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The episode revisits the 1945 Sodder family fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where five children vanished without a trace, and presents new evidence uncovered by Miranda Weeks, the great-great-granddaughter of one of the missing kids. Despite an official ruling of accidental death, th
The episode revisits the 1945 Sodder family fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia, where five children vanished without a trace, and presents new evidence uncovered by Miranda Weeks, the great-great-granddaughter of one of the missing kids. Despite an official ruling of accidental death, th
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Miranda WeeksJenny SodderGeorge SodderFiorenzo GiannattulloDale RisonAshley FlowersBrit Prawat
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Cold CasesCriminal Justice ReformForensicsInvestigative JournalismMissing PersonsTrue CrimeUnsolved Mysteries
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