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Each family has its own unique strengths and weaknesses, but what happens when the family dynamic begins to enter into the realm of depravity? In early 2019, when 30-year-old Amanda McClure and her fiancé were suddenly reunited with Amanda’s long-lost father and sister in the mountains of West Virginia, things were bound to go sour. No one had any idea that this charming family reunion would end with not only a marriage, but a murder.

SOURCES

All sources were exclusive to Sword and Scale

MUSIC

Midnight Daydream - Hotel

Sideway - Counting Down Time

DepasRec - Remaining Feelings

Marco Martone - Invisible Shadow

DepasRec - Internal Fears

Alex Vombat - Forgotten Case

Mikhail Tamashou - Dark Scary Swamp

Skyiceberg - Surrender

Jelliot - My Dark Half

Frequently Asked Music - Horror Background Drone

PashaStriker - Wrong Way

Stephen Keech - The Part Where Things Start To Change

Awesome Music - Good

Memory Falls - Meet At The Cafe

 

In February of 2017, 28-year-old Kayla Crocker was found bound, bloody, and unresponsive in the nursery of her Florida home. After she was rushed to a nearby hospital, county police called upon several other law enforcement agencies to assist with the investigation, including the U.S. Marshals Service and out-of-state highway patrol. The reason the local police called in so much help was because Kayla Crocker was not a lone victim. There were several others, all of whom had unwillingly become part of someone’s week-long and multi-state murder spree.

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Kayla Crocker - Mother Testimony

Beulah Home Invasion - Press Conference

Emerald Sands Inn - 9-1-1 Call

Alicia Greer - Father Speaks to Media

Billy Boyette Criminal History

Double Homicide - Suspect Identified

Dollar Store Cashier Testimony

Peggy Broz Press Update

Peggy Broz Pastor Speaks

Lillian, Alabama Homicide - Victim’s Car

Police Press Conference - Killer at Large

Rice Trial - Day 1 Coverage

Deer Hunter Testimony

Mary Rice Brother Speaks to Media

NBC 15 - Police Asking for Help

Kayla Crocker Sister - Facetime Interview

Kayla Crocker Uncle Speaks to Media

James Haynes Testimony

WKRG News - Standoff in Troup County

CW55 - Woman Indicted for Murder

Rice Trial - Opening Statements

Phyllis Reinhardt Testimony

Rice Trial - Verdict and Sentencing

MUSIC

DL Productions - Lost Damage

AncepScore - Love Story

Melodrama - Those We Have Lost

SPMusicGroup - Uninvited Guest

Ambient Atmosphere - Sad Piano Music

Frank Schlimbach - Howling Frost

Frank Schlimbach - Lament A Night

Frank Schlimbach - Driftwood Spaces

Frank Schlimbach - Paradigma Eitan

Epstein Music - Dark Mysterious Suspense

Eitan Epstein Music - Dangerous Illusions

RomanSenykMusic - Ocean Spaces Eitan

Epstein Music - Dark Universe

Elision - The Cure

When personal assistant Jennifer Fulford mysteriously disappeared from her wealthy employer’s house, everyone was puzzled by the strange trail of strange clues left in her absence. Had Jennifer run away? Had she been hurt? The truth behind her sudden disappearance would be far more devious, deranged, and senseless than anyone could have imagined.

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Scott Nelson Trial Day 4 Scott Nelson Takes the Stand

Scott Nelson Trial Day 1 Reid Burman, Officer Rick Thomas, Robert Fulford, Sharon Wagganer

Scott Nelson Trial Day 1 Nirali Jivan, Janet Grimm, Steven Ceynowa & Mark Winters

Scott Nelson Trial Prosecution Opening Statement

Scott Nelson Penalty Phase Day 2 James Nelson - Brother of Defendant Part1

Scott Nelson Penalty Phase Day 4 Dr Valerie McClain Psychologist Part 1

Scott Nelson Trial Prosecution Closing Argument

Scott Nelson Penalty Phase Day 2 James Nelson - Brother of Defendant Part2

Scott Nelson Trial Day 4 Scott Nelson Takes the Stand

Scott Nelson Penalty Day 1 Hanna Geist & Austin Geist

Scott Nelson Handwritten Letters to Judge Keith White

MUSIC

Samme - Colors

RomanSenykMusic - Deep Mysterious Thoughts

Allen Productions - Murky Darkness

Allen Productions - Viral Alarm

Edward Brown - Neverending Space

Edward Brown - Corruption Within

Hyperreal - Horror Drone

Pressmaster - Spiritual Light

StudioZonet - Dark Cinematic Tension Ambience

Oren Sharon - Deep Thinking

Audio Earth - Wonderful Morning

Chelsea McGough - Up Above

Gustavo Pessoa - Bloody Twilight

What happened to Lee Paulino? He disappeared days before Thanksgiving and the police just considered him a runaway in spite of his family's pleas that he would never do that. When a gruesome discovery is made two weeks later it calls into question could the police have done more and how well do parents know their own children.

