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Rex Baikes

Retired private investigator who worked for the Ray McQueen defence team in the Rosslyn McQueen murder case, featured on The Australian's true-crime podcast The Poisoned Wife with Hedley Thomas.

Aug 20, 2026

The Poisoned Wife

The Poisoned Wife

Episode 1: The Suitcase

Aug 20 · 51m

Hedley Thomas
Hedley ThomasHOST
21:55
Many layers of this unsolved case will be investigated and shared in detail in this podcast series.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:03
I'm not obsessed, but as an investigator, I always dealt very seriously with the matters put before me.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:12
I've had to be able to finance it and also have the time to go away.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:17
It's not like a tap turning it on and off.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:20
You're either on or you're off, and I'm on.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:24
[gentle music] Three months after the death of Ros McQueen, the Melbourne Homicide Squad's Detective Senior Sergeant Ron Blackshaw brought a charge of murder against Ray McQueen.
Rex BaikesGUEST
22:59
He was granted taxpayer-funded legal representation, and that's when the then private investigator, Rex Baikes, first became involved.
Hedley Thomas
Hedley ThomasHOST
24:55
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