Episode 61

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2016

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Every parent's nightmare can happen in an instant. It can happen on a day just like any other in a place you would never expect and, the fact of the matter is, you will never see it coming. Such is what happened to the family of 9-year-old Connor Verkerke. One moment everything was fine; it was a beautiful late summer day and kids were playing in the local playground. The next minute, all hell broke loose. But this tragedy wasn't exclusive to Connor and his family. The story of 12-year-old Jamarion Lawhorn, who was also on that playground on that day, was also tragic and heartbreaking.

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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.
0:08.0	And I think you'll find when we begin to lay all this out that not only did he have an opportunity to consider pros and cons of his actions on August 4 of 2014 but he had been considering
0:23.6	doing this killing someone for over a year. Welcome to Sword and Scale, season three, episode 61, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. For two years, we've been telling you stories of real-life monsters all around us.
1:22.6	The story we're about to tell you isn't about a monster, but instead a monstrous act.
1:28.7	And it's probably even more terrifying of a story than some of the ones you're already familiar
1:33.1	with, because this happened in a place you wouldn't expect by a person you wouldn't expect.
1:40.5	In a way which could have not been predicted by anyone.
1:44.8	There were no tells.
1:46.4	There was no warning.
1:48.1	And there was no way to keep nine-year-old Connor Verkirky from being killed that day.
1:55.8	The day. The When I say think of a safe place, what comes to mind?
2:32.3	What comes to mind?
2:34.7	Surely it's not a home.
2:36.6	If you've been listening for a while, you know that all sorts of atrocities can happen
2:40.0	in your own home.
2:42.7	Now, think of a place devoid of evil, filled with nothing but innocence and joy and laughter.
2:51.6	Like a playground.
2:58.6	August 4th, 2014,
3:03.6	Camp Wood, Michigan,
3:05.6	the mobile home park of Pinebrook Village.
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