Sword and Scale Daily - Nov 11, 2019

A Las Vegas woman is rescued after she was kidnapped at gunpoint, sexually assaulted, and left to die in the Mojave desert. A father and daughter have been charged. A Russian history professor was rescued from the freezing Moika river, and found in possession of a backpack containing the severed arms of a woman. He has since admitted to murdering his younger lover and dismembering her body. Finally, police in Wisconsin have solved a 1999 cold case murder by identifing the victim and bringing the perpetrator to justice.

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Sword and Scale is a 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 of murder, abduction, rape, and even more bizarre forms of crime. It’s the purest form of true-crime where the raw uncensored audio tells the story. Everything from 911 calls to court testimony, interviews with victims and sometimes with perpetrators give listeners a 360 degree look at the seedy underbelly of human nature and so-called civilized society. Told from an everyman's point of view, Sword and Scale goes beyond the news clips and the sensationalist headlines to hold up a mirror to the audience and ask, "Is it us versus them? Or are we just like 'them' too?" Sword and scale proves that the worst monsters are real.