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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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2021/07/18

Anastasia Oaikhena Lambert had everything going for her. A native Nigerian, she had earned a college degree and was living in the beautiful paradise of Hawaii where she met her husband and had a beautiful baby boy. She soon moved from her controlling husband to start a new life. Generous to a fault, she was known for helping anyone and everyone around her. She had made new friends and had a stable job in Houston, but was she too generous? Had she let the wrong person into her circle? Now her baby

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Sword and Scale Episode 192

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2021/07/11

In February of 2017, 28-year-old Kayla Crocker was found bound, bloody, and unresponsive in the nursery of her Florida home. After she was rushed to a nearby hospital, county police called upon several other law enforcement agencies to assist with the investigation, including the U.S. Marshals Service and out-of-state highway patrol. The reason the local police called in so much help was because Kayla Crocker was not a lone victim. There were several others, all of whom had unwillingly become part

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2021/07/04

The backwoods of Lakeland, Florida, were a wonderland of exploration for 25-year-old Cheyanne Jessie and her young daughter, Meredith. When both Meredith and her grandfather, Mark Weekly, went missing on July 20th, 2015, the search was on. Mark had taken all of his camping gear with him, perhaps to live out his dreams of living “off the grid.” After days with no sign of her two missing family members, Cheyanne began to give up hope. The reality of what occurred that steamy summer day

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Sword and Scale Episode 191

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2021/06/27

When personal assistant Jennifer Fulford mysteriously disappeared from her wealthy employer’s house, everyone was puzzled by the strange trail of strange clues left in her absence. Had Jennifer run away? Had she been hurt? The truth behind her sudden disappearance would be far more devious, deranged, and senseless than anyone could have imagined. SOURCES Scott Nelson Trial Day 4 Scott Nelson Takes the Stand Scott Nelson Trial Day 1 Reid Burman, Officer Rick Thomas, Robert Fulford, Sharon

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Sword and Scale Episode 190

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2021/06/20

What happened to Lee Paulino? He disappeared days before Thanksgiving and the police just considered him a runaway in spite of his family's pleas that he would never do that. When a gruesome discovery is made two weeks later it calls into question could the police have done more and how well do parents know their own children. SOURCES Ex-Girlfriend Among First To Testify In Trial For Teen Accused Of Beheading Classmate Jurors hear interview tapes of teen accused of decapitating friend Mathew

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2021/06/13

In September of 2011, a teenager from North Ogden, Utah, went missing after abruptly leaving a babysitting job in the middle of the night. In an effort to find 16-year-old Alexis Rasmussen, detectives interviewed a number of her teenage friends, many of whom seemed to be hiding something. Ultimately, the pursuit to find the missing teenager led detectives to a horrifying conclusion that no one wanted or expected. SOURCES Utah Court Apology BYU 11 News - Body Found KSL News - Autopsy Key to

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Sword and Scale Episode 189

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2021/06/06

Residents of the Marpole neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia suddenly found themselves double-checking their deadbolts when an unidentified killer senselessly murdered two valuable members of the community. 64-year-old Dianna Mah-Jones, and her husband, 68-year-old Richard Jones were discovered in their home on September 26th, 2017. It was a massacre inside, one that law enforcement officials would never forget. SOURCES Vancouver Police Reveal How They Caught Killer Canada Global

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2021/05/30

In Tallahassee, Florida, a single mom is making ends meet for her three children by any means possible...a job, child support from her boyfriend Henry Segura, and maybe some sketchy and dangerous acquaintances. On the night she was killed, she should never have opened her front door willingingly. Whoever came in meant business and left no witnesses. A peaceful, sunny evening turned into a deadly and gruesome scene. One thing was certain: Brandi Peters made someone very angry. SOURCES CLIP:

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Sword and Scale Episode 188

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2021/05/23

On New Year's Day 2008, 24-year-old Meredith Emerson went missing after setting out on a hike up Blood Mountain in Union County, Georgia. Search teams combed Blood Mountain for days in an effort to find the missing hiker, but they never did. Meredith was not on Blood Mountain. She was fifty miles away, held captive by a deranged serial killer. SOURCES Action News 2 - The Search for Meredith Emerson 11 Alive News - Missing Hiker Action News 2 - A Person of Interest 11 Alive News - Hope for

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2021/05/16

Brandon Willie Martin was drafted by the Tampa Bay Rays right out of high school and given a million-dollar signing bonus. Brandon used his money responsibly, like any 18 year old would. He rented a mansion, threw extravagant parties, and bought a lot of drugs. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. In this case, that end was a massacre in his childhood home that left hardened investigators shaken to the core. SOURCES MLB Draft Pick Brandon Willie Martin On Trial For Triple

