UPDATE: The Sodder Children
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UPDATE: The Sodder Children

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 7, 202631 min

In 2019, we covered the Sodder children, five siblings who vanished after their family’s home burned down on Christmas morning in 1945. Officials said they died in the fire, but no bodies were ever found. And now, with new information from a family descendant, we’re taking another look at what happened when their parents started asking questions, and why the family spent decades believing the children may have survived. If you have information that you believe could be related to the disappearance of the Sodder children, please contact us at [email protected] or Miranda Weeks at 5sodderkids@gmai...

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Hi, Crime Junkies, it's Brit. If this show has taught us anything, it's that the truth is not always the version people tell you first. That's what makes Chameleon so good. Each week, host Josh Gene digs into real stories of people pretending to be someone they're not, from elaborate scams to cons that somehow keep going long after they should have fallen

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apart. It's true crime, but with a different kind of danger. Manipulation, deception, and lies that actually worked. Listen to Chameleon every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts. Hi, Crime Junkies, it's Brit.

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And back in 2019, we covered the Sodder children, five kids who vanished on Christmas morning 1945 during a house fire. It's one of those cold cases that Crime Junkies and Reddit have debated for years. But it's not just an infamous story.

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