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Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale is a weekly true crime podcast covering the dark underworld of crime and the criminal justice system’s response to it. The first episode launched January 1st, 2014 and feature stories of murder, abduction, rape, and even more bizarre forms of crime. It’s the purest form of true-crime where the raw uncensored audio tells the story. Everything from 911 calls to court testimony, interviews with victims and sometimes with perpetrators give listeners a 360 degree look at the seedy

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Episode 318

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2025/09/21

When 27-year-old Jamie Haggard vanished from her Kenmore, WA home in June 2016, she was just another name added to the long list of missing people in King County. Eventually, weeks turned into months. After several dead ends, sifting suspects, and body parts kept turning up across Northern Washington, identifying who these victims were proved to be much more difficult than investigators could have ever imagined…Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes,

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Episode 316

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2025/09/06

When a traffic accident in Georgia led to a deadly confrontation, the line between heroism and vigilante justice blurred. A 21-year-old woman took matters into her own hands, but was she trying to help—or hunting down a man who never posed a threat? The truth was unravelled during an emotional trial that exposed the deadly consequences of one reckless decision.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com

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Episode 315

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2025/09/02

At just 16 years old, Daniel Gore had already fallen through the cracks. While homeless in Beaverton, Oregon, he kept mostly to the confines of his tent in the woods while looking inward for a sense of belonging. Survival on the fringes wasn’t easy - especially when a body was discovered near his camp in May of 2022. While the community demanded answers, investigators worked to piece together a timeline...Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at

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Episode 314

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2025/08/25

When a butchered, bloody man was found by the Tri-Rail train station in Lake Worth, Florida, everyone assumed he had been hit by a train. But when police followed a blood trail from the body to a hidden homeless encampment, they found five people living on the fringe of society who were the only witnesses to an anti-social meltdown that ended in murder.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com

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Episode 312

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2025/08/13

In July 2024, sanitation workers were completing their usual trash route at the abandoned Mother Goose Land amusement park in Canton, Ohio. While emptying the barrels, they uncovered a horrifying sight after noticing a human limb protruding from a bedsheet covered in flies. When authorities arrived, they were unable to identify the body due to severe blunt-force trauma to the victim’s face. Investigators worked quickly to connect the dots and were led to Sean Goe - a 26-year-old aspiring rapper who

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Episode 311

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2025/08/10

When 16-year-old Britney Ujlaky vanished from Spring Creek, Nevada, those closest to her were desperate for answers. She was last seen getting into a green truck with a cowboy nobody could seem to find. As the search intensified, one detail changed everything—her digital footprint hadn’t disappeared like she thought it would. The truth was there all along, buried in the one place no one expected.

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Episode 310

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2025/08/07

Young lovers Toby Lowry and Morgan Leppert dreamed of escaping their small-town Florida lives, vanishing in the spring of 2008 to chase freedom at any cost. As they raced across state lines, stealing and hiding, authorities uncovered a chilling reality that pointed back to a small house in Melrose and the man left behind. Soon it became clear: this wasn’t just teenage rebellion—it was something far darker.

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Episode 308

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2025/07/29

In the tight-knit town of Arlington, Indiana, 17-year-old Valerie Tindall went missing on a seemingly ordinary day. At first glance, everything appeared routine - she had told her mother she was going to work. But as detectives started to dig deeper, it became clear that something was lurking just beyond the obvious. From suspicious sightings of a black Nissan to cryptic messages sent after her disappearance, investigators were led down a path of false leads and half-truths.

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Episode 307

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2025/07/17

When Katelyn Markham vanished without a trace, investigators were left chasing shadows. A registered sex offender. A troubled coworker. A longtime fiancé with too many explanations. But as leads faded and the case grew cold, the real truth remained buried - until, 12 years later, a forgotten clue cracked the mystery wide open. Who was responsible for Katelyn’s fate? And why did it take more than a decade to bring them to justice?

