Sword and Scale
By True Crime Media | Incongruity | Wondery
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Description
The Sword and Scale true-crime podcast is an immersive audio experience covering the underworld of criminal activity and the demented minds that perform the most despicable and unthinkable actions, proving that the worst monsters are very real. We cover true-crime stories, high-profile trials, unsolved murders and missing persons cases.
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 71 | Have you ever wondered why most violent crimes are committed by men? Apparently so have several criminologists, who have conducted several studies to examine this phenomenon. Today’s show is the exception to the rule: two stories of women com[...] | 7/17/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 70 | Sword and Scale isn’t just a podcast. We also have a website (swordandscale.com) where we post daily stories of dark deeds done by the most evil and devious amongst us. To highlight this point, we’ve chosen two stories that we’ve[...] | 7/2/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 69 | As a Florida resident and native, I am disgusted by the events of the past weekend in Orlando. Thus, I decided to cover the two senseless shootings and also throw in a third recent and horrifying story that proves Florida really is a terrible place[...] | 6/19/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 68 | Cara Marie Holley from Roanoke Virginia was just 18 years old when she went missing from her home on July 7, 2010. Two days later her body was found in shallow grave several miles away. The killer was arrested almost immediately because he was using[...] | 6/5/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 67 | Something is very wrong when two children can disappear from society for two years and not a single person notices or cares. This is the tale of how violence breeds violence and the most vulnerable among us are the ones who suffer because of it. Th[...] | 5/22/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 66 | When someone secretly means to do you harm, there’s a good chance they will succeed. When you are a celebrity or public figure of some kind, you become much more vulnerable to attack because of the nature of public life. Your whereabouts are[...] | 5/8/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 65 | Sometimes the monsters are not only in our homes, but they are the ones closest to us: our mother or father, brother or sister. To a young child living in an environment where a depraved individual lurks can be terrifying. In this episode we will ex[...] | 4/23/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 64 | After Michelle Macneill, a healthy 50-year old mother, dies mysteriously of a heart condition in the bathtub of her Pleasant Grove, Utah home, questions begin to emerge. Her husband, Martin Macneill, begins to exhibit strange behavior even on the v[...] | 4/2/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 63 | Pleasant Grove, Utah. A picturesque gated community. A perfectly manicured lawn. A lovely brick home. The perfect family. The perfect life. A bathtub. | 3/27/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 62 | A 30-year-old woman named Jenelle Potter has spent her entire life sheltered from the world. Not being allowed to get a job, drive a car, date, or even leave the house without the supervision of her mother Barbara, Jenelle turns to the Internet and [...] | 3/13/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 61 | Every parent's nightmare can happen in an instant. It can happen on a day just like any other in a place you would never expect and, the fact of the matter is, you will never see it coming. | 2/28/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 60 | Alternative rock superstar, host of the reality TV-show Ink Master, actor and recent filmmaker Dave Navarro joins us to talk about his film “Mourning Son” which details the events leading up to and surrounding his mother’s brutal murder. | 2/14/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 59 | When many of us think of true-crime, we think of cops and killers, detectives and victims. Rarely do we shift our focus to the paramedics who work tirelessly to save the lives of victims of horrific crimes. | 1/31/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 58 | Cathy Ruson from courtchatter.com describes Facebook Killer Derek Medina as "an odd duck." That's probably the most accurate way to describe this man, who shot his wife eight times in the kitchen of their South Florida home. | 1/17/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 57 | It's one thing to kill someone, it's quite another to publish your handiwork on social media for all your friends and family to see like some sort of macabre trophy. | 1/3/2016 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 56 | Over the course of the last year we've spoken to many different people from all walks of life. We asked them one simple question: "If there was one thing you could change about the criminal justice system, what would it be." | 11/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 55 | The topic of abortion is a highly controversial one, but regardless of how you feel about the topic, this story about abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell illustrates the workings of a man who has lost his humanity and no longer cares who he hurts on his [...] | 11/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 54 | There's something about the perceived safety of an automobile's cab that makes many of us feel like we are impervious to danger, yet danger is all around us. In this episode, we examine two cases which being