Apr 10 2021

Selects: The Unsolved Mystery Disappearance of the Sodder Children

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In 1945 a house fire took the lives of five children - except that their bodies were never found. In this classic episode, dive into the longstanding mystery of the odd circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the Sodder children.

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Josh and Chuck dive into one of America's strangest unsolved mysteries: the disappearance of five children from the Solder family in Fayetteville, West Virginia on Christmas Eve 1945. The episode explores how a house fire that night claimed no identifiable remains of the five missing kids, leading their parents to spend decades investigating whether their children actually died in the flames or were somehow taken away. Along the way, the hosts uncover a web of suspicious details—mysterious strangers, cut phone lines, threatening warnings, alleged mob connections, and strange sightings across the country—that suggest something far more sinister than a simple house fire may have occurred.


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GoodFellas
GoodFellas
1990 2h 25m
★ 8.5
"Did you see that movie Brooklyn? No. Great. Really? Yeah. Okay, check it out. — Chuck recommends the film to Josh as an example of a story about a young immigrant falling in love, though he notes it has nothing to do with the Solder case being discussed." — Chuck

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