EPISODE · Mar 17, 2026 · 16 MIN
Buried Alive 83 hrs in the Dark the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. Part 3
from True Crime with Dani Southern Files
In December 1968, a 20-year-old college student vanished from a motel room in themiddle of the night...But this wasn't just a kidnapping.This was something far more terrifying.Barbara Jane Mackle was taken by strangers who had planned every detail-right down to the unthinkable. She wasn't held in a house... or moved from place to place...She was buried alive.Locked inside a box beneath the ground with only a limited supply of air, water, and time.As her family scrambled to meet the kidnappers' demands, a desperate race against the clock began. The ransom was set. The instructions were clear. But when e V ything went wrong during the drop... the stakes became even higher.With law enforcement agencies clashing, media pressure building, and a father willing to do anything to save his daughter, this case would become one of the most chilling kidnappings in American history.And through it all... one question remained:Would they find her before it was too late?This is the story of fear, survival, and a young woman who refused to give up—even when she was buried beneath the earth.Listen now... and experience the case thatshocked the nation.
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Buried Alive 83 hrs in the Dark the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. Part 3
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