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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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Sword and Scale Episode 90

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2017/05/21

When Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist Claudia Rowe, author of The Spider and The Fly, decided to write to a serial killer, she wasn't prepared for how it would change her life. In her quest to understand the nature of cruelty, she ended up discovering much more about herself. Kendall Francois murdered at least eight women and hid the rotting corpses in the home that he shared with his mother, father, and younger sister. A large foreboding figure who emanated a pungent odor, he demands that Rowe

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Sword and Scale Episode 89

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2017/05/07

Matthew Hahn is bright, eloquent, friendly and just generally the kind of person you like immediately. He's the kind of person that will tell you everything about his life within seconds of meeting him, but only if you ask. He's an open book which is unusual, because once you hear his story, and your jaw drops to the floor with the disbelief that what you're listening to is not is tall tale, but a reality that this person you're speaking to has lived through, there's one other fact you have to

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Sword and Scale Episode 88

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2017/04/23

When a 14 year old boy named Philip Chism goes missing in the middle of a school day, his mother thinks the worst and calls 911. Little does she know, that her son isn't the only missing person from Danvers High School that day. A 24-year-old math teacher is missing also. She is Phillip's teacher which raises some immediate questions, but after finally solving a mishap with the school's 140-camera security system, police are able to come up with a theory as to what happened that day. Another big

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2017/04/09

When a boy is found dead in the second floor bathroom of Southwood Middle School, rumors spread that it was a suicide. Little do the students know that the person responsible is in their proximity. The trial that follows raises questions about how mental health can be used as an excuse for behavior by a pure psychopath.

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Sword and Scale Episode 87

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2017/04/08

Over the course of a normal school day, a mystery unravels. At first there is chaos, confusion and much worry, but soon all of that anxiety melts into a river of loss and agony as friends and family members find out the truth. This first part of a two-part story is sure to keep you riveted, at the edge of your seat, and pulling your hair out waiting for the next part. Luckily though, you won't have to because you're a Patreon Supporter and part two will be posted immediately after this

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Sword and Scale Episode 86

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2017/03/26

The 20 year anniversary of one of the strangest tales in modern American religious history is quickly approaching. On March 26th, March 26, 1997 Marshall Herff Applewhite led a group of 39 devoted followers to their final destination. In their minds they were headed to a spaceship following the Hale-Bopp Comet where they would be taken and transformed into perfect angelic alien beings, a state in which they would live forever. We're joined by Benjamin E. Zeller, Religious Historian and Author of

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Sword and Scale Episode 85

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2017/03/12

There are few things more horrifying than the idea that your children can be taken from their beds, from their own home, while there's an adult sleeping inside, yet that's exactly what happened on the morning of Monday, Oct. 10, 2016 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. We, as a modern society, have systems in place, technological marvels, to prevent and deter these things from happening. However, in this case, the very system that was used to try and rescue the children ended up leading to their deaths. This

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2017/03/12

We've all dealt with the loss of a loved one. It's a horrible experience; "Part of life," they say. But, what if the person you depended on, at your most vulnerable moment in life, was a homicidal psychopath? In this episode of Sword and Scale Plus, we examine a bizarre case whose victim could easily be you, or me, or anyone. This is the story of John Swango and the revocation of his oath.

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Sword and Scale Episode 84

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2017/02/26

There is a place that humanity has created where the rules of society mean nothing. This place is a void of laws and social norms. The scariest thing, is that there is a doorway to this dark place in every home, in some cases we carry this doorway with us day after day. It's a place called The Dark Net. In this episode we're joined by Jamie Bartlett to discuss this dark and sinister place, along with the human psychology that created it and makes it particularly nefarious. We also touch on the

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2017/02/25

Despite what your college professor tried to make you believe, severe mental illness does in fact make people more likely to become violent. There are various studies that prove this again and again. However, when you're trying to get others to hop onto your belief system, it's much easier to be deceptive and use other misleading facts such as "the mentally ill are more likely to become victims, than they are to become perpetrators." When you examine that statement though, which seems to be

