Episode 135

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

16-year-old Emma Walker broke up with her boyfriend, 18-year-old Riley Gaul because she realized it wasn’t a healthy relationship and was tired of his controlling and abusive behavior. But when she needed help after a series of strange and frightening events, Riley was there to save her… or so she thought. On the morning of Monday, November 21, 2016, Emma is found dead in her bed and Riley is the number one person of interest.

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0:00.0	Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.
0:06.3	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.6	I know it was something on the bed of help that she'd gotten sick or was vomit. I wasn't sure.
0:17.8	She lived while she was sleeping.
0:22.9	Hello and welcome to Season 6, episode 135 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.
0:37.4	Music Love can make you do crazy things.
0:51.8	What's the term?
0:53.1	Stupid in love?
0:57.6	Love makes us stupid. It's scientifically proven.
1:03.6	With the thought of our significant other taking up so much space in our minds, we can't help but let some things slide, becoming forgetful or just plain absent-minded. When this affliction
1:10.4	occurs, we do dumb things,
1:12.4	rejecting rational thoughts for emotional ones.
1:15.7	But this story isn't about love.
1:18.6	It's about all those other emotions that mimic love.
1:23.2	Infatuation, obsession, possession,
1:32.2	emotions that are just as powerful, if not more so, in the underdeveloped mind of youth.
1:35.5	When you're young, you think dumb things, you do dumb things.
1:41.8	For most of us, we age, we mature, and realize just how misguided we were. For others,
1:49.2	a dumb thought turns into a dumb mistake. A mistake you cannot take back. A mistake that will
1:58.1	haunt you for the rest of your life.
2:11.5	In November of 2016, the Central High Bobcats were gearing up for the state playoffs. On Friday, November 18th, the Bobcats were gearing up for the state playoffs.
2:18.8	On Friday, November 18th, the Bobcats were taking on their cross-town rivals, the Fulton
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