in Ohio met a handsome young doctor, it was love at first sight.

0:08.8

During candlelight dinners, the two spoke of marriage with a ceremony on a distant beach at sunset.

0:16.8

But those plans were delayed when the prospective bride fell ill.

0:22.7

When medical science couldn't find the cause of the problem,

0:26.9

forensic science and a hidden camera did.

0:51.0

The next thing. At 33 years old, Michelle Baker was ready to settle down, get married, and start a family.

0:54.4

Her dreams were soon realized when a girlfriend introduced her

0:56.4

to a soft-spoken new doctor in town,

0:59.2

Dr. Maynard Munsing II.

1:02.0

I was the happiest woman in the world at that point.

1:04.8

I mean, he was every woman's dream.

1:08.0

He was very successful, very good-looking. Michelle worked as a firefighter and a

1:15.2

paramedic, and the two shared an interest in emergency medicine. Muncing was also 33 years old,

1:23.0

both were divorced, and there was an immediate attraction. Within a month, Dr. Munsing moved into Michelle's small home in Huber Heights, Ohio.

1:33.5

The couple spent weekends caring for Maynard's two children from a previous marriage.

1:39.9

And soon, Michelle had some happy news of her own.

1:44.1

She was going to have a baby.

1:47.6

He said, we're getting married in Key West's barefoot on the beach at sunset.

1:53.4

I was blown away.

1:56.3

So the two flew off to Florida.

1:59.2

But on their first night there, Maynard changed his mind,

2:02.5

asking Michelle if they could postpone the wedding so his family could attend.

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