On Christmas Eve, 1945, a fire broke out in the Sodder family home destroying the entire house and taking five of the nine children with it. Shortly after the fire, and due to some VERY strange evidence, the father of the family started to believe that maybe the children were actually....kidnapped In this episode, we'll deep dive into the night of the fire as well as the bizarre events that took place afterward to try and figure out just what happened to those children that fateful night.  sources: https://seletyn.com/2019/11/08/fayco-history-the-sodder-children/ https://stacyhorn.com/2005/12/28/long-long-long-sodder-post/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://www.npr.org/2005/12/23/5067563/mystery-of-missing-children-haunts-w-va-town ❥๑━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━๑❥ 🔊 For more darkly curious stories check out the "Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries” wherever you get your podcasts, and right here on youtube. Subscribe on Patreon for exclusive bonus content, archived episodes of the podcast and more! https://bit.ly/3yK4O6K Have a heart-pounding story to tell or a case request? Submit your story at https://www.heartstartspounding.com/stories Follow me! Instagram: https://bit.ly/3Kq84qB TikTok: https://bit.ly/3RaI7ig Youtube: https://bit.ly/3X96lgJ Facebook: https://bit.ly/3X3xYI9 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3x2YEOu Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/45adU8Y https://heartstartspounding.com/ Make sure to like and subscribe for more darkly curious content! #mystery #unsolved ##heartstartspounding