Episode 297

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4 • 61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

On June 5th, 1994, a young woman and her dog stumbled upon a dismembered torso behind a gas station dumpster in a quiet Florida town, setting off an investigation that would span decades. As the case went cold, a dark figure remained hidden in plain sight, only to resurface years later. When a missing person’s flier related to the disappearance of 16-year-old Fred Laster sparked new interest, a shocking family connection led detectives to a seemingly upstanding youth pastor with a sinister past.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Wake up! The Jones is a redo in their garden! Love that porcelain paven and all that fencing.
0:05.4	I knew it. They've been with their landscaper to Jusen.
0:07.9	A mini-digger! No wonder she was so smug at Zumba! Right, I want a sunken seating area. She won't have that.
0:14.2	For materials, tool hire, timber and paving. Don't waste time. Duason's got the lot.
0:19.0	Like Teralis, porcelain p paving from only 22 pounds per square meter.
0:22.4	Love it.
0:23.1	All trade prices exclude VAT at 20%.
0:26.0	So now you can keep up with the Joneses.
0:28.0	And the Evanses.
0:29.2	And the Bertels.
0:30.4	Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence.
0:33.6	And is not intended for all audiences.
0:36.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:41.9	You understand that?
0:43.6	There's evidence that Lee Harvey also
0:45.6	to kill the President Kennedy,
0:47.2	but that don't make it.
0:48.1	We're not talking about the Kennedy assassination.
0:50.3	We're talking about you.
0:51.5	Tell you about putting a 16-year-old boy in a dumpster.
0:58.2	The We're talking about you. Tell you about putting a 16-year-old boy in a dumpster. You know, this thing's a choice, right?
1:01.0	Some of you idiot, it act like you're doing your civic duty by censoring me.
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