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Episodes missing from the free feed are premium "+PLUS" episodes, and can be found at swordandscale.com.]]>cleanepisodichttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-301https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66585680Tue, 17 Jun 2025 05:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIt 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.3476clean12301fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-300https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66516214Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:27:00 +0000Sword and ScaleThe 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...3858clean12300fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-299https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66409130Mon, 09 Jun 2025 05:00:08 +0000Sword and ScaleAshley 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...4326clean12299fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-297https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66238121Mon, 02 Jun 2025 05:00:09 +0000Sword and ScaleOn 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...4310clean12297fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-296https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66136480Tue, 27 May 2025 13:08:11 +0000Sword and ScaleOn 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...4316clean12296fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-295https://api.spreaker.com/episode/66104310Sat, 24 May 2025 00:04:55 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen 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...4613clean12295fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-294https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65988392Mon, 19 May 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleSome 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.3810clean12294fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-293https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65799227Mon, 12 May 2025 05:00:09 +0000Sword and ScaleIn 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...3786clean12293fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-292https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65686220Mon, 05 May 2025 05:00:09 +0000Sword and ScaleOne morning, seven-year-old Adrian woke up to a confusing and upsetting scene at home. As he tries to understand what's happening, we learn about the hidden problems and growing conflicts among the adults in his life. This child's confusion turns into...4367clean12292fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-290https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65626849Fri, 02 May 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen 14-year-old Alianna Defreeze didn’t come home from school one January afternoon, her parents knew something terrible had happened. Police would follow clues from video surveillance to find the monster that was responsible for one of the most...3674clean12290fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-289https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65613427Wed, 30 Apr 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleOn January 11, 2018, a routine house fire revealed something much more sinister. 28-year-old Elisabeth Bell had burned to death on the second floor of her small eastside home in Buffalo. But as investigators pieced together the how, the real mystery...3448clean12289fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-288https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65583181Mon, 28 Apr 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleOn Mother’s Day weekend in 2021, a brutal crime shattered an affluent neighborhood in St. Johns, Florida. When 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey was reported missing, the community mobilized, unaware of the dark secrets lurking just beneath the surface. As...4285clean12288fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/episode-287https://api.spreaker.com/episode/65525560Mon, 21 Apr 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleIn November 2021, beloved Fairfield, Iowa, Spanish teacher Nohema Graber vanished during her routine walk in Chautauqua Park. Her body was found the next day, hidden under a tarp with signs of trauma. As investigators dug deeper, unsettling ties to...4088clean12287fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/episode-285https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64778447Sun, 06 Apr 2025 20:17:00 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen a welfare check on Sherry Harlan led the Snohomish County police to her tattered and bloody apartment, they knew something much more sinister had happened. But an investigation would soon uncover a murder twisted up in pagan magic.3783clean12285fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/episode-284https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64550865Mon, 31 Mar 2025 05:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleIt was just after Christmas in 2011, and 22-year-old college cheerleader Saleha Huuda was found dead and burning in a brush fire on the side of the Gainesville Raceway. As the police tried to figure out how this happy-go-lucky student was murdered,...4286clean12284fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-283https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64348758Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleOn the morning of June 14, 2012, 31-year-old Adam Chase stormed out of his home in Stanley, NY, following a heated argument with his wife, Rose. Hours turned into days, and Adam seemed to vanish without a trace. When former deputy-turned-private...5453clean12283fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-282https://api.spreaker.com/episode/64262634Mon, 17 Feb 2025 06:00:07 +0000Sword and Scale21-year-old Lauren Kukla spent her life holding her family together - a Michigan household defined by chaos, addiction, and mental illness. Unlike her troubled siblings, Lauren had managed to stay grounded, becoming the caretaker and peacekeeper....4758children,illness,kids,kukla,lauren,manic,mental,murderclean12282fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-281https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63604412Mon, 03 Feb 2025 06:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleOn May 8th, 2008, an intruder entered the home of 53-year-old Thomas Randolph and his wife Sharon. The masked man waited until the couple arrived home from date night in downtown Las Vegas, and shot Sharon in the head as soon as she walked through the...4103clean12281fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-280https://api.spreaker.com/episode/63337486Sun, 19 Jan 2025 06:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleIn June of 2014, 16-year-old Gina Burger went missing from her home in Austintown, Ohio. Two days after she was reported missing, Gina was found 50 miles away, in another state. Her lifeless body was discovered among trash, in a landfill.3657clean12280fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/a-holiday-message
