Episode 347

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In March 2015, ninety-four-year-old Marie Belcastro was found brutally murdered in her home on Cherry Street in Niles, Ohio. Adored by her family and neighbors, she was known for her humor, generosity, and the simple kindness she extended to those around her. But the violence that ended her life came from closer to home than anyone imagined, leaving her family and the community to wrestle with unsettling questions about trust, justice, and whether every life is worth saving.

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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	I heard screaming and stuff, so I just left. I couldn't sustain it no more.
0:17.0	Where'd you lead from?
0:19.0	That old lady's house. Hello Hello and thank you for joining us.
0:24.6	This is Season 13, episode 340, what?
0:29.6	347 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. You know, 2015, in Niles, Ohio.
1:32.9	Yeah, Ohio again.
1:35.4	Niles is an aging steel town in Trumbull County.
1:39.5	The narrow streets are lined with ranch and Cape Cod homes, where families have lived for generations.
1:47.0	On Lafayette Avenue, the houses sit close together, with alleys running between them and
1:53.9	neighbors that notice when something is out of place. Just before dinner, a teenage boy
1:59.5	stumbles home and into the front door.
2:02.5	He's not hungry, and he's not thirsty either.
2:06.6	In fact, he's already had too much to drink, and he's a drunken mess.
2:13.5	9-1-1, what's your emergency day?
2:15.2	Hi, my son came home and said he got drunk by several people, and he's not acting right.
2:21.0	Okay, where does that occur?
2:22.6	I'm in the bathroom. I'm a 502 lock yet. He said he was at Cedar Park.
2:27.7	Okay.
2:28.7	And he has blood on his hands and stuff.
2:31.4	Her voice echoes through the house as she speaks to the dispatcher.
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