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The rosemary at the door: how a therapist's recommendation became a trap
The rosemary at the door: how a therapist's recommendation became a trap
A hand-painted ceramic pot sits on a doorstep with fresh soil and a card signed "R" - but the man who lived there hasn't been seen in weeks, his mailbox overflowing, his Tuesday volunteer shift abandoned after two years without a single miss. How did an empty apartment and a watered plant connect to a seven-month online friendship that never existed?
In this episode, we trace Vernon Becker's path from a therapist-recommended peer support forum to a fake identity named Roger Osborne, a fabricated cryptocurrency platform…
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