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The police enlisted the help of the Michigan State Police and the FBI to run down over...4815clean11278fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-277https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62428520Sun, 17 Nov 2024 06:00:07 +0000Sword and ScaleFlorida fire-fighter, Derrick Dorsey came home from work to discover his wife Kim dead from an apparent suicide. Then the police declared her death a murder and began exploring connections the Dorseys’ had with less than reputable people. But they...3305clean11277fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-276https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62240404Sun, 03 Nov 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleIn the rare moments where love and fate converge, Reggie and Carol Sumner uncover a decades-old romance after years of being separated. Just as they begin a new life together in Florida, tragedy strikes them both, leading them to their darkest hours....4376clean11276fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-275https://api.spreaker.com/episode/62147231Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleKonrad Imirowicz wasn’t a perfect father by any means. He was an alcoholic with a messy home, but he loved his kids, especially his eldest daughter, Megan. But when Konrad was found nearly dead on his couch, no one could have expected it was his...4029clean11275fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-274https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61331226Sun, 06 Oct 2024 05:00:01 +0000Sword and ScaleIn the early morning hours of July 31st, 2022, many teens in Strongsville, Ohio were sleeping off the previous night’s rowdy graduation parties. 17-year-old Mackenzie Shirilla, 20-year-old Dominic Russo, and 19-year-old Davion Flanagan were trapped in...4844clean11274fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-273https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61227764Sun, 22 Sep 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleIn April of 2015, two young women in Indiana went missing. They lived nearly 200 miles away from each other and seemed to have no connection at all. The only similarity they shared was that one was expecting to have a baby and the other had recently...3765clean11273fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-272https://api.spreaker.com/episode/61075023Sun, 08 Sep 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleNancy Lewton evacuated her Florida home ahead of Hurricane Ian but a different storm was on her horizon. Not being able to contact her son Travis for days sent her all the way to Toledo, OH to check on him. When days passed and family members hadn’t...4149clean11272fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-271https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60838482Sun, 25 Aug 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen 25-year-old Whitney Hostler went missing and left her two-year-old daughter behind, everyone knew something was wrong. But they never expected that the person responsible would be one who claimed to care for her so deeply.4026clean11271fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-270https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60837929Sun, 11 Aug 2024 05:00:08 +0000Sword and ScaleIsabella Tagliarini was in bed with her new boyfriend, Nicholas Wilcox, when her former boyfriend, Eric Robinson, would get out of prison early and pay them a visit. What unfolded was an unspeakable crime and the entire case would hinge on Isabella’s...3526clean11270fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-269https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60573497Sun, 28 Jul 2024 05:00:04 +0000Sword and ScaleIn April of 2009, 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel went to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for spring break. On the evening before she planned to return home, Brittanee went missing. Her disappearance remained unsolved for over a decade. Thirteen years would...4577clean11269fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-268https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60355321Sun, 14 Jul 2024 05:00:01 +0000Sword and ScaleIn April of 2017, Georgia teenagers Johnny Rider and Cassie Bjorge unexpectedly arrived at a friend's apartment. The young couple appeared distraught and injured. Later, a SWAT team came to collect them. Johnny Rider and Cassie Bjorge were arrested...3497clean11268fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-267https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60290022Sun, 30 Jun 2024 05:01:06 +0000Sword and ScaleAmber Smith and Trenton Mallory had a simple life together with two boys and a wedding in the works. Then Amber came home to find their house ransacked and Trenton dead. No one could have expected such a tragedy to hit a small snowy town and the...3804clean11267fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-266https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60179304Sun, 16 Jun 2024 05:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleIn early September of 2016, two young men from Gillette, Wyoming went missing. About a month later, the local police were alerted to a strange, black pickup truck that was parked on the side of a road. This truck reportedly smelled like rotting flesh....4447clean11266fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-265https://api.spreaker.com/episode/60152283Mon, 03 Jun 2024 05:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleSunday, February 1, 2004 was Superbowl XXXVIII, a game between the Carolina Panthers and the New England Patriots. Sarasota Springs, a medium-sized community in Florida, was celebrating the game like most other American towns: with beer, food, and...3572brucia,carlie,joseph,killer,murder,mystery,smithclean11265fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-264https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59911383Mon, 20 May 2024 05:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleIn 2002, high school senior Stacy DeGrandchamp died after getting into a physical fight with her schoolmate, Holly Boisvert. For many, the assumption was that Holly had murdered Stacy, but the police could never figure out how she did it, if she did...3993clean11264fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-263
