Sword and Scale

“White House Boy” Roger Dean Kiser tells us the story of his personal hell. To him, this world which anyone would consider a living hell was just normal everyday life. The way he describes this upbringing is so brutally honest and matter-of-fact, that it will chill your soul. Hundreds of other “White House Boys” have told the tale of the same experience, yet for over a century the institutional torture and sometime murder of children has been taking place right under our collective noses, and only now is this story coming to light. When you hear this story, just keep reminding yourself that you live in America, a country by the people and for the people. You may have to try extra hard to remind yourself because it will be easy to forget. This actually happened. It happened right here, in this country, and the worst part is there is no justice for the victims, not even the ones who are still living. It’s absolutely sickening, and a wake up call for anyone who cares enough to listen. Sources Troy Tidwell Deposition Grave Excavation More Bodies Kiser’s Story The White House Boys Roger Dean Kiser’s Website Books Music

This is the conclusion to a two part saga involving the organized abduction and abuse of children and ritualistic murders by satanic cults allegedly headed by the top levels of government at a mysterious all-male retreat known as Bohemian Grove.  We tell the tale of what has become to be known as The Franklin Coverup and follow the trail of young Johnny Gosch and several other youngsters who were persecuted by the very system that was supposed to protect them, all for sharing their nightmare with us.  Witness intimidation kept this story under wraps, but some individuals took the fall while countless others probably got away with outright murder. Videos Sources Alex Merklinger’s Mysteries of the Mind Radio Show Franklin Coverup at HiddenMysteries.org Gary Caradori’s leads list Books Music

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 1992, 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. Videos Music Art I’ll Red Wagon by Marcia Cirillo

On Friday, October 5th 2012, 10-year-old Jessica Ridgeway disappeared on her way to school. This is the story of what happened to her and how the suburban city of Westminster coped with the aftermath, including the perpetrator’s chilling confession. We warn you, some of the details are quite disturbing and not intended for all audiences. We also examine how common child abductions are in the United States and cover some of the week’s most eye-catching headlines. If you have any information on child exploitation, please call 1-800-THE-LOST or visit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children website. To find out more about Jessica Risgeway’s story, please visit her website. Also read about The Lassy Project, an innovative mobile app spearheaded by her mother Sarah that uses technologies like GPS, SMS, and crowdsourcing to protect our children. Music

It’s really true that Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.  This week we examine the fascinating topic of female serial killers, including the tale of Belle Gunness – a woman who makes Ted Bundy look like an amateur.  Although the town of La Porte, Indiana has been made famous by the bizarre events that happened there over a hundred years ago, many have never heard of this woman or her series of cold and calculated murders on a pig farm. We’re joined by Bruce R. Johnson, a local expert on the Belle Gunness story, along with Director/Producer of Belle Gunness: The Movie and The Gunness Mystery, Stephen Ruminski.  We also chat with local librarian Mary Hedge about La Porte’s unusual relationship with the Gunness case. Sword and Scale highly encourages you to support our guests. If you’re a fan of Sword and Scale, we’re certain you’ll enjoy The Gunness Mystery on DVD. To order it, please visit http://www.thegunnessmystery.com/. Also, be sure to check out the La Porte County Historical Society‘s website for all the wicked little details surrounding this story, and if you want to dig deeper there’s always our new friend Mary Hedge at The La Porte County Public Library. Also, if you’re into that sort of thing, a horrifying collection of photos related to the Belle Gunness case is available at Murderpedia. If you’re interested in the Belle Gunness Story, check out Sword and Scale Staff Writer’s profile: Did Belle Get Away With Murder? Music Moments Descend on My Windowpane by Rafael Anton Irisarri

