This is the big breakdown.

A long look back at some of the biggest stories we're covering for you at the Hidden Killers podcast and True Crime Today.

This is the Hidden Killers podcast with Tony Bruske and continuing coverage of the case against Rex Hewerman.

In many true crime cases, the origin story doesn't begin with the crime scene. It begins with a rescue,

a moment where someone, usually a man, steps into a woman's life at her most vulnerable and appears

to save her. But sometimes that rescue is a beginning of a different kind of captivity.

Think back to Paul Bernardo and Carla Hamoka in Canada.

At first, he was the charming, handsome boyfriend who helped her escape, a strict upbringing,

but behind closed doors, he was grooming her into complicity.

Or Chris Watts, who seemed like the

perfect husband until his entire family vanished. Their wives and families didn't fall in love

with monsters. They fell in love with someone who presented as their protector. And in this

segment, we're going to dive into the early years of Rex Huraman and Asa

Elrop's relationship, the origin story.

What began as friendship and support during a bitter divorce turned into a family unit,

a home, a child, and perhaps a carefully constructed illusion.

But Robin Drake exposes here is not just a behavioral breakdown of Rex.

It's an exploration of why Asa may have never asked the right questions

and how her emotional needs, past traumas, and empathetic nature,

may have been the very traits that made her the perfect cover.

As we peel back the layers of their relationship, how they met, how they lived, and how their home was shaped,

they begin to understand the difference between a life shared and a life staged.

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