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EPISODE · Oct 7, 2025 · 57 MIN

What Happened to the Sodder Children?

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**Discussion begins at 5:00**On Christmas Eve, 1945, tragedy struck the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia.  A fire destroyed the house — but five of the children were never found.  Authorities ruled the blaze accidental, yet no bones, remains, or evidence of the children were ever recovered.For decades, George and Jennie Sodder believed their kids hadn’t perished in the flames at all.  Were the Sodder children kidnapped? Was it a Mafia cover-up tied to George’s outspoken views?  Or was this just one of history’s strangest true crime coincidences?In this episode, we dive deep into the mysterious disappearance of the Sodder Children: the cut phone lines, the disabled trucks, the suspicious “wrong number” call, and the mysterious photo mailed to the family two decades later.  This unsolved case has haunted West Virginia for nearly 80 years — and it remains one of the most chilling Christmas true crime stories ever told.Send us Fan MailSupport the showTheme song by INDA

**Discussion begins at 5:00** On Christmas Eve, 1945, tragedy struck the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. A fire destroyed the house — but five of the children were never found. Authorities ruled the blaze accidental, yet no bones, remains, or evidence of the children were ever recovered. For decades, George and Jennie Sodder believed their kids hadn’t perished in the flames at all. Were the Sodder children kidnapped? Was it a Mafia cover-up tied to George’...

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**Discussion begins at 5:00**On Christmas Eve, 1945, tragedy struck the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia.  A fire destroyed the house — but five of the children were never found.  Authorities ruled the blaze accidental, yet no...

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