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The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History - Sodder Children
The Most Mysterious Disappearance in History, this is 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 - Intro
0:32 - ALREADY KNOW this story? Think again!
1:06 - Backstory
2:25 - Christmas Eve 1945
5:41 - Tragedy Strikes
9:42 - Fire Department response
11:30 - Police & Fire Determine cause
14:20 - George & Jennie’s response
16:43 - 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 Inquest
35:31 - Remains? Evidence of a conspiracy?
38:01 - George finds bones!
40:02 - Offering a Reward + Supposed sightings of the kids
43:01 - Where the children taken our of the country? Mafia?
44:48 - Postal codes in Italy or Mexico?
48:17 - The Family’s continued search
49:19 - My Initial Theory (SPOILER: It has changed)
50:36 - Was not a cover up? Stacey Horn’s EVIDENCE
52:32 - 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 Children
56:31 - What do YOU think happened? + Outro
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â–ºSources:
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/
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