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Sword and Scale

Episode 5

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.063.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Imagine a criminal conspiracy and cover-up so so massive in scale, involving the highest levels of government and industry, that it threatens the very fabric of the American system. Now imagine that the crimes of this criminal syndicate are so horrible, so horrendous, that the mere mention of them would be frowned upon in polite society, and the very idea of such a conspiracy being possible would be laughable and downright absurd. Yet, in September of 1982, the unexplained disappearance of a 12-year-old boy named Johnny Gosch, set a series of events into motion that would have earth-shattering ramifications to this day. In this episode of Sword and Scale, we'll delve into Part 1 of a series titled The Massive Cover-Up one of the strangest and most outrageous criminal conspiracy theories ever told, including audio from many of those who witnessed the story unfolding firsthand. We're also delve into all the bizarre side-stories that spin off like fractals into their own mysterious endings. The show concludes with a viral video that made headlines last week. In keeping with the theme, it is that of a sexual abuse victim named Jamie that decided that if the law wasn't going to help her, perhaps YouTube and the outrage of millions could. You won't want to miss this clip.

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0:00.0

I was a homemaker, housewife, mother. I lived where I was considered to be a normal, happy life, doing things with my kids, to ball games baking cookies doing all the

0:22.9

mom things and then on September 5th my entire world blew apart when someone

0:30.7

kidnapped my son Johnny while he was delivering his Sunday morning papers in West Des Moines, Iowa.

0:48.3

Welcome to Sword and Scale, Episode 5, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.

0:57.6

In the episode 5, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. In this episode, part one of a two-part saga involving child prostitution, witness

1:03.3

intimidation, murder, presidential pedophilia, and an impossibly massive cover-up involving

1:09.4

state and local officials and the media.

1:13.6

The story we're about to tell you is by far one of the strangest, most insane stories I've ever heard.

1:20.6

There's a lot to be skeptical about, but we'll try to break it down for you, including the various players and their individual stories.

1:28.3

This tale starts out with a missing boy named Johnny Gosh and his mother's unrelenting pursuit of the

1:33.7

truth behind what happened to her son. That morning started out very early for him, like any other

1:39.7

day. He left the house at about quarter to six in the morning.

1:47.0

He headed down the street pulling his little wagon and our dog riding along with him.

1:52.0

He got as far as the corner, about a block from our home,

1:58.0

when a man stopped him and asked for direction.

2:01.6

The other kids at the corner, who were the witnesses, were the ones that reported all of this

2:07.6

to me.

2:09.6

As Johnny walked away from this man, the man suddenly made a U-turn in the middle of the street

2:14.6

with his car and sped back up the street and pulled in right

2:19.8

where all the boys were gathering their papers, folding them, and preparing to deliver

2:25.1

their own routes. The man shut off the engine to the car, opened the passenger door, and

2:32.2

slid his feet out onto the curb curb and started talking to all the boys.

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