{"id":340,"date":"2017-08-19T07:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-19T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2022-05-21T10:57:11","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:57:11","slug":"the-sodder-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"The Sodder Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Early on Christmas Day, 1945, a fire broke out at the home of George and Jennie Sodder near Fayetteville, West Virginia, apparently taking the lives of their five younger children. I say apparently, because no remains were ever found. The Sodders were adamant that their children were abducted, not killed, even pointing fingers at the Sicilian Mafia over George&#8217;s criticism of the Italian government, Italy being his native home.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell the story of the Sodder children.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast at Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Audacy, Goodpods, Audible, or on your favorite podcast app.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9657\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-340-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746839\/download.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746839\/download.mp3\">https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746839\/download.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746839\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?powerpress_pinw=340-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/api.spreaker.com\/v2\/episodes\/49746839\/download.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"download.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Early on Christmas Day, 1945, a fire broke out at the home of George and Jennie Sodder near Fayetteville, West Virginia, apparently taking the lives of their five younger children. 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