Psychopaths are all around us. Who are they? What are they? What makes them feel no empathy for other human beings, seeing them only as objects to manipulate and control? In Episode 2 of Sword and Scale, we examine these questions and here from one of the world’s leading neuroscientists in this field Professor James Fallon, who is not only an expert in the field of psychopathy, but also exhibits many of the traits of a psychopath himself. We also hear from actual psychopaths in their own words, including a chilling interview conducted of a serial sex offender by Dr. Anna Salter. Also, we’ll play part of the final interview of one of the twentieth century’s most infamous serial killers: Ted Bundy. The lack of empathy or remorse in their voice as they share the details of their horrific actions will probably turn your stomach, unless of course you’re also a psychopath. Very special thanks to James H. Fallon, Professor Emeritus, Anatomy & Neurobiology School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine. Books Sources Additional Resources Tricia’s True Crime Show covers this story Music Art Cover art provided by shoutot.com

In this debut episode of Sword and Scale, author Janice Holly Booth tells the story of Bruce Blackman’s slip into the dark depths of schizophrenia and the horrible result it caused to him and his family. This tale is based on the true events that occurred in Coquitlam, British Columbia on January 18th, 1983. This story is chilling, and in the wake of events like the Aurora Movie Theater shooting, more relevant than ever. This close knit family missed all the signs of trouble brewing and it had drastic consequences. Very special thanks to Rachel Mallory, Ph.D., R. Psych for her medical insight and assistance with this broadcast. Book Music Art Cover art provided by Aaron Owen Smith

This is the final episode! Listen to some amazing stories about UFO encounters in Russia, the top 10 cryptological news stories of 2009, extraterrestrial planets with the potential for life, Haunted 100-year-old hotels and much more.  Thank you all, and I’ll see you again very soon in a parallel dimension! (Show notes will be posted soon)

The Halloween Special! No “Great Pumpkin” here! Be sure to listen to this episode when you are alone, and it dark outside. It’s best if you have headphones and close your eyes so you are unaware of anything around you. Let the sounds consume you. Envelop yourself in its grasp. Don’t be afraid, it’s just a podcast. It can’t hurt you! Let the chills go up your spine, feel the goosebumps cover your skin like a coat of armor. It will be OK. Your imagination can’t hurt you, or can it? Stories The Origin of Halloween Night Terror or Demon Possession? Is There a Demon Inside Me? The Bridge at Woodbridge Lifetime of Paranormal Experiences The Baby, The Cat & The Twins Music Helios “Cross the Ocean” (mp3) from “Unleft” (Circle Into Square Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Zircaplanet “Evening” (mp3) from “Museum” (OPTICAL) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Nik To “Lonely” (mp3) from “Open” (Comp Music Ltd) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Death Cube K “Watchers” (mp3) from “Torn from Black Space” (RareNoiseRecords) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Morgan Doctor “This Day Is Gone” (mp3) from “Other Life” (Aporia Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Matthias Lupri Group “Ghost Clusters” (mp3) from “Metalix” (Summit Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Death Cube K “Path of the Dead” (mp3) from “Torn from Black Space” (RareNoiseRecords) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Ashtech “R.E.M” (mp3) from “Walkin’ Target” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Lama Gorka “Tibetan Chakra Meditation” (mp3) from “Tibetan Bowls Chakra Meditation – Healing Bowls” (CapitanArt) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Williamson “Sparkle Accretion Study” (mp3) from “Homework” (Williamson Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

