The Sodder family celebrated on Christmas Eve 1945. Marion (19), the oldest daughter, had been working at a dime store in downtown Fayetteville, and she surprised three of her younger sisters—Martha (12), Jennie (8), and Betty (5) [8] —with new toys she had bought for them as gifts. The younger children were so excited that they asked their mother if they could stay up past what would have ...
What Happened to the Sodder Children, the Siblings Who Went Up in Smoke in a West Virginia House Fire? Authorities said the Christmas 1945 blaze was accidental, but the victims’ family believed ...
What Happened to the Sodder Children, the Siblings Who Went Up in Smoke ...
In Appalachia, history often lingers in the landscape itself, clinging to roads, hillsides, and small towns where stories outlast the people who first told them. One of the most enduring mysteries in the region centers on the Sodder children of Fayetteville, West Virginia, five siblings who vanished during a Christmas Eve house fire in 1945.…
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home in Fayetteville, West Virginia. While George and Jennie Sodder escaped with four of their children, five others vanished without a tra…
The disappearance of the five Sodder children after their house caught on fire in 1945 remains a mystery.
The Biggest Sodder Children Theories: What Really Happened To ... - Grunge
The chilling story of the Sodder children, who vanished after their West Virginia home went up in flames in 1945, leaves more questions than answers. The citizens of Fayetteville, West Virginia awoke to tragedy on Christmas Day in 1945. A fire had consumed the home of George and Jennie Sodder, leaving five of the couple’s 10 children dead. Or were they? Before the sun set on that tragic ...