When a sweet older couple were found dead in their own home, sitting side by side in their armchairs,

nothing seemed suspicious about it at first. There were no signs of violence, there was no note left behind.

This didn't look like a crime scene. But trust me, this had been a cold-blooded murder.

Carol and Stephen Baxter's killer had played the long game.

They had planted seeds of manipulation just waiting for the right moment.

And when that moment finally came, he set up a secret camera and recorded everything.

Hello! camera and recorded everything. Hello and welcome to Outlaw Podcast. I'm Eleanor Neil and in today's episode, we're in

Essex in 2023, where Carol and Stephen Baxter had been living out their later years together

peacefully. But unbeknownst to the couple, someone had been quietly plotting against them, even taking

the steps required to put them into an early grave.

And this manipulation and premeditation didn't just take place over the few days or weeks

before their deaths.

It had been years in the making.

And as investigators began to unravel what had happened,

the list of possible suspects all turned out to be much closer to home than anyone had expected.

Honestly gang, researching this case has shaken me to my core.

It's one of those that makes you question like,

how am I ever going to be able to trust another human being ever again?

Because it's more than just what happened to the couple.

It's about how long it all went unnoticed and how few red flags about the situation there

actually were.

Carol and Stephen were killed in slow motion.

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