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Sword and Scale Episode 187

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2021/05/09

21-year-old Alisha Bromfield had it all. She had a supportive friend group, a family who loved her, a nearly completed bachelor’s degree, and a baby on the way. When she didn’t arrive home from an out-of-state wedding on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 as planned, friends and family soon learned that someone in her life did not have her best interest at heart. SOURCES The Purple Project The Purple Project Facebook Page Sand Bay Beach Resort MUSIC xJWill - Alpaca Love ALMusic -

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Dan Zupanski - Raw interview

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2021/05/05

When Sword and Scale first launched there were only a handful of other True-Crime podcasts in existence. One of them was Dan Zupanski's True Murder, in which he speaks to true crime authors about various cases. The long-running show is still active to this day. Dan was kind enough to come on our show in our very first season to talk about a case that he has a particular vested interest in and wrote a book about. In this interview which was the basis of Episode 26, we talk about Dan's book:Trophy

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2021/05/02

In the spring of 2011, a Florida mother noticed that her 16-year-old son, Kyle Hooper, was acting strange. When she asked him why, Kyle confessed to having witnessed a murder alongside his younger sister and another local teenager. When questioned by police, the three of them described the horrific murder and mutilation of a 15-year-old boy, but none of them told the whole truth. SOURCES Multiple News Channels Coverage - Teenager Murdered Michael Bargo Testimony - Part 1 Michael Bargo

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Jamie Sivrais - Raw Interview

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2021/04/27

This is the full unedited interview with Jamie Sivrais fromEpisode 25. When he was 10 his father, who had been absent much of his early life, sexually abused him. Emboldened by his act, the abuse escalated to a point where Jamie knew he had to do something to try and put an end to it. Today Jamie runs a non-profit calledA Voice for the Innocentwhich encourages victims of sexual abuse to come forward anonymously with their stories and get help from a community of others who have had similar

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Sword and Scale Episode 186

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2021/04/25

In October of 2005, empty nesters Dennis and Norma Woodruff were found shot and stabbed to death in their Texas home. With a lack of physical evidence and leads, police fixated on the couple’s 19-year-old son Brandon as their killer when they found out he was in debt, flunking out of college, and secretly making gay porn. Was Brandon really the murderer, or were there other suspects roaming free? Was this a case of character assassination on young Brandon, or was he truly a cold-blooded

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2021/04/18

Five year old Cloe Chandler was a bright, curious girl living in Iowa with her mom and step-dad. On July 19th, 2018 an unspeakable accident happened. Little Cloe was supposed to take a nap like her mom and step-brother did every afternoon, but she never woke up. Was this really an accident? A suicide? Or something worse...The family was talking, but no one seemed to have the answer. SOURCES Kelsie Thomas Trial Day 3 Kelsie Thomas Trial Day 1 - Brittney Johnson Kelsie Thomas Trial Day 1 -

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Sword and Scale Episode 185

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2021/04/04

We’re back to bring you the conclusion of the mysterious staged death of Natasha Waalen. In order to get the full story, we encourage you to go back and listen to part 1 before diving into this episode. When we left off, Natasha’s former boyfriend, Ryan Boland had been arrested for her murder. But, police had a hunch that Ryan didn’t act alone and all signs pointed towards his hotheaded, weapon-obsessed brother, Tim Boland. The Boland Brothers had grown up with the world at their

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Sword and Scale Episode 184

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2021/04/04

When 29-year-old Natasha Waalen was found dead next to her dirt bike, police assumed it had been a terrible accident. They were wrong. Natasha had been murdered and her death was sloppily covered up to look like a motorcycle crash. Who would want this young mother, acupuncturist, and university graduate dead? Fingers soon pointed towards the father of her child and former boyfriend, Ryan Boland as the police uncovered the violent, questionable past behind Ryan’s good ol’ boy facade. But

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Kim Dixon - Raw Interview

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2021/03/28

We sometimes get things wrong. In this exclusive interview with Kim Dixon, sister to Zachary Penna's victim from Episode 181, she joins us to tell us why. If you have not heard that episode, you may want to listen to that first for context. Again, we would like to extend our deepest condolences to the friends and families of Wayne and Freddy, along with everyone that was affected by this horrible crime. MUSIC Jessie Villa - A Dream

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Sword and Scale Episode 183

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2021/03/27

On Sunday June 28th, 2015, Dr. Teresa Sievers returned home early from a family vacation only to find she was not alone in the house. In the aftermath of a brutal murder, it appeared on the surface to be a robbery—but no valuables were taken, and no clues were left behind except for a bloody, hairy hammer. Uncovering the truth would take months, and involve a conspiracy that crossed multiple states. SOURCES Ann Lisa Testimony (Sister of Victim) Sandra Hoskins Testimony (Employee of

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