Graphic Novel

Sword and Scale Nightmares

Incongruity

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

“If you were gorgeous and running out of money, what would you do? If you loved hurting things, what would you do?” 30-year-old Iana Kasian was a Ukrainian woman who was about to marry into a very wealthy Canadian family. She had already secured her spot with a baby on the way. Iana would soon learn the answers to those cryptic questions… though she’d learn them the hard way.

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0:00.0	It was early 2016 and 30 year old Iana Kasbian was living the high life in West Hollywood
0:16.7	with her fiance.
0:19.1	They lived in a two bedroom apartment together and had a baby on the way any day now.
0:25.1	Iana was from the Ukraine and came to America for better opportunities in a better life.
0:32.5	When she met Blake Lybal, his family's wealth nearly guaranteed her a life of comfort
0:37.6	and security.
0:39.6	Iana Kasbian didn't realize though, the kinds of grotesque problems that often arise within
0:47.5	families of such wealth and privilege.
1:04.2	Welcome to Sword and Scale Nightmares, True Crime for Bedtime.
1:09.2	When Nightmare begins now.
1:31.4	Iana and her fiance Blake Lybal weren't struggling financially because Blake was a trust-fund
1:38.2	baby with a wealthy Canadian family.
1:42.0	His maternal grandfather founded a plastic empire and Blake's own father was an Olympian
1:48.7	turned real estate developer in Toronto.
1:52.6	His brother Cody was said to be the youngest owner of not one but two Ferrari Enzo's purchased
2:01.4	in his early 20s.
2:04.1	Despite their comfortable financial situation, Iana Kasian and Blake Lybal were struggling
2:09.9	to find time to prepare for their new baby.
2:14.2	To fix that problem Iana's mother Olga flew in from Ukraine in late April.
2:20.6	Iana rented a nearby apartment for her, bought her a phone and set everything up for her
2:25.6	arrival.
2:27.3	Mom would be nearby at all times in case Iana or the baby needed anything.
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