The envelope he mailed to himself

The envelope he mailed to himself A fourteen-year-old mail carrier named Leon Price found something impossible in an outgoing mail flag on September fourth: a self-addressed envelope in the sender's own handwriting, containing a cashier's check drawn on his own account. How did Kent Baker, a careful twenty-four-year-old bookkeeper in Millhaven, Ohio, end up mailing money to himself without remembering doing it? In this episode, we trace eight weeks of late-night messages from a man claiming to be Ronald Jensen, a deaf architect in Edinburgh, who used Kent's own sister's deafness as the key to his trust. We reveal how the targeting preceded the connection, how a single notation in Jensen's case file read "deaf angle - strong resonance," and how the same method had claimed another victim eight years earlier in Dayton, Ohio, before that case went cold. Person: Kent Baker Victim: Kent Baker, age 24, bookkeeper Perpetrator: Jensen (also used the name Ronald Jensen) Location: Millhaven, Ohio Amount stolen: Seven thousand dollars Date: July through September - Kent Baker worked as a bookkeeper at Archer Logistics and visited Fenner's Diner every Thursday morning at seven-fifteen sharp for a short stack and black coffee. - A dating app profile appeared in early July showing a man named Ronald Jensen, forty-one, claiming to be a deaf architect in Edinburgh, Scotland. - On August twenty-ninth, Jensen requested four thousand dollars citing an emergency; Kent wired it on August thirtieth and three thousand more on September third. - On September fourth at seven forty-two in the morning, Kent received a long message describing Jensen's fictional childhood of deafness; he mailed a self-addressed envelope containing a larger cashier's check before leaving for work. - Eight years earlier in Dayton, Ohio, a man named Robert Gaines had been defrauded of more than thirty thousand dollars using the same method; he died by suicide before the case resolved, and DNA evidence later matched Jensen to that case. To listen to this podcast ad-free and access premium episodes, try our subscription with a 14-day free trial at obomedia.com. © 2026 OBOMEDIA. All rights reserved. This episode and its content (audio, text, and related materials) are the exclusive property of OBOMEDIA and are protected by applicable copyright laws. Reproduction, distribution, editing, or commercial use, in whole or in part, without prior written permission from OBOMEDIA is prohibited. For permissions, licensing, and business inquiries: [email protected].