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The Sodder Children: Five Kids Vanish in Christmas Fire | The Missing Files
In this episode of The Missing Files, host Una Graham investigates the chilling mystery of the Sodder Children, five siblings who vanished from their burning home in Fayetteville, West Virginia, on Christmas morning, 1945. While the fire department ruled the destruction an electrical accident, parents George and Jennie Sodder were convinced it was arson, driven by George’s vocal opposition to Mussolini and fascism. This deep-dive true crime narrative explores the evidence that suggests the children did not perish in the flames but were kidnapped, leaving behind a decades-long search for…
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