]]>https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59670272Mon, 06 May 2024 05:00:04 +0000Sword and ScaleOn August 21st, 2017, the lifeless body of Nada Huranieh, a beloved fitness instructor, was discovered on the pavement just outside her expansive residence in Farmington Hills. Rather than hastily attributing her demise to a mere accidental fall from...
]]>4785clean11263fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-262https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59440173Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleNaomi Jones was an exceptional 12-year-old girl. She was caring, smart, ambitious, responsible, and mature for her age. On May 31st, 2017, Naomi went missing from her Pensacola apartment. In response, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office launched a...4413crime,murderclean11262fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/sword-and-scale-episode-261https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59215457Mon, 08 Apr 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and Scale65-year-old Marilyn Gandert worked for the U.S. Postal Service for over 30 years. She was a solitary woman who lived alone and was getting ready to sell her house and retire. Tragically, Marilyn was never able to enjoy her retirement. In January of...4449clean11261fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-260https://api.spreaker.com/episode/59084574Mon, 25 Mar 2024 09:45:01 +0000Sword and ScaleA group of kids playing with a mysterious app called Randonautica follow its directions to Alki Beach in West Seattle. There they find a strange black suitcase on the rocks below the pier. Intrigued, they open the case to reveal a putrid smell....3805murderclean11260fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-259https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58800140Mon, 04 Mar 2024 06:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen Jessica Lynn Reale was 13-years-old, she was timid and untrusting. In early October of 1997, she mustered the courage to approach her 8th grade math teacher, a woman she’d only known for a number of weeks, to tell her a huge secret she had been...4974clean11259fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-258https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58625514Mon, 19 Feb 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleMicheal Redlick was a high-powered sports executive in his mid-sixties living with his kids and much younger wife, Danielle. To onlookers, the Redlick family seemed to have it all, but inside their gorgeous multi-million dollar home, misery had been...4393clean11258fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-257https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58505951Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleSue Taynor was worried about her 21-year-old daughter, Jessica Sacco. She was bipolar, depressed, and vulnerable, having just gotten out of a bad relationship. When Jessica moved into a one-bedroom apartment in Urbana, Ohio, she began to open her home...4965clean11257fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-256https://api.spreaker.com/episode/58226904Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleSeveral elderly women appear to have died of natural causes, until March of 2018 when a 91-year-old woman survives a brutal attack. As the pieces come together, police are led to a man named Billy Chemirmir—but unfortunately, they may be too late.3237clean11256fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-255https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57813199Mon, 18 Dec 2023 05:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleIn August of 2014, a masked thief, dressed in black, walked away with nearly $20,000 from an American Eagle store in Fort Worth, Texas. Three months later, the assistant manager of that store was found brutally murdered inside her burning apartment....4907clean10255fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-254https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57735692Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleIn February of 2017, 28-year-old aspiring cosmetologist Shannon Graves went missing. Five months later, a young married couple in Campbell, Ohio had plans to cook dinner at home. When they opened their freezer, they unexpectedly found something that...5545clean10254fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-253https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57346293Mon, 20 Nov 2023 04:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleIn June of 2013, the dead body of 29-year-old Melinda Schaefer was found inside the leasing office of the Harvest View apartments in Baltimore County, Maryland. The murder scene was a complete blood bath, and due to the communal nature of the office,...4251clean10253fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-252https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57268693Mon, 06 Nov 2023 05:55:01 +0000Sword and ScaleIn July of 2010, 15-year-old Sidnee Stephens was a troubled teen with a history of mental illness and running away from home so, no one in her immediate circle was too worried when she went missing yet again. Then, her dead body was found in the town...4154clean10252fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-251https://api.spreaker.com/episode/57030539Mon, 23 Oct 2023 04:55:01 +0000Sword and ScaleIn June of 2013, 24-year-old Sarah Staudte became very ill and ended up in a hospital. Sarah’s internal organs were failing, her brain was hemorrhaging blood, and her doctors expected that Sarah was going to die. Yet, nobody could figure out the cause...4632crime,criminal,killer,munchausen,murder,poisoning,psychopath,staudte,truecrimeclean10251fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-250https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56789961Mon, 