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Sword and Scale is a 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 underbelly of human nature and so-called civilized society. Told from an everyman's point of view, Sword and Scale goes beyond the news clips and the sensationalist headlines to hold up a mirror to the audience and ask, "Is it us versus them? Or are we just like 'them' too?" Sword and scale proves that the worst monsters are real.
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A Holiday Message

A Holiday Message

2024-12-1903:51

Wanted to take a minute to send you a holiday message.  Take care.If you're having a tough time and need someone to talk to, please call 988.You're not bothering anyone. That's that it's for. Use it.We'll be back in January!Happy Holidays & Stay Safe,MB & S&S Staff
Episode 279

Episode 279

2024-12-1501:12:097

On a warm afternoon in Wichita Falls, TX the twisted mind of Kody Lott would be unleashed on the unsuspecting middle-schoolers walking home. Forever etched in their minds is the day that their friend Lauren Landavazo was gunned down in front of them. The reason for Kody’s actions perhaps rivals the heinous act itself.
Episode 278

Episode 278

2024-12-0101:24:279

The murder of 14-year-old April Millsap in July 2014 sent the village of Armada into a frenzy. They hadn’t seen a murder in years let alone the murder of a child. The police enlisted the help of the Michigan State Police and the FBI to run down over 1000 tips. They followed every path of investigation. Most were dead ends but one led to James VanCallis.
Episode 277

Episode 277

2024-11-1759:4211

Florida 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 quickly learn that not everyone is who they seem.
Episode 276

Episode 276

2024-11-0301:16:5610

In 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. When they turn up missing, their frantic daughter living in another state sets out on a quest for their return and discovers that time is running out.
Episode 275

Episode 275

2024-10-2001:12:3812

Konrad 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 beloved child who was to blame.
Episode 274

Episode 274

2024-10-0601:24:5811

In 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 a mangled car wreck. When daylight finally illuminated the carnage, everyone assumed the crash had been the result of teenage drunk-driving. The more the police investigated, the more questions arose. What started off as a tragic accident quietly evolved into a murder investigation.
Episode 273

Episode 273

2024-09-2201:07:226

In 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 given birth. Tragically, after family members frantically searched for both women, their respective stories ended with only one of them being found alive.
Episode 272

Episode 272

2024-09-0801:14:0211

Nancy 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 heard from her or her son they called the police. What the police would find was one of the more bizarre cases they had ever investigated.
Episode 271

Episode 271

2024-08-2501:12:0318

When 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.
Episode 270

Episode 270

2024-08-1101:05:1813

Isabella 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 fragile credibility.
Episode 269

Episode 269

2024-07-2801:21:1511

In 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 go by before Myrtle Beach Police and the FBI could determine that Brittanee had crossed paths with a monster.
Episode 268

Episode 268

2024-07-1401:03:2617

In 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 and charged with committing a brutal double homicide.
Episode 267

Episode 267

2024-06-3001:08:4515

Amber 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 killer only would be revealed as the ice started to melt.
Episode 266

Episode 266

2024-06-1601:18:5011

In 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. When police arrived to investigate, they found the missing men, but they didn’t find all of them. They only found a few chopped-up pieces.
Episode 265

Episode 265

2024-06-0301:04:0210

Sunday, 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 family. While the rest of Sarasota Springs indulged in the festivities with their loved ones, one family was desperately searching for one of theirs, an 11-year-old girl named Carlie Brucia.
Episode 264

Episode 264

2024-05-2001:11:4712

In 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 it at all. The case eventually went cold, and nobody would get any real answers about Stacy’s death for almost twenty years.
Episode 263

Episode 263

2024-05-0601:24:1619

On 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 a window, law enforcement authorities refrained from jumping to conclusions. Within the confines of the house, Nada's three children stood as the sole witnesses to the incident. Thankfully, the residence boasted an impressive network of 13 security cameras, which ultimately provided the vital lead necessary for the police to uncover the truth.
Episode 262

