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Sword and Scale is a bi-weekly American podcast exploring nonfiction stories of true crime. It featured a variety of narrated true crime stories intertwined with interviews with criminals, witnesses, victims, authors, 911 call audio, witness testimony, trial audio, interrogation tapes, music, and sound effects. The podcast was first released on January 1, 2014 by creator, host, Mike Boudet.

Within a year, Sword and Scale had 1 million downloads and it has ranked in the top 10 of the iTunes "Science" category, and within the top 5 in the "Social Sciences" category. Popularity increased dramatically after the popularity of Serial, and the show is often compared to it and other podcasts like Criminal. In 2016, Sword and Scale became part of the Wondery podcast network started by former Fox International Channels CEO Hernan Lopez.

The show returned for its eighth season in January 2021.