Sword and Scale

By Sword and Scale

Sword and Scale is a weekly 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 ... more

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Number 1: Episode 355
When Virgil and Shirley Best were found dead in their home, investigators expected a familiar explanation. What followed instead was an investigation defined by uncertainty and a motive that challenged the idea that violence always comes from clear intent.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
June 17, 202659min
Number 2: Episode 354
In 2022, when 57-year-old Harold Allen was found dead in his Indiana home, the case was ruled natural. Nearly a year later, a brazen burglary and a string of buried messages bring detectives back to the same address and to Marsha Allen, the woman who said she loved him. What starts as a property crime becomes a chilling reexamination of Harold’s final days, as small-town routines, late-night deliveries, and a quiet house of secrets point to something far darker. No one is ready for where the evidence leads or what it costs.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
June 07, 20261h 14min
Number 3: Episode 352
Beloved father and prominent attorney, Gary Farris, should have been safe on his own land. But in July 2018, he vanished from his family’s rural dream property, and a smoldering burn pile would unravel everything they thought they knew about their home, their marriage, and each other.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
May 12, 20261h 15min
Number 4: Episode 348
When 43-year-old Diane Holik was found dead inside her Austin home, homicide investigators were left with more questions than answers. Diane had no enemies. There was no apparent reason for anyone to want her dead. But as detectives dug deeper, they uncovered a web of obsession, deceit, and darkness that defied understanding and revealed a killer hiding in plain sight.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
April 22, 20261h 14min
Number 5: Episode 350
In 2016, 22-year-old Cati Blauvelt was found stabbed to death in the basement of an abandoned house. The search for her killer would uncover a story of control, deception, and betrayal — and reveal how one man turned trust into a weapon.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
April 29, 20261h 24min