09 Oct 2023 04:55:02 +0000Sword and ScaleAmber Lynn Coplin was a 30-year-old mother of four getting her life back on track and living happily. But on November 13 of 2014, her teenage son came home to find her dead. It was obvious right away who had done this to Amber, but the full extent of...3782clean10250fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-249https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56557780Sun, 24 Sep 2023 17:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleOn Mother’s Day weekend of 2018, a hairdresser named Joleen Cummings was reported missing after she failed to pick up her kids from their father. Soon Joleen’s car was found in a Home Depot parking lot and the mystery behind her vanishing would open...4744clean10249fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-248https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56446566Mon, 11 Sep 2023 03:00:02 +0000Sword and ScaleEmily Noble suffered a lot of loss in the last decade of her life but she always persevered. She was physically healthy and took her mental health seriously too. She never faltered. That’s why when she went missing in May of 2020 everyone suspected...4402clean10248fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-247https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56431149Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:00:03 +0000Sword and ScaleOn the day before Halloween, sisters Ashlee and Lisa Rucker were shot in the head inside their Florida condominium. There were four witnesses in the apartment, but only one truly knew what happened. Soon the world would find out who was responsible...4045clean10247fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-246https://api.spreaker.com/episode/56072872Mon, 14 Aug 2023 09:36:55 +0000Sword and ScaleThe Robinson family seemingly had it all in a small town in upstate South Carolina. They had a lovely house, burgeoning careers, and 5 wonderful kids. But when a tragedy struck the family in January of 2021 the whole world was confronted with what...4032clean10246fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-245gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Doqvo30wqQdkUqqZy0cxV8aN6SoRvWc9_ggpSHhDqYMMon, 31 Jul 2023 01:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIn June of 1996, 18-year-old Angie Dodge was found raped and murdered in her Idaho Falls apartment. For Idaho homicide detectives, this case was a big deal. Violent murders like this didn’t typically happen in their area, and they were determined to...5810cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10245fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-244gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/cMirDG40vDFGWjjYTXfkQJOVTM96_vXUwrh6hsKv3LUSun, 16 Jul 2023 15:52:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIsabella Guzman was 18-years-old when she savagely murdered her mother. Isabella’s crazy court appearances and attractive face turned her into a viral TikTok sensation overnight and all eyes were on her. But Isabella had been on a downward spiral for...4146cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10244fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-243gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/K6MVgjN-IR4MfhxI-ZviXxXYpzgszyRluTe3dqc7_u4Sun, 25 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen police in Vancouver, Washington received a 911 call the morning of January 7th, 2007, they didn’t expect the caller to admit to a murder in the first ten seconds. Law enforcement would soon discover that the caller, 25-year-old Dylon Ray...3967cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10243fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-242gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/ZMGKBSJespVQnn4wO5lTrbpb7asikpyl-E9UsbuiD6ESun, 11 Jun 2023 05:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleAn unexpected crime in central New York state by the unassuming David Renz would send a town into a frenzy and a man named Bill Cregg on a mission. When he cradled Lori Bresnahan in his arms as she lay dying he made her a promise to protect her little...3818cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10242fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-241gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/6peOO9m1Lf5BHiIH_CL0zjTySfy1p8hz44CVvAigwsUMon, 29 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000Sword and Scale20-year-old Amanda Plasse was a bright and bubbly modern-day hippy that lived alone in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Sadly, her life was cut short in late August 2011. Amanda was found dead on the floor of her kitchen. She had been brutally stabbed to...4502cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10241fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-240gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/4yhTM0bdzPz5IW3ARf5ZJ8JHAIdeJughMN4yP5kpGk8Mon, 15 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIndependence, Missouri has never seen much crime, let alone against middle-class churchgoers. When 42-year-old Randy Stone was found dead in his insurance office in 2010, the list of possibilities was endless. Ultimately, a ripped up note in the trash...3699cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10240fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-239gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/hbo-gq-zxCBx-AwhMgroC77Jl-AndAlApxMrTp9oZzEMon, 01 May 2023 03:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleFire fighters responded to calls leading them to Chattaroy Road in Colbert, Washington during the early morning of May 26, 2015. Rushing to the blazing scene, they quickly learned this was no ordinary fire. A deceased female had to be dragged from a...3638cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10239fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-238gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/Y1jYsGPThDt_vGNpz1W3EG2TGSdoTzJWcv2SfY3pzeQMon, 17 Apr 2023 03:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIn February of 2020, Orange County deputies reported to an address in Winter Park, Florida, and discovered the body of an adult male in a suitcase. This incident appeared to be a tragic accident triggered by alcohol, but upon further