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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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Episode 259

Episode 259

2024-03-0401:29:0711

When 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 keeping. Jessica told her teacher that she couldn’t go back home because someone had poured bleach all over her. This situation warranted a CPS report, but the involvement of the FBI or Sacramento County Law Enforcement was unexpected.
Episode 258

Episode 258

2024-02-1901:17:5810

Micheal 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 brewing for decades and it all imploded on January 11, 2018.
Episode 257

Episode 257

2024-02-0501:33:503

Sue 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 up to people who were a negative influence on her. Soon enough, there were six people living in the small unit. By the end of March, 2012, there would only be five.
Episode 256

Episode 256

2024-01-1559:337

Several 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.
Episode 255

Episode 255

2023-12-1801:26:559

In 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. Were these completely separate crimes or were they somehow connected?
Episode 254

Episode 254

2023-12-0401:42:3416

In 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 horrified them. They found frozen pieces of Shannon.
Episode 253

Episode 253

2023-11-2001:18:528

In 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, homicide detectives were not able to rely on DNA or other forensic evidence to solve this crime. They needed to use old-fashioned police work to find out who had murdered Melinda Schaefer and why.
Episode 252

Episode 252

2023-11-0601:15:147

In 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 creek. The investigation into Sidnee's murder would be long and strenuous, but most of all, it would prove just how unbelievably cruel and shortsighted teenagers can be.
Episode 251

Episode 251

2023-10-2301:20:1512

In 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 of the problem. Eventually, police were called in to investigate. They learned that Sarah’s father and brother recently had similar health complications before dying. Soon, the unbelievable and horrible truth came out. Someone was slowly, methodically, and systematically killing off everyone in the Staudte family.
Episode 250

Episode 250

2023-10-0901:15:4711

Amber 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 how she had been murdered and what her killer had planned would create shock waves of disgust through the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
Episode 249

Episode 249

2023-09-2401:23:1213

On 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 up a rabbit hole of insanity like never before. This was one of the craziest cases Florida had ever seen.
Episode 248

Episode 248

2023-09-1101:16:4211

Emily 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 foul play except her husband, the prime suspect.
Episode 247

Episode 247

2023-08-2801:19:188

On 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 for this heinous killing and the years of tension that built up to that final day.
Episode 246

Episode 246

2023-08-1401:22:185

The 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 happens behind closed doors. The lives of Ariel, Austin, and their children would never be the same again.
Episode 245

Episode 245

2023-07-3101:42:267

In 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 send someone to prison for Angie’s murder. Unfortunately, to the detriment and disgrace of their careers and to justice, they were willing to do just about anything to make that happen.
Episode 244

Episode 244

2023-07-1601:20:247

Isabella 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 years and it turned out that the mother she blamed for all her misery was the only one who truly wanted to help her.
Episode 243

Episode 243

2023-06-2501:07:496

When 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 Peterson, was even more unhinged than he sounded on the phone. Thankfully, the young man was willing to share with them every detail of what he had done.
Episode 242

Episode 242

2023-06-1101:05:467

An 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 girl.
Episode 241

Episode 241

2023-05-2901:16:545

20-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 death. The murder of Amanda Plasse remained unsolved for over two years, and the investigation led detectives to suspect a new boyfriend, an angry ex-boyfriend, and a jealous ex-girlfriend. It wasn’t until a hidden clue inside Amanda’s apartment led the police to a killer that no one ever suspected.
Episode 240

Episode 240

2023-05-1501:04:063

Independence, 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 can would lead detectives down a promising path.
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Mar 16th
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just me

Jessica I'm sorry for what happened to you. But your parents are pieces of shit. and I hope they are burning in hell.

Mar 14th
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ID26984292

Omg. This is terrible.

Mar 10th
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Tommy

what about the brothers?

Mar 10th
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Julie Lawr

ngl this one messed me up 🫥

Mar 9th
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bluehaze73

hope she rots

Mar 8th
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bluehaze73

this is a fuck up story only need 5 min with this p.o.s

Mar 8th
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Scott Modra

did I miss something or did everyone just forget about her brothers??

Mar 7th
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Sharon Grant

where are her brothers?

Mar 6th
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Emily Lesperance

that was one of the most horrendous cases I've ever ever heard. the strength of Jessica is admirable. there is a special place in hell for Barbara and Larry. this one really got to me.

Mar 6th
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Sahar Hosseini

This is my first comment ever on any show, I must say, this story thorn my heart apart. Such a mother fucker, he makes me want to vomit. The house members were also either lying or so dumb and negligent. That's impossible not noticing some little girl is in your "trailer" walking from the closet to the bed and go back and even pee there for more than three days! They are also in this with him. To sum it up: a trailer full of trash.

Mar 5th
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Jill Bertschinger-Kimmle

Bill was so good with the victims. Bless his heart.

Mar 5th
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Nick

Sword and scale app is never going to happen and if the content goes behind a pay wall I will listen to another of the free true crime podcasts available and drop this one. Honestly the begging and moaning is too much. It’s like listening too an angry drunk uncle.

Mar 5th
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Shannon Mckay

He brings up her book and I'm in my kitchen shaking my head. I don't think I could do it! Nope. Can't do it. That was some gnarly sh!t and thinking about it all from the eyes of what was just a little girl makes it that much more intense. I feel so bad for her. Makes you just want to back in time and rescue them both. Now I've got to go listen to something wholesome so I can get some sleep.

Mar 5th
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Neema Twaha

For sure, they should start a business!! That did make me laugh

Mar 4th
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lil john

Typical tweakers to accidentally locked their keys in the car..stupid af..damn her mom and step dad were horrible..

Mar 4th
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Nicholas

6:36

Mar 4th
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bluehaze73

the moral of the story is never marry your stepdad

Mar 1st
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Michael Brodie

Victims and perps with IQs above 80 need not apply

Feb 15th
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Megan

so disappointed. and right now I hate everyone.

Feb 8th
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