On Christmas Eve 1945, the Sodder family home in West Virginia went up in flames. Parents George and Jennie escaped with four of their children, but five middle children remained trapped upstairs. Yet when the ashes settled, something terrifyingly unexpected happened: no human remains were ever found.
In this episode of Murder Mayhem UK, host Sam H Arnold delves into one of the most haunting and enduring mysteries in American true crime history. Was it a tragic accident caused by faulty wiring, or a calculated kidnapping orchestrated by the Sicilian Mafia? From cut phone lines and missing ladders to mysterious late-night phone calls and a cryptic photograph arriving two decades later, join us as we unravel the chilling evidence surrounding the disappearance of the Sodder children.
Did five young children perish in the flames, or were they taken into the night?
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