The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History | Sodder Children

A cold case that ignites every parent’s worst fears: on Christmas morning, 1945, five siblings vanish from their family home in West Virginia during a raging fire. The devastated Sodder family spends the rest of their lives trying to find out what happened. Despite the work of dozens of investigators and thousands of amateur sleuths, the mystery remains: what happened to the Sodder children?The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History - UNSOLVED: Sodder Children: Mysterious Disappearance After House Burned Down    0:00 - Intro0:32 - ALREADY KNOW this story? Think again!1:06 - Backstory2:25 - Christmas Eve 19455:41  - Tragedy Strikes9:42 - Fire Department response 11:30 -  Police & Fire Determine cause14:20 - George & Jennie’s response16:43 - Odd Coincidences & The Sodders Investigation 20:54 - Police Suspect / Arrest 23:22 - George & Jenny’s Theories 24:39 - Who had a motive?27:55 -Janulato Family 33:22 -  The Coroners Inquest35:31 -  Remains? Evidence of a conspiracy?38:01 - George finds bones!40:02 - Offering a Reward + Supposed sightings of the kids43:01 - Where the children taken our of the country? Mafia?44:48 - Postal codes in Italy or Mexico?48:17 - The Family’s continued search49:19 - My Initial Theory (SPOILER: It has changed)50:36 - Was not a cover up? Stacey Horn’s EVIDENCE52:32 - Does this happen a lot? Was someone torturing this family?53:50 - The fire burned MUCH longer than reported  54:46 - My NEW theory  + The OTHER Sodder Children56:31 - What do YOU think happened? + Outro► Listen on the go - You can find the History & Hearsay PODCAST on Apple, Spotify, wherever you listen to your podcasts, or if you enjoy the visual aspect you can WATCH right here on Youtube every OTHER Friday!   ► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY,  always do your own research when searching for the truth =) ****Anytime you research a story, you may find some conflicting details. In my episodes, I be telling the ones that seem to be the most widely accepted as fact, but I may also mention multiple versions of the story - when I come across details that I feel effect the overall story enough to be worth mentioning.  ►Sources:https://allthatsinteresting.com/creepy-stories/2   (First I ever heard about it) https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvrcbiog/WhatReallyHappenedToChildrena.html https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/mystery/5-curious-details-about-the-missing-sodder-children   https://www.history.com/shows/historys-greatest-mysteries/season-3/episode-8   https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://archive.ph/20131014191841/http://www.register-herald.com/local/local_story_358182913.html#selection-1117.1-980.111 https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Mysterious-Disappearance-of-the-Sodder-Children  Evidence that the children possibly actually died in the fire: https://stacyhorn.com/2005/12/28/long-long-long-sodder-post/ 🕵🏻‍♀️Episode Request Email: [email protected]  **Include as many photos, links, details, as you'd like **Support the show