with a road rage and end with murder. | 10/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 53 | The husband and wife team of Dr. Judy Melinek and TJ Mitchell, co-authors of the book "Working Stiff", discuss Judy's journey from surgery resident to forensic pathologist during the September 11th terrorist attacks. | 10/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 52 | It's one thing to talk about gun violence, it's quite another to see it up close on live television. A few weeks ago we were exposed to a cold-blooded murder by a crazed and disgruntled former news reporter, who despite perpetually thinking he is b[...] | 9/20/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 51 | All you need to do is look "across the pond" to realize that the phenomenon known as Satanic Panic is alive and well. In this episode we examine the story of the Hampstead Child Abuse case, in which two small angelic-looking children become pawns t[...] | 9/6/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 50 | On November 18, 1978, in a remote settlement of northwestern Guyana, 909 Americans lost their lives in what is considered to be the largest mass suicide of the twentieth century. Author Julie Scheeres suggests that this wasn't suicide at all. It w[...] | 7/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 49 | When an ominous message appeared on Facebook on June 15th, 2015, little did friends and family of the Blancharde's know that a web of lies was about to be unraveled, and along with it a murder too. | 7/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 48 | We revisit many of the stories we've previously and fill you in on what has happened with in each case. We also bring you a one-on-one interview with Noreen Gosch and "Who Took Johnny?" director David Beilinson. | 6/21/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 47 | In the 80's a bizarre phenomenon took place known as the Satanic Panic, a mass hysteria the likes of which hadn't been seen in the US since the Salem Witch Trials. It culminated with several innocent people being locked up for years. Some will likel[...] | 6/7/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 46 | On December 24, 2007 Joseph McEnroe's bottled up frustrations exploded in a mad rage which took the lives of 6 innocent people, including a 6-year-old girl and a 3-year-old boy. This is part two of what has become known as The Carnation Murders. | 5/24/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 45 | In this first part of a two-part story, we examine the Carnation Murders. This slaughtering of an entire family, by a seriously deranged couple, took place in 2007 in Carnation, Washington, a small rural town 25 miles east of Seattle. | 5/17/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 44 | We live in a world where pregnant women have to fear going about their daily lives as they normally would because of the very real possibility that the unthinkable could happen to them at any time. | 5/3/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 43 | When Rodney Reed turned himself in to Bastrop Police, on what he though was a gun charge, little did he know he would be spending the next 17 years on Death Row for a crime he did not commit. However, that seems to be exactly what happened. | 4/19/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 42 | Some of us can be so adamant for justice that we are blind to the injustice being committed due to our beliefs. In part one of this two-part story we tell you about a man who is about to be executed, although he is likely innocent of the crime he i[...] | 4/12/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 41 | There must be no worse guilt than that of knowing you could have saved a life, but for a momentary hesitation you made the wrong decision and because of it a 5-year-old is now dead at the hands of a monster who also happened to be her father. | 3/29/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 40 | When asked to imagine the perfect place to perform serial murder most imagine something dark and creepy, but the truth of the matter is that the perfect place to kill is actually the same place in which most of us are born and die. | 3/15/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 39 | Some things are hard to fathom, like why a young boy with his entire life ahead of him would choose to destroy it by an act of unspeakable violence towards the people that love and care for him most in the world: his parents. | 3/1/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 38 | In 2013 an independent documentary began making its way through various film festivals. It was received with harsh criticism, outrage and even death threats. The name of this film was Are All Men Pedophiles? | 2/14/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 37 | The the tragic story of Wesley and Jocelyn Earnest, a tale that serves as a fable to any young woman who has recently been separated from her spouse. This couple had such a good life ahead of them, but somehow it all fell apart due to the lust, gre[...] | 2/8/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 36 | Historical true-crime detective Jason Lucky Morrow tells us the tale of the violent psychopath Timothy McCorquodale, a man with an uncontrollable temper. Plus, a tour of Washington DC's Crime Museum with Chief Operating Officer Janine Vaccarello. | 1/25/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 35 | When you lose your job, your marriage, your home, your arms and legs, the respect of your parents, and your will to live, this is where desperation takes over and horrible things can and often do happen. | 1/18/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 34 | We conclude the story