Episode 65

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2016

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes the monsters are not only in our homes, but they are the ones closest to us: our mother or father, brother or sister. To a young child living in an environment where a depraved individual lurks can be terrifying. In this episode we will experience that terror from the perspective of that young child who is powerless to change their situation. We speak to three survivors of domestic child abuse and child sexual abuse and hear their unfiltered stories of their terrifying experiences. More importantly, we learn how they coped with the terrible start of their lives and have gone on to serve as an example to others that you don't have to be a product of your environment. You can go on to a better life eventually, should you choose it.

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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.
0:10.0	The first time that he touched me was he said, I'm going to touch you like I touch mommy,
0:17.4	and my mom was never really around.
0:41.2	Yeah. and my mom was never really around. Welcome to Season 3, Episode 65 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real. Thank you. back in August of 2014, I spoke to a man by the name of Jamie Cyprus on episode 25.
1:05.2	In that program, Jamie recounted the story of being sexually abused by his father when he was just a boy.
1:11.4	Then recently, the popular artist Dave Navarro stopped by to tell us how domestic violence
1:16.9	had claimed the life of his mother.
1:19.4	The truth is that sometimes the monsters aren't outside.
1:23.1	They're in our homes.
1:24.7	Domestic violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse, these are crimes that almost always
1:30.3	are carried out by those we love, our boyfriend or husband or mother or father, or even siblings.
1:37.9	Today, I got a direct message on Twitter that I'd like to read to you. It said, I want you to know
1:43.3	how much your domestic violence
1:44.9	episode helped me. The advocate you had on said that the average of leaving seven times before
1:50.2	success gave me the mindset slash hope to do it. I had pretty much given up that there would be no
1:57.0	escape ever. Plus, I have been in this situation for six years, and local domestic violence
2:03.1	advocates not once told me about the national hotline before. So just wanted you to know how valuable
2:08.6	your many hours that you must put into what you do can be to someone that you may not expect.
2:14.7	Thanks a million times over for the hope. Obviously the person that wrote this message
2:19.4	would prefer to remain confidential, so we'll keep it that way. But stories like this aren't unique.
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