Saturn’s rings are dwarfed by one very large ring that for some reason, we’ve never seen before.  A hole opens up in the sky over Moscow. Scientists are on the verge of discovering a “pause” switch to life itself. A listener calls in with a creepy story about a shadow figure and a bizarre light show that followed. Plus, a couple in a modest Atlanta apartment building are visited repeatedly by inter-dimensional beings. Microsoft’s ex-tech chief shares his idea for artificially cooling down the earth, with a series of hoses and balloons.  No, really. Strange cloud of light over Moscow Scientists are putting animals into suspended animation with poison gas Inter-dimensional being terrify a couple in Atlanta Microsoft’s ex-Tech Chief talks about saving the world Egadz! “Grim Advantage Pt. 1″ (mp3) from “Shining Hours” (Kid Without Radio) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Secret Codes “Remember to Breathe” (mp3) from “Notes On Paper” (GypsyPop Records) More On This Album Egadz! “What We Are Destined To do” (mp3) from “Shining Hours” (Kid Without Radio) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album Welder & Seed “Sirens” (mp3) from “Chime” (Ball of Waxx) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Numatic Soul “Dry Clean” (mp3) from “Groove Closet: Downtempo Bedroom Beats from Ball of Waxx” (Ball of Waxx) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Martin Clarke “Sleep Birmingham Sleep” (mp3) from “Birmingham Sound Matter” (Audiobulb Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Egadz! “Going Home” (mp3) from “Egadz is Dead” (Kid Without Radio) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Muffle featuring Monica Hayes “In Between” (mp3) from “Chime” (Ball of Waxx) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album

Recent DNA tests on the Hitler’s Skull fragment disprove the theory that he committed suicide at the end of World War II.  The skull fragment actually belongs to a woman.  Could it be Eva Braun, or a random casualty of the war?  What happened to Hitler’s remains?  Did he survive the war?  Also, are UFO’s invading Chile?  New Nazca-style lines are found in Borat’s home, Kazakhstan.  Could these be real or a fabrication to attract media attention?  All that and more in this very interesting episode of the Universe of Mystery Podcast. Tests on skull fragment cast doubt on Adolf Hitler suicide story UFO’s Invading Chile ‘Nazca Lines’ discovered in Kazakhstan Jazzra “The Only One” (mp3) from “Soulounge” (Vibe Boutique Records) Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Build “Stories Masquerading as Objects” (mp3) from “Exhibition #1″ (Audiobulb Records) More On This Album He Can Jog, Terry Ubrien “Spinning on a Chair Inside a Room” (mp3) from “Exhibition #1″ (Audiobulb Records) More On This Album Film Noir World “Something Dark” (mp3) from “It’s Here” (Per Capita Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album John Shannon “Somewhere” (mp3) from “Somewhere (remixes)” (ObliqSound) Buy at iTunes Music Store More On This Album

This is the grand finale to “My Friend, the Psychic”, an interview with a close colleague that I have known for many years and who has experienced some incredible things in the realm of psychic phenomena shortly after the tragic loss of her first son.   Tiffany tells us more about some of her experiences including physical signs around the house that someone was trying to reach out to her from the other side.  Join us for this incredible journey, where the lines between the living and the dead become a little more blurry than usual. Tiffany’s psychic medium Brenda Ridgeway Music used on this episode Omar Kamel “Gamal’s Country” (mp3) from “SunDance” (eka3) More On This Album Dodó “Yo Soy Limite” (mp3) from “Dodó” (Whatabout Music) More On This Album k.c. accidental “Instrumental Died In The Bathtub And Took The Daydreams With It” (mp3) from “Anthems For The Could’ve Bin Pills” (Noise Factory) More On This Album

A UFO story from Beirut is growing in popularity, while an expedition is planned to a secret UFO base in Siberia. We also tell you about some newly discovered almost-extinct creatures such as the fanged frog, and a spider with golden silk. Scientists are trying to read your thoughts, and speaking of reading thoughts, we debut part 1 of an incredible interview with “My Friend, the Psychic.” Strange objects in the sky of Beirut Ufo fleet over Lebanon Beirut, September 22 Scientific expedition into underground alien UFO base in Siberia An alien base in Siberia and Alien Contact Fanged Frog and Other Bizarre Species Discovered 1 Million Spiders Make Golden Silk for Rare Cloth Brain Scans Reveal What You’ve Seen “My Friend the Psychic’s” Psychic Medium Brenda Ridgeway Music used on this episode Alex Theory “Saturn Returns” (mp3) from “Saturn Returns” (White Swan Records) Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Kaya Project “Harem Bizzarre” (mp3) from “Elixir” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Calika “Partridge Green” (mp3) from “2 | Favourite Places” (Audiobulb Records) More On This Album Stabilizing In Chaos “Jairamji” (mp3) from “Arcana” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Mere Mortals “Etcetera” (mp3) from “Sanctuary: A Shanti Mix From The Interchill Garden” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Kaya Project “65 Percent” (mp3) from “Elixir” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Kaya Project “One God Dub” (mp3) from “Arcana” (Interchill Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album