of the murderer known as Luka Magnotta, a case so bizarre and unimaginably nightmare-inducing that it is bound to leave long-lasting psychological trauma to those who even casually stumbled across it on the web. | 1/11/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 33 | Had he been "normal" his goals might have been awe-inspiring, but he was the worst type of person: a psychopathic narcissist, and he would flaunt it to good people of the world. This is a man who would let nothing to stand between him and what he w[...] | 1/4/2015 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 32 | In this season finale of Sword and Scale, we bring back many of the guests we've spoken to over the last year and ask them a fundamental question that relates to the nature of crime: "Is humanity inherently good or evil?" | 12/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 31 | In this episode we discuss the cases of Vince Weiguang Li, Alton Nolen and Derek Ward. All three of these men decapitated their victims, with a complete lack of empathy or mercy, while undergoing a severe psychotic episode. The brutality of their at[...] | 11/23/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 30 | Think you know the story of H.H. Holmes? Authors Dane Ladwig and Jeff Mudgett tell us a story which will challenge your idea of who this man really was and how there may be probable cause proving that he was twice the monster everyone previously as[...] | 11/8/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 29 | The term “bluebeard” is a man that murders his wife. The term is derived from a French folktale dating back to the 1600′s, making this horrible idea not a new one. Bet you're looking at your husband a bit differently just now... | 10/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 28 | Everyone thought Joshua Gouker was a dangerous criminal. What many didn't know was that his son, Josh Young, wasn't the innocent sweet kid they assumed him to be. We'll delve into the incredible details of this case, which gives new meaning to the [...] | 9/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 27 | The brutal and inexplicable murder of a 14-year-old boy exposes a dysfunctional American family's secrets and lies. This is the story of Trey Zwicker's murder, a young boy who did everything right but never had a chance because he grew up around th[...] | 9/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 26 | Dan Zupansky, author of Trophy Kill "The Shall We Dance Murder", joins us to tell the tale of one of the most under-reported cases of murder and dismemberment at the hands of a crazed psychopath who just can't wait to share his story with the world. | 8/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 25 | Every year more than 3 million reports of child abuse are made in the United States involving more than 6 million children. Being one of these children is nightmarish enough, but if your abuser is someone you completely trust, then the event become[...] | 8/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 24 | Small town, eight dead women, and police force so inept and corrupt that this case may never be solved. Everyone knows each other in Jennings, and there may still be at least one killer living next door. | 8/1/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 23 | What could be more horrifying, terrible, and heart-breaking than a mother intentionally taking the life of her own child. We barely scratch the surface in this episode of some of the most horrifying cases of filicide, otherwise known as mommies kil[...] | 7/19/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 22 | A family divided, a hungry media looking for answers, and an inept police department looking for answers to explain and more importantly prove the inexplicable spur-of-the moment actions by a father of two young boys, sets a community in turmoil. | 7/2/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 21 | Historical Crime Detective Jason Morrow joins us once again to tell the tale of a mysterious killer who took on the persona of a secret agent in the Summer of 1930. One of the first documented cases of a narcissistic killer engaging the media to ta[...] | 6/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 20 | Ronald William Brown was a ventriloquist puppeteer on a television program called Joy Junction, a variety show on the Christian Television Network. Last year he received a 20-year sentence for child pornography charges, but the real story is much mo[...] | 6/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 19 | Elliot Rodger's privileged background and his family's ties to Hollywood didn't help him get accepted by those around him. Instead his awkward behavior and creepy mannerisms made girls want to ignore him and guys want to bully him. | 6/3/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 18 | How much to you trust your friends? How much do you know your friends? What would they do for you? What would you do for them? You may be surprised by how easily you might be sucked into being an accomplice for murder. | 5/26/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 17 | In this episode of Sword and Scale we recap the last month's most bizarre stories with criminal behavior that leaves any rational person wondering, "just what on earth were they thinking?" | 5/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 16 | Just weeks after graduating law school, a young lady disappears from her apartment in Macon, Georgia. A dismembered torso is found in a nearby trashcan and the bizarre behavior of a reclusive neighbor is questioned by police. | 5/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 15 | Pure evil is caught on tape in the case of a