Hey, I'm Steph, if you're new here. I hope you're ready to hear a story today because I have one for you.

That's the purpose of our show, crazy right? But for real, this one is wild. I'm going to be telling you the story of Rob Parks, whose

ex-wife attempted to hire six different men to kill him. And I feel like just that brief

tagline really speaks for itself.

So if you haven't already, buckle in because we have a lot to talk about.

Our story begins in 1999.

Rob Parks had just begun attending Teesside University and he was having the time of his life.

It was his first year at university and it was the first time away from home.

He was doing everything he could with as many people as he could to make experiences.

He didn't have many girls around him, but he didn't seem to mind because he was just enjoying

making friends.

Rob was involved with the Amateur Dramatic Society.

He always loved theater, and during his second year he had the opportunity to lead the club.

At the beginning of his second year in 2000, while he was the leader of the club,

he met a girl named Victoria Breden.

It was her first year so she had just joined the university and the club

and from that point on Rob's life would be changed forever. which is a kind of interesting thing to think about.

The moment you meet someone is the moment your life changes forever.

This random person you've just met will have a huge influence on your life and Rob definitely didn't know that his story with Victoria was going to be a long and tumultuous one.

It was very casual at first. Rob thought that Victoria had just been dragged along to the club as a joke, but they connected very quickly.

And they almost immediately began dating. They had a whirlwind romance.

Rob's life changed subtly at first, but as they spent more time

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