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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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2021/03/20

Jeffrey Langford had his whole life ahead of him as long as he could get out from under his mother’s thumb. Then, the day after the anniversary of his father’s death everything changed. He wasn’t alone when he went live on Facebook, his mother was there too. Behind his sobbing mug Graciella Holker could be seen in the throes of death. By the time police arrived she was dead and Jeffrey was the suspect. What happened in the small North Salt Lake apartment defies what you know about

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Sword and Scale Episode 182

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2021/03/13

In December of 2000, 31-year-old real estate appraiser Mike Williams went missing while duck hunting on Lake Seminole in Jackson County, Florida. The initial belief was that Mike had drowned and that alligators had eaten his body. Seventeen years would go by before Florida law enforcement could prove that something even more horrifying and nefarious happened to Mike Williams. SOURCES Denise Williams Kidnapping Interview Williams Murder Trial - Defense Opening Statement Brian Winchester

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2021/03/07

Chelsea Bruck was abducted from a Halloween party back in 2014. With over 1,000 people in attendance, it felt like investigators would never catch the man who took her. Law enforcement followed up on tips for almost two years before a thief discovered her costume amidst the rubble of an abandoned home. Chelsea was nowhere to be found, but the costume gave officers the information they needed to finally apprehend her abductor. SOURCES Chelsea Bruck's hometown reacts to the discovery of her

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Sword and Scale Episode 181

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2021/02/26

Zachary Penna was having a horrible day. He left work early to pick up his car but the auto shop said it wasn’t ready which ruined his evening plans. He had to walk home in the South Florida heat and when he got there he was locked out. It’s enough to piss anyone off but Zachary had a different reaction. He stripped off most of his clothes, trudged through some nearby woods, and murdered Freddy Sanchez and Wayne Dixon, two complete strangers, in their own home. Special thanks toMarc

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2021/02/20

Chris was living the good life as a personal bodyguard for one of America’s most prominent TV evangelists when the hate mail started pouring in. Warnings and death threats that Chris and his family would be “punished” and even “killed” for supporting his boss, who had amassed millions with her Christian enterprise. A dark figure wearing a hoodie, seen by Chris’s wife putting something ominous in her mailbox. How much time would they have before the threats became

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Sword and Scale Episode 180

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2021/02/14

An unreal crime scene with a dead fortune teller, her dead daughter, and an otherworldly tone has police in Westminster, CA grasping at straws trying to solve the case. They consulted Warlocks, cult experts and were even approached by a dog psychic. They come up with nothing. That is, until they catch a break with a credit transaction… on the opposite coast. In a case that takes you from Little Saigon to rural North Carolina and leads you on a path of greed and destruction this episode will

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2021/02/06

When 33-year-old private investigator Taylor Wright vanished with no explanation in September of 2017, most of her friends and family were unsurprised. Based on their knowledge of Taylor’s messy life and stressful divorce proceedings, the disappearance seemed to make sense. The true story of what happened to Taylor Wright was far more complex and devastating than anyone could have imagined. SOURCES Trial Day 2 Witnesses: Casandra Waller Kara Britt Pensacola Family Hopes for

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Sword and Scale Episode 179

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2021/01/30

Markeith Loyd was not there for his first two children, but Sade Dixon gave him another chance at being a father. With God’s guidance, Markeith believed that there was no way he could mess it up this time around. That was until his visions from heaven led him onto the U.S. Marshall’s most wanted list, after the death of four innocent people. SOURCES Eyewitness Recounts Details Of Orlando Police Officer Debra Clayton Slaying Markeith Loyd Penalty Phase Day 1 - Tonya Loyd -

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2021/01/24

Eboni Wiley claims she was taking a shower when her 9-year-old Goddaughter went missing in May of 2014. As a giant knot of lies are untangled, a mother will learn the horrifying truth about how little we can trust others, and how much can go wrong in just 45 minutes. SOURCES Eboni Wiley, Part 1 Officer Daniels Testimony Detective Ellick Testimony Detective Smith Testimony Detective Caroll Testimony Detective Caroll Testimony, Part 2 Eboni Wiley, Part 2 Eboni Wiley, Part 3 Maria Dias

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Sword and Scale Episode 178

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2021/01/16

Holly Colino’s descent into madness took a long time. A series of unfortunate life events painted her paranoid delusions in a shade of green envy. Everywhere she looked were women that wanted to be her so badly that they would copy everything about her. Her hair, her eyebrows, her lips, her entire identity stolen. Her path for justice took her on a collision course with the mother of an 8-year-old boy that would end in tragedy. SOURCES CRIME & CRUELTY - Guilty 'Women'; Mentally Unstable.,

