Episode 13: Matt Baker: Sinister Minister Part 1

True Crime Campfire

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 22 November 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

To his congregants at Crossroads First Baptist, Matt Baker was their charming, relatable young pastor. He was energetic, he was great at firing up the young people, and he was married to an equally energetic and charming young woman, Kari. They had two beautiful daughters. A picture perfect young family.

But as every true crime obsessive knows, looks can be deceiving--and a mask of Christian piety can hide a dark heart, capable of unimaginable horror. Join us for part 1 of this incredible story of lust, lies, and murder.

Sources:

Book: Deadly Little Secrets by Kathryn Casey
https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Killer-s-in-laws-win-custody-fight-1468405.php
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-mystery-dirty-little-secrets/
https://www.wacotrib.com/news/crime/mistress-testifies-that-matt-baker-told-her-how-he-killed/article_07715ba9-d27f-576d-a040-e92024871725.html

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0:00.0	Hello, campers. Grab your marshmallows and gather around the true crime campfire.
0:05.0	We're your camp counselors. I'm Katie and I'm Whitney.
0:08.0	And we're here to tell you a true story that is way stranger than fiction.
0:12.0	We're roasting murderers and marshmallows around the true crime campfire.
0:15.0	We all wear masks sometimes.
0:21.0	We're not the same person talking to our boss that we are when we're with our closest friends.
0:26.1	Some degree of putting our best face forward is natural, necessary, harmless.
0:30.8	But for some, the mask is there not for the sake of professionalism or putting other people at ease.
0:36.0	For some, it's there to conceal a true face like the painting in Dorian Gray's attic.
0:41.0	And if you're unfortunate enough to run afoul of one of these folks the first time
0:45.3	you see them without the mask might also be the last. Tonight we'll tell you the
0:49.4	story of Matt Baker, a man whose mask of Christian piety hit a heart so dark and malignant it would end
0:55.1	up spreading pain and misery to everyone Matt touched.
0:58.4	This is Sinister Minister, the Murder of Carrie Baker. So, Camper's, we're in Waco, Texas, April 8, 2006. A call came into the 911 dispatch. The caller sounded calm as he said,
1:28.0	Yes, I think my wife just committed suicide. The dispatcher quickly got the caller's name and address. His name was Matt Baker and
1:35.8	got an ambulance on the way. Matt said that his wife Carrie was on the bed. Her
1:40.4	lips were blue, her hands were cold, and he'd found a note.
1:44.0	Matt said, it says, I'm sorry, basically.
1:47.0	He said Carrie wasn't breathing, and he couldn't find a pulse,
1:50.0	which I can only imagine how terrifying, like coming home and finding your spouse like that.
1:55.1	That's horrible.
1:55.9	Yeah, it's just like the worst nightmare I can imagine.
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