Episode 262

2024-04-2201:19:0213

Naomi 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 massive search effort, but for nearly a week, nobody could find the young girl. Finally, on the 5th day of the search, a local fisherman found something that he would likely never forget, and the tragic fate of Naomi Jones was finally revealed.
Episode 261

Episode 261

2024-04-0801:19:4419

65-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 2018, her mangled and charred remains were found on a backroad in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. Someone had brutally beaten and stabbed Marilyn to death, covered her in gasoline, and burned her body.
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“Leeto” lol

Dec 17th
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Dec 16th
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Curtis Massey

That is THE BEST INTRO in the business! Are you kidding me, STACY KEACH!? Great stuff Mike, super great stuff.

Dec 16th
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Lars Bee

Holy shit Mike!!! that was annoyingly booooring... btw if Cody had only been a member of the most moral army in the world, the IDF, he could have shot plenty of kids in the head and be called a fricking hero... aaah Israel... talking about schizophrenic people... oh c'mon now... too soon? and don't come at me with your antisemitism bullshit ... a kid's headshot is a kid's headshot... and 95% of israelis support that...

Dec 15th
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Dec 9th
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Chad Batts

really hope John's cellmate is aggressively stretching John out on the daily.

Dec 7th
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Chad Batts

"he" was a useless, gay, narcissist. "Poor me" nonsense. Nobody misses you "Randy" 🖕🏼

Dec 6th
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bluehaze73

This guy deserves everything that he gets imprison, but the narrator says the cops do not Falsely imprisoned people.I don't know about that

Dec 6th
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AliQ

The victim impact statements are laughable at best, no accountability the part of the people who were enabled by a justice system to threaten sexual assault on a child… ( that’s super cringey) , consistently engaged in antagonism and harassment towards a combat veteran REGARDLESS of what the prosecutors definition of “actual combat” is, not to mention thieving , and negligent parenting … what a joke . Two life terms ? Pfffft. That’s not justice.

Dec 5th
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AliQ

The minute that cop started in about what constitutes “battle” and “warfare” Billy needed to stop talking . He really shouldn’t have been talking at all . And why didn’t his representation end that line of questioning or AT LEAST bring in an ACTUAL DI ? 🥴 the justice system is nothing more than a spoiled kids reality show trying to get people to buy into some circular logic that amounts to BS.

Dec 5th
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The music in this episode is awesome

Dec 5th
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AliQ

Since it’s being stated that this was intentional , I’m wondering how she managed to crash a car at 100mph and still survive … how was THAT planned ? Or was she TRYING to kill herself too ? She’s obviously spoiled, never faced ANY consequences ( until it was too late ) , and her mother definitely comes across as someone not interested in parenting until it gets her social media attention , but a 3-4 year relationship described as toxic and she was allowed to live with him by HIS mom ? :/

Dec 5th
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AliQ

Clearly he’s guilty . Still wondering who else was involved , and got away with participating … is there some reasonable explanation everyone was satisfied with NOT knowing whose DNA was found under nails ?

Dec 4th
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AliQ

The way that the “mother” mimicked the boys dying moans , and then leaving her own kid to fight off a “knife wielding maniac” while she ran to the neighbors ? People in 2018 palm beach money neighborhoods don’t have cell phones ?? And if this weirdo kid had already been investigated by the fbi for his death threats on the internet … AT THE SCHOOL , so I’m sure Kyle knew there was something off - how tf did this out of touch “mother” even allow this kid in her home .

Dec 4th
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Dec 3rd
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Anyone know the into song? Loved it

Dec 3rd
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AliQ

The whole “ schizophrenia” thing is bulksh!t too.

Dec 3rd
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AliQ

Maybe step dad didn’t want to get falsely accused of anything that would ruin his life . Kids going to stab her over indulgent mother to death , what’s few false sex abuse allegations

Dec 3rd
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