# Missing: The Sodder Christmas Mystery

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Podcast: [Paranormia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/paranormia-7042297)
Published: 2025-12-24T00:01:00+00:00
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On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire tore through a family home in the hills of West Virginia. Four children escaped, but five never came out. When the smoke cleared, there were no bodies in the ashes and no bones.In the years that followed, the Sodder family rejected the official story. They spoke of cut phone lines, a missing ladder, warnings from strangers, and a photograph mailed decades later that seemed to show one of the lost children alive. For eighty years, the case has hovered between accident and conspiracy. This episode explores the disappearance of the Sodder children and the questions that refuse to fade. *** If you have a story where crime and the otherworldly intertwine, something strange, unexplained or just plain haunted, get in touch at paranormia@alwaystruecrime.com . Paranormia is an Audio Always production. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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