Sword and Scale is a true crime podcast covering the dark underworld of crime and the criminal justi
Zachary Penna was having a horrible day. He left work early to pick up his car but the auto shop sai
An unreal crime scene with a dead fortune teller, her dead daughter, and an otherworldly tone has po
Markeith Loyd was not there for his first two children, but Sade Dixon gave him another chance at be
Holly Colino’s descent into madness took a long time. A series of unfortunate life events painted he
Spawned from a long line of vicious criminals, Nikko Jenkins struck terror into Nebraskans when he c
We’re all looking forward to retirement, when we can finally cash out all of our hard-earned savings
Clark Fredericks was born with a hole in his heart. 46 years later, he was arrested for repeatedly s
Trouble in the Amato household began brewing in the summer of 2018, when Grant Amato, the youngest s
We move people who commit crimes far away from our society so they don’t harm anyone else… but many
Child abuse can take many forms and most of the time isn’t obvious. In rare cases it is near impossi
We all know by now that there are good cops, and there are very bad cops. On December 29th, 2009, Ke
The world had a conniption when news headlines announced “Kevin Bacon-Murdered!” just before the new
We take a break from the standard Sword and Scale format to chat about the current state of law enfo
We often think of true-crime from the perspective of law enforcement trying valiantly to pursue the
The lives of Kevin and Marina Krim were forever changed on October 25th, 2012. All of New York City
July of 2016 was a bad month in Bend, Oregon. Isabel Ponce Lara woke up one morning to her husband,
Freedom of speech and religion are two foundational parts of what this nation has to offer. They’re
Orange County California has seen its fair share of bizarre crimes. When Sam Herr, a decorated comba
8-year-old Isabella Cipriano woke up in the middle of the night in April of 2012 to find that her fa
Ryan Lawrence appeared to be a caring and dutiful father, taking his 21-month-old daughter Maddox wi
