The UNSOLVABLE disappearance of Rita Lent

from Bad Things: True Crime · host Bad Things

On Thanksgiving Day 1934, three-year-old Rita Lent vanished from her family’s rural Ohio farm without a sound or a witness. Months later, her body was found—but the sheriff made a shocking claim: she hadn’t been dead since the day she disappeared.In this episode of Bad Things, we retrace the timeline, examine the investigation, and ask the question that still haunts the case: what most likely happened to Rita Lent?

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