Episode 316

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4 • 61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

When a traffic accident in Georgia led to a deadly confrontation, the line between heroism and vigilante justice blurred. A 21-year-old woman took matters into her own hands, but was she trying to help—or hunting down a man who never posed a threat? The truth was unravelled during an emotional trial that exposed the deadly consequences of one reckless decision.

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0:00.0	Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.
0:06.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:09.0	He was pulling my wrists and he pulled me in the vehicle and he's reaching and he's pulling
0:19.0	when you are being held against your will and you have no idea what's ahead of you.
0:29.6	It felt like it lasted forever.
0:31.6	Oh boy, are you guys not going to like this one. The misogyny does run thick here at Torn Scale. Enjoy. I'm The There is a line. There is a line between a man and a monster.
1:30.9	And when I say man, I'm also obviously talking about you ladies.
1:35.9	You're not immune from this.
1:39.2	But that line is thinner than we'd like to believe.
1:43.8	Most people will never cross it, living their lives without ever feeling the sharp edge
1:49.0	of true darkness.
1:52.0	But under the right, or perhaps the wrong circumstances, even the most ordinary person can unravel.
2:00.7	Just look at my Facebook feed.
2:02.6	A moment of rage, desperation or even fear can crack something deep inside, something buried.
2:11.6	Unleashing a version of themselves, they never thought possible.
2:15.6	Not every killer is born a monster.
2:19.9	Some are made, shaped by pressure, by pain, by a perfect storm of events that turn any human
2:28.6	into something unrecognizable.
2:31.9	That's the whole point we've been trying to make here for 11 years.
2:34.9	It's not about true crime.
2:36.3	It's about human nature.
2:38.9	What makes you tick?
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