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Nightmares
Hosted by Sword and Scale · EN
Welcome to Nightmares. True-Crime for Bedtime. Your nightmare begins now…
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2w ago00:26:55Summary readyOn April 18, 2019, 57-year-old Wilfred Guzman was at home when a familiar visit turned into a savage fight for survival. By the time police forced their way inside Apartment 16, they found blood in every room and signs that the attack had unfolded with whatever was within reach: kitchen knives, forks, spoons, even a small television. Detectives quickly pieced together what happened. What they couldn’t understand was how an ordinary late-night visit had turned so vicious.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Barren
2w ago00:24:42Summary readyA plot to find a million dollars in buried fortune ends in unthinkable violence. Mary was caught in the middle of it all. She shouldn’t have survived the desert, but when she did, she led the authorities to a scene of deliberate mayhem. At the center of it all is Adam Nayeri, and a plan built on a belief that was never real.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Lovers
2w ago00:31:10Summary readyIn November 2012, freshly divorced auto shop manager Dave Kroupa thought he was navigating the casual dating scene in Omaha, Nebraska until one short relationship ended and the stalking began. For the next three years, the messages grew more violent, more personal, and more terrifying, all coming from a woman who refused to let him go. But as detectives dug into the case, they uncovered a truth that forced Dave to confront a chilling possibility: the nightmare stalking him had been much closer than he ever imagined.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Sanctuary
Apr 100:29:53Summary readyOn a quiet January morning in rural Pennsylvania, Rhonda Smith went to work at her church and never came home. What started as a shocking act of violence inside a place of worship slowly unraveled into something far more personal. As investigators dug deeper, they uncovered whispered jealousies, blurred boundaries, and a devotion that may have crossed a dangerous line.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Bad Friends
Mar 2500:25:41Summary readyOn March 12, 2000, in Spearfish, South Dakota, nineteen-year-old Chester Allan Poage agrees to a night that seems harmless… until it isn’t. In a secluded pocket of the Black Hills, it’s hard for a trusting kid like Chester to tell the difference between friends and predators.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Survival
Mar 1100:22:39Summary readyIn October 2013, fourteen-year-old Abby Hernandez vanished on her walk home from school in rural New Hampshire. Months passed, searches faded, and a letter arrived that changed how the public understood her disappearance. When Abby finally came home, the truth forced a reckoning with certainty, judgment, and what survival actually looks like when escape is not possible.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Echo Chamber
Mar 400:24:41Summary readyWhen an 83-year-old woman is found dead inside her quiet Old Greenwich home, investigators start piecing together the final months of her life, and the unraveling of her son, Erik Soelberg. What first appears to be a private family tragedy reveals a disturbing descent shaped by isolation, certainty, and a voice that never challenged his fears. This episode examines how belief hardens, reality fractures, and how one ordinary house became the setting for an irreversible outcome.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Hollywood
Feb 2400:28:31Summary readyIt's March 2006 in Villa Park Illinois and nineteen-year-old Rose thinks she’s found an escape, until a woman vanishes and the search starts pointing somewhere darker. As detectives close in, Rose is forced to replay every late-night call, every story, every “coincidence,” realizing the truth was being rehearsed right in front of her. By the time the case breaks, Rose understands she was never just a witness…Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Snap
Feb 1800:28:57Summary readyThirteen-year-old Thad Phillips fell asleep on his couch—and woke up in a nightmare. Trapped in a decaying house with a smiling teen and sinister intentions, he would spend two harrowing days fighting to survive when all hope seemed lost.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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Party
Feb 400:30:15Summary readyJames Rackover looked like someone who had it all. He had style, status, and a last name that carried weight. But the truth behind the image was darker. When a man goes missing after a night in Manhattan, investigators start to uncover the kind of past James hoped no one would find. He wasn’t who he said he was. And he wasn’t done breaking the rules.Get commercial free access to over a decade of Sword and Scale's true crime podcasts at http://swordandscale.com
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