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.
An unexpected crime in central New York state by the unassuming David Renz would send a town into a...
Listen20-year-old Amanda Plasse was a bright and bubbly modern-day hippy that lived alone in Chicopee, Massachusetts....
ListenIndependence, Missouri has never seen much crime, let alone against middle-class churchgoers. When 42-year-old...
ListenFire fighters responded to calls leading them to Chattaroy Road in Colbert, Washington during the early...
ListenIn February of 2020, Orange County deputies reported to an address in Winter Park, Florida, and discovered...
ListenMegan Rose Hiatt thought she had met her Prince Charming when a handsome, military man named Gawain...
ListenOn March 11th, 2018, 15-year-old Kyle Bancroft and his younger brother invited two teenage friends to...
ListenA young pregnant mother goes missing in the chill of an Arkansas December night. The small town of Rison...
ListenIntroducing Sword and Scale Nightmares! True Crime for Bedtime. Your nightmare begins now...The first...
ListenIn 2018, 25-year-old Amelia Bissoon worked as a personal banker in Florida. In July of that year, Orlando...
ListenPhilosopher John Locke believed that we have no innate ideas; our minds are blank slates upon which...
ListenWhen the body of 17-year-old high school student Kendrick Johnson was found in his own Lowndes County...
ListenThe world can be a scary place when you’re young. After her husband moved to a nursing home Barb Olson...
ListenEvery mother’s worst nightmare came true for the Joughin family on July 19th, 2016, when their daughter...
ListenIn June of 2012, the dismembered body parts of 23-year-old Jaren Lockhart began washing ashore on various...
ListenWhen 6-year-old James Hutchinson went missing from his family home in the early morning hours of February...
ListenBad things can happen in good places. On January 31st, 2011, Johnny Clarke and his girlfriend, Lisa...
ListenIt took nearly a year to solve the murder of Alexis Robinault. After her nude body was found a few miles...
ListenThroughout the year of 2017, the police in Strongsville, Ohio were called to the home of The Pleskovic...
ListenAshley yearned to grow up, move out, and live by her own rules. She was so sure she was mature enough...
ListenFirst looks can lead you astray. That was the case for young Ryan Waller when he was mistaken as the...
ListenIndiana University was rocked when 22-year-old Hannah Wilson was found murdered. The bubbly, popular...
ListenIn July of 2015, the bloody and lifeless body of 47-year-old Robert Noce Jr. was found stuffed inside...
ListenWhen the body of 27-year-old Mennonite woman Sasha Krause was discovered near Sunset Crater National...
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