Episode 342

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In a quiet Ohio suburb where families mow their lawns and kids ride bikes on the sidewalks, police uncover a bloody scene: two decomposing bodies, Regina Capobianco and her friend John Mann, buried beneath trash inside a modest home. As investigators peel back the layers, they don’t just find evidence of murder; they find broken families, desperate choices, and a trail of secrets that stretches from prison cells to nail salons. In a quiet, family-friendly town, someone let a killer through the front door.

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0:00.0	Discover Penwood Grange by Bellway, an exciting collection of chain-free three, four and five-bedroom homes in Hazelmere.
0:08.5	Set in peaceful countryside and just three miles from High Wycombe, this stunning development perfectly blends rural charm with excellent connections to London.
0:18.0	Enjoy woodland walks, sports pitches and play areas right on your doorstep,
0:22.7	along with fantastic incentives to make your move even easier.
0:27.0	Search Bellway Penwood Grange today.
0:30.4	Sword and scale contains adult themes and violence and is not intended for all audiences.
0:36.4	Listener discretion is advised.
0:42.3	It shouldn't happen, it shouldn't happen, and anyway, I just want to be known that I didn't kill John.
0:52.2	Welcome to Season 13, episode 342 of Sword and Scale.
0:57.2	Show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.
1:29.5	Yeah. Discover Penwood Grange by Bellway, an exciting collection of chain-free, three, and five-bedroom homes in Hazelmere. Set in peaceful countryside and just three miles from High Wycombe, this
1:35.1	stunning development perfectly blends rural charm with excellent connections to London.
1:40.7	Enjoy woodland walks, sports pitches and play areas right on your doorstep, along with fantastic incentives to make your move even easier. Search Bellway Penwood Grange today. In the early hours of May 18th, 2017, in Parma Heights, Ohio, a working class suburb 20 miles south of Cleveland, which sounds like a lovely place I might add, like the rest of the state.
2:20.3	Pearl Road cuts through the town in a long stretch of strip plazas and small storefronts.
2:26.7	Hair salons, nail studios, pizza shops, you know the kind of useless strip ball that inhabits pretty much every city in America?
2:35.8	Well, those shops are usually owned by locals and these businesses open, early, close late, and know they're regulars by name.
2:43.6	The strip is dark and small shops are locked up for the night. The early morning is calm except for one thing. A burglar is
2:53.9	ready to do his thing. He grabs a landscaping stone, hauls it up, and hurls it at the front
3:00.5	door of classic hair studio. The glass explodes, the stone breaking apart into chunks across the floor.
3:09.1	He doesn't hesitate.
3:10.5	He ducks inside, heads straight for the counter, and yanks the entire cash register loose.
3:17.4	The drawer jerks free, cords snapping, and he's out in seconds.
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