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Jul 16, 2026 12 min

BURIED ALIVE FOR RANSOM

from DEVIOUS Hosted by Handy and Maal

This week on Devious Backstories, Handy & Maal dive into one of the most chilling kidnapping cases in American history.In 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Jane Mackle was abducted by Gary Steven Krist and his accomplice, Ruth Eisemann-Schier. Their ransom plot took a horrifying turn when Barbara was buried alive inside a specially constructed underground box while her family scrambled to meet the kidnappers' demands.The gang breaks down how the kidnapping was planned, how Barbara survived more than three days trapped beneath the ground, the nationwide manhunt that followed, and how one of the kidnappers became the first woman ever placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

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