Will listening to this episode give you bad luck? It’s posible since it is Episode 13, but where does that superstition come from? We’ll answer that question, and bring you news about the recent China UFO sighting during a solar eclipse. Speaking of UFO’s, there’s a UFO sighting that universe of mystery listeners can’t stop talking about. Plus, has the Montauk Monster gone on vacation in South America? We also bring a couple of creepy ghost stories about a Pepsi bottle elf and a scary woman with a long tongue. Why is the number 13 unlucky? Where did Friday the 13th originate? UFO Sighting in Lebanon, Ohio (new picture posted) Eyewitness to Ohio UFO Sightings Banana Sex Cult Leader Arrested Brazilians encouraged to pee in the shower Rare tongue-eating parasite found Montauk monster found off Panama coast? The elf in the Pepsi bottle The long-tongued lady Vote for Universe of Mystery at Podcast Alley Infuzoria “Hexal Way” (mp3) from “Hexal Way – EP” (Mind Records) More On This Album Mason Bates “Intro: Blues 7″ (mp3) from “Mason Bates: Digital Loom” (MSR Classics) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Psycho Project “Alakran” (mp3) from “Hypnotique EP” (Impossible Things) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Lx Rudis “Waking Up” (mp3) from “Audible Method 4.2C” (Edgetone Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Mark Harris “Last Days” (mp3) from “Birmingham Sound Matter” (Audiobulb Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Majestics “Feel the Same” (mp3) from “Majestics” (Mind Records) More On This Album Roberto Bardini “Basic 2″ (mp3) from “Protest 3″ (Neurotron) Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album

This time around we examine the mysteries of the human mind after a report of an elderly man who regains his eyesight after suffering a serious stroke. There are strange creatures all around us and scientists are bewildered, and in some cases can’t even identify them. Has the legendary Chupacabra been found? A family recounts their scary encounter with a sasquatch. All that and more on this episode of Universe of Mystery. Stories in Episode 12 Girl that spontaneously bleeds without any visible wounds Japan’s first lady: ‘UFO took me to Venus’ Weird fish with transparent head Meet the human goat Alien baby found in a farm and drowned An unexpected encounter with a hairy visitor Chupacabra: blood-sucking mythical beast ‘found in Texas’? Lemon-headed alien tries to abduct two British boys Man regains sight after suffering a stroke Music used on Episode 12 Bar Between Queens “In Technical Red Orchestra” (mp3) from “Night Moves Vol. 1: Chill” (Blisstunes Recording Corp.) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album DJ Rasoul “Quiet Storm” (mp3) from “Large Music 4.0″ (Large Music) Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Dodó “Caos” (mp3) from “Dodó” (Whatabout Music) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album Kobayashi “Never Was” (mp3) from “Strange Lights and Resolutions” (Bongo Beat Records) More On This Album Jon Kennedy “Demons” (mp3) from “Demons” (Jon Kennedy Federation) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album The New Rochelle Rotary Club “Air Currents” (mp3) from “Air Currents” (Radar Recordings) Buy at Rhapsody Stream from Rhapsody More On This Album Drake “Dead Perspective” (mp3) from “Dead Perspective” (Dope Lotus Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album The Beta-Resercyclic Acid “Le Cauchemar” (mp3) from “Loma De Las Cometas” (Electronic Eel Records) Buy at iTunes Music Store Stream from Rhapsody Buy at Rhapsody More On This Album