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Sword and Scale Episode 83

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2017/02/14

Love can be a wonderful thing. It can make the world around you seem like a magical place. But sometimes, love can go wrong. Very wrong. In this season opener we examine several cases where love failed and darkness took over culminating in various murder-suicides. SOURCES New Years Eve Murder Suicide Why? Lexington County murder suicide. 4 dead, including two children 4 Dead, Including 2 Small Children, in New Year's Murder-Suicide Claire Randall (27) was killed by her father in a

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Sword and Scale Episode 82

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2016/12/17

When you dial those three numbers on your phone, you expect that someone will help you. However, as with all matters involving humans, sometimes things can go wrong. In this season-finale episode, we speak with 13-year emergency dispatch veteran Ricardo Martinez from the Within The Trenches Podcast. We talk about what goes into doing this job and what happens when the wrong person does it. SOURCES Within the Trenches Emergency telephone numbers 911 Dispatcher hangs up as teen dies 911

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Sword and Scale Episode 81

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2016/12/01

This is the PARTAY episode! People love parties. Some people love parties so much that they're willing to do just about anything to have one. Tyler Hadley loved parties this much. BOOK SOURCES Tyler Hadley's Killer Party Reddit Thread Kid kills parents with hammer The Hadley Home New evidence released from prison Corpses at Party I still love my brother Insanity Plea Filed Best Friend ‘Ruined My Life’ Tyler Hadley's friend speaks

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Sword and Scale Episode 80

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2016/11/20

The stories we like to tell most here are not those of serial killers and homicidal maniacs. Those archetypes can be somewhat predictable, if not downright boring. We like to focus instead on everyday people, just like you and me, who find themselves suddenly in the midst of a monster. A monster who looks just like them. This is part two of the two part story of Phillip Markoff, a young and handsome Med student from New England, who came to be known as The Craigslist

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2016/11/13

For many, it's often much easier to blame than to accept responsibility for your own actions. We all want to think we're good people, and that we're smart, and that we would never do anything horrible, at least not intentionally...

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Sword and Scale Episode 79

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2016/11/05

You've been pulled over by a bevy of police cars and taken to an interrogation room. What happens next? In this two-part story, we'll first examine what it's like to be in the shoes of someone who has gotten themselves mixed up with the wrong end of the law, and next time we'll tell you what it is they did to put themselves there... SOURCES ...will be provided in Episode 80 MUSIC Sinerise - Calling (submerse Remix) Inna Self Made Net - Voltergeist Twilight came once - Etherine Tom Terrien

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Sword and Scale Episode 78

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2016/10/23

Halloween is a fun time of the year when we dress up like ghosts and goblins and attempt to scare each other with haunted houses and horror films. However the scariest things don't come with candy in plastic pumpkin containers. instead, the scariest things are all around us: People, and the depravity they are capable of. On this episode we tell two stories: one of a 10+ year old case and one of a 10 year old girl. Victoria Martens and Brianna Lopez were born to the wrong parents, and their short

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2016/10/19

We throw around the word "monsters" a lot here on Sword and Scale, but the fact of the matter is that anyone is capable of a monstrous act. It does, however, take a completely different breed of animal to viciously murder people again and again while gaining some sick pleasure from the experience. This really is a monster; a beast with no mercy and no conscience. Robert Christian Hansen was just that. A sadistic serial killer who hunted human beings like prey. His victims: teenage prostitutes and

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Sword and Scale Episode 77

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2016/10/09

The idea of leaving the hustle and bustle behind, and disappearing into the woods to live off the land, can be appealing. Yet few of us would actually attempt to give this idea any more than a fleeting thought. In this episode we examine three cases of people who dropped off the face of the planet to indulge this bizarre way of life, and each one of them was a criminal. The stories we'll discuss are Christopher Thomas Knight, Colton Harris-Moore and the most famous hermit of all Ted

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2016/09/26

In October of last year, Daniel Luke decided to get drunk and become abusive to his wife of 18 years. Despite the fact that his two young daughters were in the house, he apparently couldn't control his rage. His anger spilled into violence and the situation quickly escalated into something that would change the lives of everyone in the Luke family forever. This is a harrowing story with an important message. If you're sensitive to domestic violence topics, please skip this episode...

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