Episode 51

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2015

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 47 we told you about the McMartin Preschool case and the Satanic Panic that overtook an entire nation under the fear that our children are not safe. This week we are joined by Keelan Balderson from WideShut to cover a case that is hauntingly familiar, but occurring in modern-day Europe. When Ella Draper met marijuana-advocate Abraham Christie her life, and the lives of her two young children, spiraled out of control. According to Mrs Justice Pauffley, the presiding judge in the case, Christie was an abusive man who punished the children by hitting them with metal spoons and kicking them in the stomach. According to Pauffley's ruling, the couple brainwashed the two kids into making up an elaborate story about a satanic cult committing the ritualistic murder of children. Not surprisingly, at the head of the cult, was the children's father who was in the midst of a bitter custody dispute with Draper at the time. A bizarre cast of characters, including software engineer turned victim's advocate Sabine McNeill, refuses to believe the judges ruling and instead continue to argue that the whole thing is a grand conspiracy reaching the highest levels of government, despite the total lack of physical evidence in the case. This case demonstrates what happens when personal beliefs and biases take hold over common sense.

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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.
0:05.0	Listener discretion is advised.
0:11.0	That's exactly what's happened.
0:13.0	What's happening, the children are punished and the parents are punished.
0:17.0	I'm not so interested in all of these private custody issues either. I'm interested in the systematic, systemic, institutional abuse of children and parents,
0:27.6	which is an undermining of society. That's what's happening in the UK.
0:32.6	And I'm saying that as a German who doesn't have children, who doesn't have grandchildren.
0:36.6	But knowing what
0:37.7	I know and not to act on it would be against my conscience. These people don't seem to have
0:42.4	a conscience. That's what's happening. That's what we are up against. And I thank you for the
0:46.5	sympathy with the mother. But I want you to act on your conscience and with your feelings. Please,
0:51.8	I happen to be half starving hello and welcome back to Sword and Scale episode 51 a show that
1:08.4	reveals that the worst monsters are real.
1:22.3	Well, I have to be honest, I had an amazing break.
1:26.2	It was so great meeting all the fans in the Dallas-Fort Worth
1:29.4	area and one of the highlights was meeting Justin from the Generation Y podcast. Hell of a guy.
1:35.4	Great sense of humor. By the way, in case you haven't heard, the Indianapolis meetup is canceled
1:40.5	for personal reasons. Sorry if you were looking forward to coming out to that.
1:45.1	But getting back to my break, basically what I did for two months every day was wake up,
1:51.0	go on social media and see thousands of people ask me daily if my vacation was over or not.
1:57.2	I realize now that doing your own thing isn't quite what it's cracked up to be.
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