investigation, a...4989cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10238fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-237gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/DTt0gcyFvtcYLmaDuSlvV4OP5GLJHHSKbyoQcHnJwScMon, 03 Apr 2023 03:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleMegan Rose Hiatt thought she had met her Prince Charming when a handsome, military man named Gawain Rush Wilson waltzed into her life and swept her off her feet. A year later her world would be changed forever. Today we tell a story of tragedy and...4511cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10237fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-236gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/XjqBvj_zBixIYFVpwWreS4MKwya293nuiGh03Lrijn4Sun, 19 Mar 2023 20:04:19 +0000Sword and ScaleOn March 11th, 2018, 15-year-old Kyle Bancroft and his younger brother invited two teenage friends to a sleepover at their home in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. By about 1:30 AM the following morning, everyone had gone to bed, but nobody would get a...3937cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10236fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-235gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/IwU0jM6pNQwuRHZKaVRXt5ZQZDotWapHfmIf4uMvalQMon, 06 Mar 2023 04:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleA young pregnant mother goes missing in the chill of an Arkansas December night. The small town of Rison and surrounding communities are well known fishing and hunting areas, but they also hold some sinister secrets. Cherrish Allbright wasn’t the only...3374cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10235fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/introducing-sword-and-scale-nightmares--54827718SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://link.chtbl.com/sasnightmaresApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sword-and-scale-nightmares/id1657802345Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08GhRV98AIgR0st3oUQRpaiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-sword-and-scale-nightmares-109465564/Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3N3b3JkLWFuZC1zY2FsZS1uaWdodG1hcmVzAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/094b065e-48ef-48ff-ba18-02c6d106d403/sword-and-scale-nightmaresAudible: https://www.audible.com/pd/ITEM_NAME-Podcast/B0BWP1PC94Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id5326540Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sword-and-scale-nightmares/PC:1001058998Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/sword-and-scale-nightmaresPocket Casts: https://pca.st/8pl80b4fRadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/sword-and-scale-nightmares-8QwEVPPodBean: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/ikr6g-2a4841/Sword-and-Scale-Nightmares-PodcastPodcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/4290345Castro: https://castro.fm/podcast/935d7ee3-514a-4b2f-997a-dbd0ee1f48f4PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/sword-and-scale-nightmaresDeezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/show/5766517]]>gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/S7Z797Hs-a2GuKAcmZ6_RTSLddz2BmNKo3fnqezdWcUMon, 27 Feb 2023 18:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIntroducing Sword and Scale Nightmares! True Crime for Bedtime. Your nightmare begins now...The first three episodes will drop on 3.2.23 at 3:23pm EDT. In the meantime, please take a moment to subscribe on your preferred podcast listening platform......SUBSCRIBE NOW: https://link.chtbl.com/sasnightmaresApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sword-and-scale-nightmares/id1657802345Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08GhRV98AIgR0st3oUQRpaiHeartRadio: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-sword-and-scale-nightmares-109465564/Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9yc3MuYXJ0MTkuY29tL3N3b3JkLWFuZC1zY2FsZS1uaWdodG1hcmVzAmazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/094b065e-48ef-48ff-ba18-02c6d106d403/sword-and-scale-nightmaresAudible: https://www.audible.com/pd/ITEM_NAME-Podcast/B0BWP1PC94Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/id5326540Pandora: https://www.pandora.com/podcast/sword-and-scale-nightmares/PC:1001058998Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/sword-and-scale-nightmaresPocket Casts: https://pca.st/8pl80b4fRadioPublic: https://radiopublic.com/sword-and-scale-nightmares-8QwEVPPodBean: https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/ikr6g-2a4841/Sword-and-Scale-Nightmares-PodcastPodcast Addict: https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/4290345Castro: https://castro.fm/podcast/935d7ee3-514a-4b2f-997a-dbd0ee1f48f4PlayerFM: https://player.fm/series/sword-and-scale-nightmaresDeezer: https://www.deezer.com/us/show/5766517]]>803cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10trailerhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-234gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/h_9takM9y5d9D2HnrfkEVWkYLAkPE8XFckUWNmZGXSMSun, 19 Feb 2023 06:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleIn 2018, 25-year-old Amelia Bissoon worked as a personal banker in Florida. In July of that year, Orlando detectives questioned Amelia about 50,000 dollars that she had stolen from one of her banking clients, but as the police continued interviewing...4266cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10234fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-233gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/rlA1JbMwhFrV7tNCZuxaRr5t792gAy092-GrVkT-0W8Mon, 06 Feb 2023 04:00:00 +0000Sword and ScalePhilosopher John Locke believed that we have no innate ideas; our minds are blank slates upon which experience writes. Modern geneticists argue that we are nothing but the stage on which a play written by our genes is performed. The nature versus...4097cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10233fullhttps://www.swordandscale.com/listen/episodes/Sword-and-Scale-Episode-232gid://art19-episode-locator/V0/GWO2oEOXhFsT6Y_37QaxuB7yQHW4YsB2VFuRBwadvTYMon, 23 Jan 2023 05:00:00 +0000Sword and ScaleWhen the body of 17-year-old high school student Kendrick Johnson was found in his own Lowndes County gym back in January of 2013, the whole nation took notice. The case was odd, the investigation seemed to have major holes, and Kendrick’s family was...4767cases,crime,criminals,greed,justice,murder,mysteries,trials,true-crime,unsolved,violenceclean10232full