Episode 338

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

In East Cleveland, Ohio, Diane Madison - a mother and grandmother - was also a woman remembered fondly by her neighbors. In 2019, she woke to a knife at her throat, and the assailant was her very own grandson, Jalen Plummer. Years earlier, another tragedy had unfolded just steps from her home involving a man who killed three women, ranging in age from 18 to 38.

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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.
0:14.3	A man's man should never be compromised when it comes to a female who's never been a man.
0:23.8	Come take a load off, put your feet up, and listen to some murder.
0:27.5	What a stupid thing to say.
0:29.5	This is season 13, episode 338, of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals it the worst monsters.
0:38.0	Are real.
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