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Episode 306

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2025/07/14

Brian and Brandon Allen were twin brothers, but their lives couldn’t have been more different. The troublemaker Brandon had always cast a shadow over Brian, the quiet follower. When Brandon returned to Palm Beach Gardens and moved in with Brian and their adopted sister Linda, chaos followed. A year later, the brothers were found burning on the side of a highway, and the truth behind their murders was more chilling than anyone could have imagined.

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Episode 304

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2025/07/06

In March of 2014 Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson were found murdered and dumped behind a convenience store in the desolate Texas peninsula of Port Bolivar. Detectives at the Galveston Sheriff’s Office followed a series of haphazard clues to piece together this mysterious and heinous double homicide, only to lead them to the most surprising killer.

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Episode 303

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2025/07/04

Michelle Rogers thought she had found a stable partner in Matthew Terry, a man who seemed fun and dependable when they met in Lansing, Michigan. But as their relationship went on, his real personality began to show: a violent and controlling side that nearly cost Michelle her life on Saint Patrick’s Day, 2017. Michelle survived, but after serving just three years in prison, Matthew was released, leaving Michelle in fear for her and her children’s lives again. The system had already failed her once

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Episode 301

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2025/06/18

It was a quiet Shabbat Saturday in Boca Raton, Florida. The Jewish community was shut off from the world for their holy day of rest, but inside Tzvi Allswang’s house on Larkspur Trail, one social worker was trapped in every woman’s worst nightmare.

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Episode 300

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2025/06/13

The calm of a suburban street in Youngstown, Ohio, was shattered when a sudden explosion ripped through a home, leaving witnesses stunned as they watched their neighbors’ house consumed by flames. The fire claimed the lives of the homeowners, Bill and Judy Schmidt, and as police delved into the case, they uncovered a shocking truth: this was no accident, but a calculated act of arson. At the heart of this twisted crime was an unlikely person—a ten-year-old girl named Corrine Gump.

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Episode 299

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2025/06/09

Ashley Bocanegra told everyone the attack was random, but deep down, she knew it wasn’t. Hours later, she was dead, and her attackers were on the hook for murder. What no one realized was that Ashley had been hiding a secret, and it was one she was determined to take to her grave.

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Episode 297

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2025/06/02

On June 5th, 1994, a young woman and her dog stumbled upon a dismembered torso behind a gas station dumpster in a quiet Florida town, setting off an investigation that would span decades. As the case went cold, a dark figure remained hidden in plain sight, only to resurface years later. When a missing person’s flier related to the disappearance of 16-year-old Fred Laster sparked new interest, a shocking family connection led detectives to a seemingly upstanding youth pastor with a sinister past.

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Episode 296

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2025/05/27

On March 20, 2017, Tahirih Lua D’Angelo was found brutally murdered in her Riverview, Florida home. Investigators quickly realized this was a personal attack when they discovered she had been killed on her 39th birthday. Suspicion only deepened when a bloodied aluminum baseball bat with the word "Rampage" imprinted on the side, was located by the front door…

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Episode 295

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2025/05/24

When 23-year-old Ellie Weik vanished from her West Chester, Ohio home on July 29, 2018, her journal entries and messages revealed a dangerous presence in her life. Over the course of a month, detectives unraveled a web of deception, catfishing, and stalking, all leading to someone she already knew.

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Episode 294

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2025/05/19

Some men think marriage means control, a game of blackmail sealed with secrets. Mark-Eric Ponsati thought he’d silenced his wife for good. But some things refuse to stay buried. Even in death, they’d come back to haunt him.

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Episode 293

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2025/05/12

In 1990, 11-year-old Robin Cornell and 32-year-old Lisa Story were brutally assaulted and murdered in their Cape Coral home. For over two decades, the case remained unsolved, leaving their families and community desperate for closure. Then, a single piece of evidence—a DNA match—finally brought an answer. But with that answer came an even deeper question: Are we all born free of evil, is it something that can grow within us over time?

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