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The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the dark side of humanity and human nature. Our stories delve into the worst of the worst and include murder, rape, dismemberment and cannibalism. No crime is too brutal and no victim is too pure. The worst monsters are real.

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Dane Ladwig - Raw Interview

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2021/12/05

Dane Ladwig, author of the book "Dr. H.H. Holmes & The Whitechapel Ripper”, has spent years studying the murders of Herman Webster Mudgett, otherwise known as H.H. Holmes. We spoke with him back in 2014 about his book for Episode 30. In this unedited raw interview, you’ll get to hear him walk through Holmes’ crimes and what he thinks about his true identity was.

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2021/11/25

In a calm and sunny residential area of Tampa, Florida detectives and firefighters have to respond to one of the worst and tragic murders they ever witnessed. Around midnight, neighbors are shocked to hear a woman’s screams and pounding on a door for help. A series of 911 calls come in and record all the appalling events leading to the crazed murderer’s killings, including capturing the “death-screams” of the dying woman. The judge in this case says what happened will haunt

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Sword and Scale Episode 203

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2021/11/20

An early morning car accident would send the Boise PD reeling for answers. With two dead on the scene they still had to explain an unrelated homicide. The frightening sight was the culmination of years of abuse in the name of love. A history of domestic disputes that ended deadly in one of the most unimaginable ways possible. SOURCES Victim of Horrific Crime Shares Her Story for First Time Alofa Time Pleads Guilty To First Degree Murder Alofa Time May Get Second Plea Agreement Alofa Time

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2021/11/14

Law professor and university dean Dexter Levin had a past full of secrets. He held his cards close to his chest. But when his fiancé Lynn Herriott broke off their engagement, he began to unravel. Dexter would stop at nothing to execute his final plan, but Lynn would be the one forced to battle his ugliest demons. SOURCES Julie Owens MUSIC Infraction - I See Angels Hyperreal - Galactic Oblivion Jelliot - Church of the Dead Frequently Asked Music - Disturbed Jelliot - Death

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Sword and Scale Episode 202

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2021/11/07

In late October of 2017, two deer hunters discovered a naked and rotting human corpse in the Bruneau Desert near Grand View, Idaho. An autopsy later confirmed that the human remains were that of an 18 to 20-year-old male and that he had been shot to death. The Idaho State Police struggled to identify the body as there were no missing person cases in the Grand View area that matched the victim. What the police didn't know is that the story of this murder victim actually began three months prior to

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2021/10/30

30-year-old Lydia Tillman was a wine distributor that lived in Colorado and dreamed of moving to Spain to make her own wine. 19-year-old Kenia Monge was a college student that also lived in Colorado after immigrating from Honduras. These two women didn’t know each other. In fact, they never even met, but their lives are forever linked together. They were both victims of a sadistic and homicidal rapist. SOURCES Associated Press - Denver Teen Missing Tillman Speech ABC 7 News - After the

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Sword and Scale Episode 201

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2021/10/23

What do you get when you cross a sheltered and immature young adult with the trials and tribulations of navigating adult relationships? You get Andrew Jondle and the precarious situation he found himself in after being seduced and manipulated by his first ever girlfriend, Cindy Lou Beck. SOURCES Oregon Offender Search Oregon Association of Licensed Investigators, Inc. - Michael S. Holsapple Man accused of killing parents New charges in Salem murder case Girlfriend takes plea deal in double

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2021/10/16

The term sacrifice comes from the Latin word Sacrificium, a combination of sacer, meaning set apart from the secular for the use of supernatural powers, and facere, meaning “to make.” Initially a religious term, it has gained popularity when describing the act of giving up something valuable so that something more valuable might be obtained. When 26-year-old Egypt Robinson moved to Panama City, Florida, with her young son Aries, searching for a magical new life, she would have to decide

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Sword and Scale Episode 200

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2021/10/10

Raised in Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers, Andrea Curry Demus should have had a great life in a city rated “most livable;” but Andrea didn’t have a lot of money and she wasn’t very smart. All she wanted was a family and children, but she was now in her late thirties and time was almost up for her. Would her extreme desire for a baby turn into reality, or would she pay the ultimate price for her obsessions? And who else would pay just so Andrea could have what she

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Sword and Scale Episode 199

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2021/10/03

Deep in the hills of Ohio, where people keep to themselves - hunting, fishing, and partying around the fire pit, sometimes the predator becomes the prey. When Jim Whitaker of Hocking Hills, Ohio, turns up missing, his family naturally becomes concerned. They are even more shocked to find a suicide note he left, implying a twisted love affair that may have brought about his demise. But where is Jim? Only the hills know. SOURCES OH v. Michael Dixon Trial Day 1 - Lt. Sean Champ & Julie

