Episode 44

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We live in a world where pregnant women have to fear going about their daily lives as they normally would because of the very real possibility that the unthinkable could happen to them at any time. It did to Michelle Wilkins, a mom who was trying to get some inexpensive baby clothes for her unborn daughter Aurora. Instead, what she got was a nightmare which unfolded on a beautiful Wednesday afternoon in Longmont, Colorado. The person who perpetrated this heinous act wasn't a serial killer, drug addict, or psycho, it was another mom named Dynel Lane. Dynel was so desperate to have another child that she would resort to lying to her friends and family and, eventually, unspeakable acts to secure whatever benefit she perceived from motherhood. In this episode we examine this crime and others like it, and try to answer the fundamentally basic question of what makes a mom a monster.

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0:00.0	Sword and Scale contains adult themes and violence.
0:03.0	It is not intended for all audiences.
0:05.2	Listener discretion is advised.
0:09.8	Colorado criminal law defines homicide as the killing of a person by another.
0:16.8	And it defines a person as a human being who had been born and was alive at the time of the Homicidal Act.
0:26.5	Colorado law further specifies in the cases People v. Lage, L-A-G-E,
0:32.9	that person does not include a fetus, even if the child is born following the injury, which ultimately
0:39.9	results in its death.
0:52.4	Welcome to Sword and Scale, Episode 44, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.
1:24.8	Music In this episode, we're going to do something we don't normally do here at Sordonscale.
1:32.5	We're going to take on a case that's been in the national spotlight for several weeks now, the story of Michelle Wilkins and Dinelle Lane,
1:38.4	a case mired in political controversy and public outrage. And while we're at it, we'll take a look at the history of fetal homicide in the United States, a topic, which you might want to steer
1:44.0	clear of, say, if you happen to be
1:46.1	pregnant. But before we delve into this week's program, I've noticed that a lot of you tend to
1:50.8	shut off the podcast as soon as the outro music starts playing. So I'm going to do this up front this time.
1:57.5	Keep your favorite podcast on the air. Go to facebook.com slash sword and scale right now.
2:03.6	And click on the link in the top left that reads, invite your friends to like this page.
2:08.6	And then invite all of your friends and family. Don't worry, they won't think you're weird.
2:13.9	You'd be surprised how many moms love murder stories. If you've already done this, head on over to iTunes and leave us a good review.
2:21.2	If you've already done that, and go on your favorite forum or Reddit or 4chan or whatever
2:26.0	and let them know about your favorite podcast.
2:29.3	I mean, send an email if you have to.
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