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Like he wanted a little community of the killers.

I should have gone out. I should have told somebody I should have tried to stop it.

Hello and welcome to Season 8, episode 202 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters, a real.

Yeah. the worst monsters are real. Okay, here's the deal.

We've gone almost a whole year now.

With no breaks at all.

Through sickness and nonsense, we've brought you a show once a week if you're a plus member,

and once every two weeks if you're not.

So, season eight is winding down here.

In fact, the next episode will be the last of this season. And that'll

drop on November 21st for plus members and November 28th for regular non-plus members. Listen, I know

you're disappointed. But we all have families too. All of us at work here.

We want to spend a little time with them.

And we want to refresh and get ready for season 9,

which will come a lot earlier than we had previously planned.

So take a little break from true crime in the month of December.

Enjoy a little holiday cheer instead. Put aside the murder and mayhem

for a tall glass of egg knock. Or subscribe to Plus because we will still be putting out bonus

content throughout the month. All sorts of goodies, all kinds of things, like long-form unedited interviews.

We might even throw in an interrogation or two. Oh, and don't forget, Sword and Scale Plus

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