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Sword and Scale Episode 198

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2021/09/26

In October of 2014, 53-year-old Chris Regan was reported missing in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The investigation that followed spanned many years across numerous states, resulting in an extraordinary game of cat and mouse between a veteran detective and a potential serial killer. SOURCES All sources are FOIA requests or exclusive interviews. MUSIC Pala - Space Needle Sky Dive Dauzkobza - Dark Cinematic Ambient Soundscape Alex Vombat - Babylon Within Motion Array Original - In Between

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2021/09/19

When Katrina Livecchi couldn’t get ahold of her mother one July morning in 2015, she panicked. She drove from her home to Pueblo, Colorado, where her mother, 77-year-old Susan Hernandez lived alone. When she saw that the home was on fire, she called 911 in a frenzy, trekking through the smoke-filled home in an attempt to locate her mom. For this family, what started as a tragic house fire ended with conflict between one another, one family member dead, and one in prison. SOURCES Pueblo

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Sword and Scale Episode 197

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2021/09/12

We all want what’s best for our kids, but sometimes we need to let our children make their own mistakes. After a lifetime of being told what to do, Nicole Nachtman's family will learn that even the quietest people have their breaking points. SOURCES Google Maps Image of Neighborhood Neighbor Elizabeth Roe Neighbor Wesley Roe + Approaching Officer Prosecution Opening Statements Nicole’s Roommate #1 “Let It Go” Nicole’s Roommate #2 Dr. Kathleen Heidi Part

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Sword and Scale Episode 196

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2021/09/05

29-year-old Daryne Gailey lost his freedom when his 65-year old mother, Sylvia Majewska, was granted guardianship and conservatorship over him. With the #FREEBRITNEY movement exploding globally, what a better time to expose the abusive aspects of guardianship and conservatorship than now. SOURCES Britney Spears FULL Conservatorship Hearing Leaked HQ Audio Opening Testimony #FreeBritney MUSIC Neon Beach - Wine Thirty Shimmer - Introspection Centerpiece - If This Is A Dream Joshua Nichols

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2021/08/29

When the body of missing 50-year-old Craig Rideout was discovered off of a remote road in Yates County, New York in July of 2016, the chemical burns on his face told a story fraught with rage and hate. Who could have despised this father of seven so deeply? Bottle upon bottle of caustic “Liquid-Lightning” drain cleaner would quickly link an unlikely duo to the murder. SOURCES Deputies Hold Press Conference Full Interview Robbyn Drew David Bolton Interview Paul Tucci

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Sword and Scale Episode 195

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2021/08/22

19-year-old Lizzi Marriott was especially kind-hearted, always beaming with positivity, and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. She was working hard toward that dream by attending classes at the University of New Hampshire, but Lizzi didn’t know that someone had different plans for her. Someone wanted to make Lizzi a sex slave. In early October 2012, Lizzi left the UNH campus with plans to visit her new friends, Kat McDonough and Seth Mazzaglia, and she was never seen

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2021/08/15

In the summer of 2017, 21-year-old Savannah Gold failed to show up for her waitressing shift at the Bonefish Grill. Soon after, her family received strange text messages saying she had run away with a new boyfriend. When her car was found abandoned in the parking lot with the tire slashed, police began chasing rumors from the Bonefish Grill to uncover the ugly truth of what really happened to Savannah. SOURCES Family, friends: 21-year-old mysteriously disappears Savannah Gold’s parents

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Sword and Scale Episode 194

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2021/08/08

Loving parents Jason and Julie live on the California coast with their three young children and have the dream life, or so it seems. Jason is a respected and loved teacher and coach while Julie earned a Harvard degree. But Julie is a hoarder who has given up on her stay-at-home role as a mom, and Jason has had enough. One of them is highly trained in firearms and one has no experience at all. One of them ends up dead, and the other claims no responsibility. Will the children be left with one

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2021/08/01

18-year-old Rori Hache was missing. No one had seen her in weeks. Weeks after she was officially a missing person, her family’s worst fears were confirmed, Rori was dead, but there was no evidence as to who could have killed her. Happenstance would give the Durham Regional Police their next clue, a suspect, and a second victim. It would be years before the families of the victims would know the atrocities committed against their beloved daughters. SOURCES Video interrogation ruled

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Sword and Scale Episode 193

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2021/07/25

Each family has its own unique strengths and weaknesses, but what happens when the family dynamic begins to enter into the realm of depravity? In early 2019, when 30-year-old Amanda McClure and her fiancé were suddenly reunited with Amanda’s long-lost father and sister in the mountains of West Virginia, things were bound to go sour. No one had any idea that this charming family reunion would end with not only a marriage, but a murder. SOURCES All sources were exclusive to Sword and

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