You're tuned in to our 4th of July 2025 flashback weekend to look back at some of the biggest

stories we've been covering for you so far in 2025. What you're about to hear is a previous broadcast.

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 Heuerman.

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 the 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 who wereman in Asa Ellorup'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

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