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Ex-Girlfriend Among First To Testify In Trial For Teen Accused Of Beheading Classmate

Jurors hear interview tapes of teen accused of decapitating friend

Mathew Borges Trial Jury Hears Gruesome Details In Beheading Case

Mathew Borges Case Victim's Family, Police Officers Take Stand In Beheading Trial

Medical examiner Unclear if teen beheaded before or after death

Headless body found near river in Lawrence

Headless body identified as missing teenager

Young man’s decapitated body found in Lawrence

'This is not a random act' mayor says about decapitated body

Teen found decapitated in Lawrence remembered by family, friends

Vigil Held For Teen Murdered In Lawrence

Hundreds attend vigil honoring murdered Lawrence teen

Memorial service being held for Lawrence teen found beheaded

Family of murdered teen shares their heartache

DA discusses arrest of juvenile in Lawrence decapitated body investigation

Independent investigation launched into disappearance, killing of Lawrence teen

No bail granted for teen charged in Lawrence teen's decapitation

Lawrence Teen Admitted He Beheaded His Classmate, Associate Testifies

'Remember it like it was yesterday' Tearful grandmother recalls last seeing victim

Jurors hear interview tapes of teen accused of decapitating friend

Jurors in teen’s beheading trial listen to interview with police after alleged murder

Mathew Borges Case Victim's Family, Police Officers Take Stand In Beheading Trial

Testimony continues in teen's beheading case

Lawrence Teen Arraigned For Brutal Murder

Lawrence mayor addresses investigation into decapitated teenager

DA discusses arrest of juvenile in Lawrence decapitated body investigation

“I think of killing someone and I smirk”; teen beheading trial gets underway

Jury Begins Deliberations In Mathew Borges Beheading Murder Trial

Jury weighs fate of teen charged in beheading of classmate

Trial Begins For Lawrence Teen Accused Of Beheading Classmate

Jealousy was motive in teen's beheading, officials say

Jurors in teen’s beheading trial listen to interview with police after alleged murder

'We feel that this criminal deserves to spend his life incarcerated'

Web Extra Mathew Borges Is Sentenced For Murder In Lawrence Beheading

Life sentence handed down in beheading case

MUSIC

MF Doom - NJN

Edward Brown - No Escape

Chelsea McGough - Ocean Shadows

AlexVombat - Babylon Within

Paolo Argento - I Lost Myself In Your Eyes

SonicFox - Arrival

Ashot Danielyan Composer - Sacral Forest

Allen Productions - Vast

Abstraction Hill - Into

Allen Productions - Impulsive Devastation

AWSound - Vampires

Night Wicked Cinema - Rag Doll

OneZero - Stratosphere

WaveArt - Slow Flow

Residents of the Marpole neighborhood in Vancouver, British Columbia suddenly found themselves double-checking their deadbolts when an unidentified killer senselessly murdered two valuable members of the community. 64-year-old Dianna Mah-Jones, and her husband, 68-year-old Richard Jones were discovered in their home on September 26th, 2017. It was a massacre inside, one that law enforcement officials would never forget.

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Vancouver Police Reveal How They Caught Killer

Canada Global Breaking News In Vancouver

Homicide Detectives Looking for New Information

Dianna Mah Jones Tribute

Health Care Heroes

Canada Global Marpole Murders

SFU Criminology Prof Says Marpole Double Murder Likely Failed Break-and-Enter

Respected Healthcare Worker and Husband Identified

Crown Prosecutor on Sentencing

Rocky Rambo Full Interrogation

You’re an Animal Video Shows Police Frustration

RR Handed Life Sentence

MUSIC

Kinone - Slow Motion

Ashot Danielyan - Fly With Me

Oren Sharon - The Mystery

Oren Sharon - Darkest Black

Frank Schlimbach - Megalomania

EITAN EPSTEIN MUSIC - Emotional Tension Suspense Thriller Music

Frank Schlimbach - Law of the Strong

Jelliot - Death Chamber

Seth Ophengon - Dreams Still

Frank Schlimbach - Shadow of the Moon

Jelliot - Empty Heaven

Elision - Get Down

On New Year's Day 2008, 24-year-old Meredith Emerson went missing after setting out on a hike up Blood Mountain in Union County, Georgia. Search teams combed Blood Mountain for days in an effort to find the missing hiker, but they never did. Meredith was not on Blood Mountain. She was fifty miles away, held captive by a deranged serial killer.

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Action News 2 - The Search for Meredith Emerson

