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May 17, 2026 16 min

THE SODDER CHILDREN · 033

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On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home in West Virginia caught fire. George and Jennie Sodder escaped with four of their children — but five others (ages 5 to 14) were trapped upstairs.By morning, the house was reduced to ashes.There were no bodies. No bones. No teeth. The five Sodder children had simply vanished.In this haunting episode of Archive Vault Podcast, we examine:• The suspicious details of the fire (cut phone lines, missing ladder, trucks that wouldn’t start)• The family’s decades-long search and the famous highway billboard• Strange sightings and leads over the years• Theories ranging from accidental death to Mafia revenge and kidnappingOne of America’s most disturbing unsolved mysteries — a Christmas tragedy that still has no answers after nearly 80 years.→ Subscribe and never miss an episode from the Vault.#ArchiveVaultPodcast #SodderChildren #ChristmasEveMystery#UnsolvedDisappearance#SodderFire#MissingChildren#1945Mystery#HistoryMystery

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