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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The podcast currently has 114 episodes available.

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Number 1: Episode 364
The British Club was a close circle of English expats in Fleming Island, Florida. They were friends who looked out for one another like family. So when 65-year-old Sue Mauldin suddenly vanished, they knew something was wrong. What followed was a desperate race by the Clay County Sheriff’s Office to track down a man hiding in plain sight and uncover what really happened to Sue.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
August 09, 20261h 15min
Number 2: Episode 362
In Delray Beach, Florida, a routine traffic stop led police to a young man covered in blood. By the next morning, a body had been discovered. What followed was a tense interrogation — and a motive that felt disturbingly small compared to the violence it produced.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
August 02, 20261h 12min
Number 3: Episode 363
A quiet evening in Washington City, Utah, ended in gunfire inside the Bailey family home. Gail and Joseph Bailey were executed. Their son and daughter-in-law barely escaped through a window. What followed was a sprawling manhunt through the desert edge of St. George with drones, SWAT teams, and a suspect hiding in the weeds with a gun to her head.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
August 06, 20261h 18min
Number 4: Episode 357
On a cold April afternoon in Milwaukee, two men walking along the Lake Michigan shoreline make a gruesome discovery: a human leg tangled in the weeds below a bluff. Within days, more body parts start surfacing across the city, and even across state lines. The remains belong to 19-year-old college student Sade Robinson, a young woman with a promising future - cut short. Piece by piece, investigators put together the puzzle of Sade’s grisly demise and learn that not everyone is redeemable.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
July 12, 20261h 12min
Number 5: Episode 297
On June 5th, 1994, a young woman and her dog stumbled upon a dismembered torso behind a gas station dumpster in a quiet Florida town, setting off an investigation that would span decades. As the case went cold, a dark figure remained hidden in plain sight, only to resurface years later. When a missing person’s flier related to the disappearance of 16-year-old Fred Laster sparked new interest, a shocking family connection led detectives to a seemingly upstanding youth pastor with a sinister past.Get instant access to all episodes, including premium unreleased episodes, commercial-free at swordandscale.com
June 02, 20251h 12min