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Sword and Scale · 376 episodes with transcripts

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.

Spoken has transcripts of 376 Sword and Scale episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 19, 2026.

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Episode 372

October 19, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences. Listener discretion is advised.

SPEAKER_2 (0:12)

I don't know his life anymore. I am no longer a part of it. He made that perfectly clear when he decided to sleep with my sister.

Mike Boudet (0:35)

On the morning of October 13th, 2021, Jason Schaefer is halfway through his mail delivery route in Longmont, Colorado. It's a more recent subdivision of oversized symmetrical homes, sitting close together on small lots. Much like the rest of America. Jason drives slowly from box to box. He's been at it since early…

Jason's son is at school, Rosa leaves for work, and Jason goes back to his route. It's the same old, same old. Stop the truck, open the door, step out, sort the mail. The door stays open behind him, and the truck beeps at him on and off all day. Jason is close to the mailbox when the first loud pop rings out…

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