83 Hours Buried in the Dirt : Gary Krist & Ruth Eismann-Schier
This Is Monsters
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Episode 02 : Gary Krist & Ruth Eismann-Schier
When Barbara Mackle was abducted from a motel room in 1968, she was held for ransom, but her captors didn't keep her in a room or anywhere else above ground. They kept her in a box buried in the dirt.
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| 0:00.0 | It started with a knock on the door at 4 a.m. A man claimed he was a police officer and that their |
| 0:05.8 | close friend had been in a terrible accident. Only wanting to know more about their friend's condition, |
| 0:12.2 | Jane McEl quickly opened the door but immediately regretted the decision when the man rushed |
| 0:17.3 | into the room with a partner and tied her up. They weren't there for her, though. |
| 0:22.4 | They were looking for her daughter Barbara Mackle, who they would abduct and hold for ransom. |
| 0:27.2 | Not in a room or a storage unit, but Barbara would spend 83 hours in a box underground. |
| 0:34.1 | This is Monsters. |
| 1:12.8 | Music This is Monsters. We're going to put you in an underground room. You'll get air through a battery. The battery will last seven days. If you use the light, the battery will only last five days. You'll be underwater. We'll check on you every two hours to make sure you aren't trying to escape. If you |
| 1:18.4 | try to get out, you'll drown. Barbara was reeling from all the information she was being |
| 1:23.7 | bombarded with. One of the kidnappers was rambling on about a fan, a life support system, and amperage per hour. |
| 1:31.3 | Barbara had no idea what he was talking about. |
| 1:34.2 | Confused and disoriented, she wanted to escape. |
| 1:37.3 | She wanted to run, but he had tied her feet together so she couldn't. |
| 1:41.3 | Sobbing, she begged to be put in the house. |
| 1:43.9 | She promised not to fight, but the man said his boss would be mad if he didn't put her |
| 1:47.8 | underground. |
| 1:49.0 | What did that mean? |
| 1:50.3 | She didn't understand. |
| 1:51.9 | The other kidnapper, a smaller woman, spoke up. |
| 1:55.2 | She told Barbara not to worry. |
| 1:56.9 | She would check on her every two hours. |
| 1:59.4 | They took anything that Barbara had that was metal, |
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