On July 4th, 2018, a paramedic was hurrying through a hospital in England when a supervisor

flagged him down, looking very concerned. She asked him if he had been one of the paramedics on a

very specific call a few days earlier. Surprised, the paramedic said yes. The call had been completely

typical, so he didn't really understand why this particular call mattered so

much. But the instant he confirmed he had been there, his supervisor said she would explain in a minute,

but for right now, he had to take off all of his gear, like all of it right now, because there was a

chance that what he was wearing could kill him. So, if you're a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious delivered in story format, then you

come to the right show, because that's all we do.

So, if that's of interest to you, please sneak into the Follow Button's house and remove

all of their outlets and replace them with blank plates.

Okay, let's get into today's story.

Okay? with blank plates. Okay, let's get into today's story. On the afternoon of June 29, 2018, a 44-year-old woman named Don Sturgis sat on a blanket in a park in Salisbury, England, drinking some wine with a few friends and her boyfriend Charlie Rowley.

It was Don's favorite way to spend a Friday, especially since it involved Charlie.

So they've been dating for 16 months, and she was completely in love with him,

primarily because Charlie was truly like the lone bright spot in Don's otherwise really difficult life.

So Dawn was an alcoholic, who had struggled with an undiagnosed case of bipolar disorder for years.

And so she had a hard time finding work. And for the last two years, she'd actually lived in a therapeutic group home. But it was a

little after she had moved in there that she had very fortunately met Charlie. Now, on paper, Don and

Charlie did not seem like they would be good for each other.

Charlie was addicted to heroin.

He also didn't have a job, and he was frequently in trouble with the law.

And so when they first got together, people in Dawn's life worried that Charlie ultimately was just going to pull her down even further into her own problems.

...