On Christmas night, 1945, George and Jennie Sodder woke up to their house in flames. They escaped, along with four of their ten children. Five of their children never made it out of the fire, but lack of human remains and unanswered questions led the grieving parents to believe their children had been kidnapped and the fire was a decoy. They dedicated their lives to finding their five missing children, but never got the answers they so desperately wanted. We’ll dive into the weird events that occurred before, during, and after the fire, as well as theories about what really happened to the children. Website: www.weirdtruecrime.com Patreon: www.patreon.com/weirdtruecrime Instagram: www.instagram.com/weirdtruecrime TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@weirdtruecrime YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcAPlqQ1t9nzA9B6kAKifmA Email: [email protected] Podcast Production: [email protected] Member of the Darkcast Network: https://www.darkcastnetwork.com/ Resources https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance#:~:text=During%20the%20fire%2C%20George%2C%20Jennie,the%20five%20missing%20children%20survived.&text=Fayetteville%2C%20West%20Virginia%2C%20U.S. https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/crimefeed/mystery/5-curious-details-about-the-missing-sodder-children https://allthatsinteresting.com/sodder-children https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/The-Mysterious-Disappearance-of-the-Sodder-Children https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/sodder-family-the-brother-said-he-called.206888/ https://sites.rootsweb.com/~wvrcbiog/WhatReallyHappenedToChildrenb.html https://www.newspapers.com/image/174476889/?terms=george%20sodder&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/667565470/?terms=george%20sodder&match=1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/47889729/?terms=george%20sodder&match=1 https://perma.cc/V7TS-Q6L2 https://www.npr.org/2005/12/23/5067563/mystery-of-missing-children-haunts-w-va-town https://www.holtsauto.com/holts/news/what-to-do-when-your-car-wont-start-on-a-cold-morning/ https://husheduphistory.com/post/176093625553/up-in-smoke-the-tragedy-of-the-sodder-children https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226118601/sylvia-ann-paxton Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/weird-true-crime--5679751/support.