The Disappearance of the Sodder Children
On the night of December 24, 1945, George and Jennie Sodder and their nine children went to bed after celebrating Christmas Eve. However, around 1:00 a.m., a fire broke out in their home. George, Jennie, and four of their children managed to escape the flames, but five of the children - Maurice (14), Martha (12), Louis (9), Jennie (8), and Betty (5) - were nowhere to be found. The Sodders believed that their children had perished in the fire, but they later began to suspect that something else had happened.