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2021/01/09

What can our justice system do with a sexual predator when that person is a child? Anthony Pardon and Robbie Piper both began their sexual deviancy at a young age. One of them is receiving the treatment he needs, while the other slipped through the cracks until it was too late. SOURCES Anthony Pardon Trial Day 1 - Jonathan Kennedy & Ofc Frank Sclafani - Body Cam Footage Anthony Pardon Trial Day 1 - Lisa Anderson - Vic’s Apt Manager Johnathan Kennedy - Childhood Friend Anthony Pardon

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Sword and Scale Episode 177

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2021/01/03

Spawned from a long line of vicious criminals, Nikko Jenkins struck terror into Nebraskans when he callously slayed four innocent citizens in his murderous ten-day spree. It was a family adventure when his sister, cousin, and uncle all played roles in the executions. Despite announcing that he would “wage war on society” when released from prison, his blatant warnings were ignored by all but a few. SOURCES Life Without Andrea Sheriff: Woman shot, killed on her way home from

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2020/12/18

Imprisoning sadistic killer Jamie Osuna does nothing to prevent another dead body. He shockingly pulled off the most gruesome of murders within the most impossible circumstances and left behind blood-curdling crime scenes. Victims, in the wrong place at the wrong time, presented as mere opportunities for Osuna - the Joker - to satisfy his primary lust - killing. Two victims, years apart, shared a similar, brutal fate. This murderer won’t stop until he’s dead. SOURCES Notorious

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Sword and Scale Episode 176

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2020/12/13

We’re all looking forward to retirement, when we can finally cash out all of our hard-earned savings and live off of it until we die. That’s the hope, at least. Joel Guy Senior and his wife Lisa Guy had just sold their house in Knoxville Tennessee and were preparing to move to a new home in Surgoinsville in December of 2016. They had no idea that Thanksgiving of 2016 would not only be the last holiday celebrated at their old Knoxville home, but it would be the last holiday they’d

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2020/12/06

In the winter of 2018, farmer and mother Amy Mullis was found impaled from front to back with a corn rake. Her husband insisted Amy’s death was a tragic accident, but the forensic evidence suggested otherwise. What followed was a very public trial that exposed all the tension, mistrust, and secrecy brewing in the couple’s marriage. SOURCES Todd Mullis 9-11 Call Todd Mullis Trial - 9-11 Call Excerpts - What Do You Hear? Todd Mullis Trial - Day 1 - Witness Trysten Mullis -

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Sword and Scale Episode 175

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2020/11/28

Clark Fredericks was born with a hole in his heart. 46 years later, he was arrested for repeatedly stabbing and killing a retired police lieutenant in the small town of Stillwater, New Jersey. What led Clark to commit such a violent act, and why would he tell us that silence is our worst enemy? Believe it or not, we can all learn a thing or two from the life that confessed killer Clark Fredericks has endured. SOURCES Song by Tom Nieman - The Clark Fredericks Story CBS New York - Clark

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2020/11/22

It’s natural for a parent to want the best for their child. Tina Talbot only wanted one thing: a normal family life for her and her autistic son. Her abusive husband, Milosz Szczepanowicz had other plans. The events that occurred on September 14th, 2018 left one of them in prison, and the other….dead. SOURCES Talbot Speaks From Jail After Murder Conviction Tina Talbot's Lawyer Talks About What's Next As New Photos Emerge What Is Intimate Partner Domestic Violence Waterford Woman

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Sword and Scale Episode 174

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2020/11/15

Trouble in the Amato household began brewing in the summer of 2018, when Grant Amato, the youngest son, developed an addiction to one particular webcam model. Her name is Ady Sweet. Day and night, Grant was watching the live shows Ady streamed. These shows weren’t cheap, and Grant built an entire false persona to gain Ady’s attention. All of his lies were at the expense of his family’s finances and wellbeing. It all came to an end on January 24th, 2019. SOURCES Grant Amato

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2020/11/08

In June of 2016, 26-year-old Jacob Cayer got on his bicycle, rode over to his high school ex-girlfriend's house, and brutally murdered her and her mother. Four years later, the case finally went to trial claiming Cayer was so insane at the time of the stabbings that he didn’t know right from wrong, but was it really that simple? Or, was this his final act in a long, twisted history of mental illness and violence towards the women of his past that he decided had wronged him? SOURCES F***

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Sword and Scale Episode 173

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2020/10/31

We move people who commit crimes far away from our society so they don’t harm anyone else… but many of those criminals will eventually serve their sentences and return to civilian life. Who is worthy of our grace and mercy? And what happens when the wrong person is forgiven? SOURCES Man Urged Parole of Killer Charged News Interview with Tonya’s Cousin Mom Forced to Watch Slaying Michigan Prisoner Rehabilitation Credit Act Suspect in Dearborn Heights Has Chilling Criminal

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