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    Missing siblings

    For nearly four decades, anyone driving down Route 16 near Fayetteville, West Virginia, could see a billboard bearing the grainy images of five children, all dark-haired and solemn-eyed, their names and ages—Maurice, 14; Martha 12; Louis, 9; Jennie, 8; Betty, 5—stenciled beneath, along with speculation about what happened to them. Fayetteville was and is a small town, with the main street that doesn’t run longer than a hundred yards, and rumors always played a larger role in the case than evidence; no one even agreed on whether the children were dead or alive. What everyone knew for certain was this: On the night before Christmas 1945, George and Jennie Sodder and nine of their 10 children went to sleep (one son was away in the Army). Around 1 a.m., a fire broke out. George and Jennie and four of their children escaped, but the other five were never seen again.

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    Wow. Wow.
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    What a sad story!
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    Haunting.
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    Very sad and very strange.

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    Quote Originally Posted by captdon View Post
    for nearly four decades, anyone driving down route 16 near fayetteville, west virginia, could see a billboard bearing the grainy images of five children, all dark-haired and solemn-eyed, their names and ages—maurice, 14; martha 12; louis, 9; jennie, 8; betty, 5—stenciled beneath, along with speculation about what happened to them. Fayetteville was and is a small town, with the main street that doesn’t run longer than a hundred yards, and rumors always played a larger role in the case than evidence; no one even agreed on whether the children were dead or alive. What everyone knew for certain was this: On the night before christmas 1945, george and jennie sodder and nine of their 10 children went to sleep (one son was away in the army). Around 1 a.m., a fire broke out. George and jennie and four of their children escaped, but the other five were never seen again.

    More at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...oke-172429802/


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