- 355
- Episodes
- 95
- Transcribed
- 82,206
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2014
- First episode
About 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 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. Sword and scale proves that the worst monsters are real. GET COMMERCIAL-FREE ACCESS TO ALL 13 YEARS OF CONTENT! http://swordandscale.com Hundreds of hours of true crime stories you've NEVER HEARD on the free feed.
- Publisher
- Sword and Scale
- Category
- history · society & culture · true crime
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jan 2014
- Latest episode
- 2 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
95 of 355 episodes have a transcript.
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Episode 374
Published 2 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] You guys can look at whatever you want. You guys are the investigators, right? Okay. The theory was simple. Cody removed his license plates, picked Nathan up, drove him to an area in Clackamas County, shot him, left with Nathan's cell phone, discarded it somewhere, then put the plates back on the car. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.0 / 5
- 61,716 ratings
- Spotify
- 3.9 / 5
- 20,490 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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- Quality
- 88
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 100
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