11 Alive News - Missing Hiker

Action News 2 - A Person of Interest

11 Alive News - Hope for Meredtih

11 Alive News - John Tabor Interview

Cleo Hilton Interview - Georgia Bureau of Investigation

WYFF News 4 - Remains Found in Forest

WXII News 12 - Hiking Tips

Opening Statement - Cheryl Dunlap Murder Trial

Fox News - 911 Call - Gary Hilton Arrest

Georgia Sentencing - Gary Michael Hilton

Associated Press - Murder Investigation Expands

ABC News 13 - Gary Hilton Sentenced in Asheville

Gary Hilton Trespassing Incident - Cherokee County Dash Cam Footage

Fundraiser Honors Meredith Emerson

11 Alive News - Gary Michael Hilton Coverage

11 Alive News - Remember Meredith Emerson

Georgia Bureau of Investigation - Investigative Summary

Gary Hilton Coworker Interview with GBI Agent

‘Deadly Run’ Trailer

‘Deadly Run’ Full Film

Gary Hilton Background Interview

Gary Hilton Confession Transcript

MUSIC

Maxim the Artist - I’m Not An Angel

Jelliot - Night In The Woods

Jelliot - Knocking in the Night

Ashot Danielyan - Such A Huge Cosmos

Jelliot - Abandoned Hope

Jelliot - Veil of Madness

Jelliot - No One’s Land

Jelliot - Figures in the Mist

Jelliot - Death By Water

Jelliot - Dead Forest

Frank Schlimbach - Frozen Light

Jelliot - The Blood Moon

Manos Apostolopoulus - Frozen Memories

Mikhail Grayd - Memories

Maxim the Artist - Echo From The Battle

21-year-old Alisha Bromfield had it all. She had a supportive friend group, a family who loved her, a nearly completed bachelor’s degree, and a baby on the way. When she didn’t arrive home from an out-of-state wedding on Sunday, August 19th, 2012 as planned, friends and family soon learned that someone in her life did not have her best interest at heart.

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The Purple Project

The Purple Project Facebook Page

Sand Bay Beach Resort

MUSIC

xJWill - Alpaca Love

ALMusic - Sands of Time

SonicFox - Interlude

Lance Conrad - Blue Aukai

Ashot Danielyan - The Last Tears

EITAN EPSTEIN MUSIC - Dark Emotional Ambient Atmosphere Music

Sideway - The Aftermath

Cody Martin - Apostle of Ireland

TalekeeperMusic - Finding Clues

Frank Schlimbach - Dust and Bones

Frank Schlimbach - Beneath The Ice

My Cross - Silent Hill

Jelliot - Dead Forest

SoundRose - Losing Our Love

Moments - The World Within

Manos Apostolopoulos - Secrets Unveiled

In October of 2005, empty nesters Dennis and Norma Woodruff were found shot and stabbed to death in their Texas home. With a lack of physical evidence and leads, police fixated on the couple’s 19-year-old son Brandon as their killer when they found out he was in debt, flunking out of college, and secretly making gay porn. Was Brandon really the murderer, or were there other suspects roaming free? Was this a case of character assassination on young Brandon, or was he truly a cold-blooded killer?

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Brandon Woodruff Message to His Supporters

Moving to Royse City, Texas?

Walmart opens in Royse City by Royse City Texas High School TV

Mike Etherington Full Interview with Police (American Justice Podcast)

American Justice Podcast

Scott Poggensee, American Justice Podcast

Free Brandon

MUSIC

Mikey Geiger - Banger Train

Frank Schlimbach - Drops of Melancholy

Jelliot - I Can’T Wake Up

Cosmic Aura - Tortex

Space Ambient - Full Version - dauzkobza

Dark Cinematic Ambient Soundscape - Long Version - dauzkobza

Heart That Never Beats - Jelliot

Suspense Atmosphere Background 3 - AlexVombat

Sad Tragic Apocalypse Piano Atmosphere - EITAN EPSTEIN MUSIC

Dark Atmosphere - Mikhail Tamashou

Sadness Again - DS Productions

Dark Oscillations - baytreemusic

Alice In Vans - Nick Cocozzella

We’re back to bring you the conclusion of the mysterious staged death of Natasha Waalen. In order to get the full story, we encourage you to go back and listen to part 1 before diving into this episode.

When we left off, Natasha’s former boyfriend, Ryan Boland had been arrested for her murder. But, police had a hunch that Ryan didn’t act alone and all signs pointed towards his hotheaded, weapon-obsessed brother, Tim Boland. The Boland Brothers had grown up with the world at their fingertips, but they were both on dark downward paths. Had they finally gone too far? Soon all of Anoka County would know the true nature of these entitled, manipulative brothers and what they did to Natasha Waalen.

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Natasha Leigh Waalen Obituary

Man get 11 years in death of brother’s girlfriend

Bloody bat lies between Anoka brothers

No easy solutions in the puzzle of Natasha’s death

MUSIC

Ghost Beatz - Sunday In Harlem

Hill - Stygian

Hill - Into

Hill - My Unbelief

Ghost Beatz - No Apologies

When 29-year-old Natasha Waalen was found dead next to her dirt bike, police assumed it had been a terrible accident. They were wrong. Natasha had been murdered and her death was sloppily covered up to look like a motorcycle crash. Who would want this young mother, acupuncturist, and university graduate dead? Fingers soon pointed towards the father of her child and former boyfriend, Ryan Boland as the police uncovered the violent, questionable past behind Ryan’s good ol’ boy facade. But the town soon questioned if he had acted alone.

SOURCES

Natasha Leigh Waalen Obituary

Man get 11 years in death of brother’s girlfriend

Bloody bat lies between Anoka brothers

No easy solutions in the puzzle of Natasha’s death

MUSIC

Mikey Geiger - Wobble To and Fro

Mikey Geiger - Can’t Go Fishing Cause I Always Drop The Bass