deliberate murder that took 8 years of planning, plenty of hard work, and a YouTube video to accomplish, and a chilling castle doctrine case in which all of the condemning audio was recorded by the homeow[...] | 5/4/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 14 | This week we cover a variety of stories including a cold case, a historical case and a case that's unfolding as we speak. We also cover the strangest true crime stories that have occurred in the last several weeks. | 4/22/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 13 | Prison can be both terrifying and fascinating. We devote this week's episode completely to the topic, with a look at what's it's actually like to live behind bars and why America is addicted to locking people up. | 4/15/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 12 | When 20-year-old Morgan Ingram tragically died in 2011, the family couldn't deal with their grief. What followed was a bizarre and prolonged Internet campaign of hate which has attempted to ruin the lives of at least a dozen people. | 3/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 11 | What happens when a family's grief slips into malice and madness, when a mother is so hell-bent on being portrayed as a victim that she begins victimizing everyone who doesn't see her as one? Welcome to the sad story of Morgan Ingram's untimely dea[...] | 3/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 10 | Any untimely death is a tragedy, but when the victim is young, beautiful, and an all-around wonderful person, the whole thing seems to be much worse. Unfortunately, there are two high-profile cases in the news this week that fit this too-familiar mo[...] | 3/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 9 | If you had to choose a method of execution for yourself, which would you choose? What if you learned that what is considered the most "humane" method of execution is probably the most painful? | 2/25/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 8 | If someone uses a phone during a movie it can be extremely annoying, but texting isn't really that big of a deal. Even with a super-bright phone, is it enough to get into an argument about, much less shoot someone? | 2/18/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 7 | "White House Boy" Roger Dean Kiser tells us the brutally honest story of his own personal hell. To him, this world which anyone would consider a living hell was just normal everyday life. This story will chill your soul. | 2/11/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 6 | This is the conclusion to a two part saga involving the organized abduction and abuse of children and ritualistic murders by satanic cults allegedly headed by the top levels of government at a mysterious all-male retreat known as Bohemian Grove. | 2/4/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 5 | Imagine a criminal conspiracy and cover-up so so massive in scale, involving the highest levels of government and industry, that it threatens the very fabric of the American system. Now imagine that the crimes are so horrible that the very idea is [...] | 1/28/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 4 | On Friday, October 5th 2012, 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway disappeared on her way to school. This is the story of what happened to her on how the suburban city of Westminster coped with the aftermath. | 1/21/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 3 | It's really true that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. This week we examine the fascinating topic of female serial killers, including the tale of Belle Gunness - a woman who makes Ted Bundy look like an amateur. | 1/14/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 2 | Psychopaths are all around us. Who are they? What are they? What makes them see others as objects to manipulate and control? We examine these questions prominent neuroscientists Professor James Fallon. | 1/7/2014 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSword and Scale Episode 1 | In this debut episode of Sword and Scale, author Janice Holly Booth tells the story of Bruce Blackman's slip into schizophrenia and the horrible result it caused. | 12/31/2013 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Top notch podcasting at its best!
Arguably the "best" sounding Social Sciences genre PODCAST available on iTunes! Engaging, informative & well crafted. Mike Boudet hits a home run! Tune in now before the corporate entertainment complex snatches Sword and Scale up - then you'll be able to say " I was right there from the very beginning" to all your friends!
Pleasantly surprised
Admittedly I did not think I was going to enjoy this off the bat as this genre would not be something I would have in my normal podcast rotation. However the interesting way in which he conducts his interviews overlapped with great music I got really into the episode. I guess I have more of a morbid curiosity than I thought. And the fact that the quality is so great on only his 3rd episode is impressive. Will listen again:
Disappointing
Sometimes engaging, but often exploitative.
While the cases themselves are interesting, key facts are missing or incorrect in several stories I'm familiar with. The host seems very comfortable using clinical diagnoses as insults, and frequently stigmatizes mental illness in broad, sweeping terms.
He often seems to revel in the depravity he decries. The choice to play audio of victims being tortured and killed is ethically questionable at best, and highly insensitive to the victims' families.
Hopefully the podcast improves with time, and can mature into something with more integrity.
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