“WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SODDER CHILDREN ON THAT FATEFUL CHRISTMAS EVE?” and More! #WeirdDarkness
Weird Darkness: Paranormal & True Crime Stories
Darren Marlar
4.6 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2024
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Info on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScream
Info on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TV
IN THIS EPISODE: One of the most haunting mysteries to ever occur in West Virginia – and perhaps even in America – began during the predawn hours of December 25, 1945. The fire that occurred at the Sodder home that night was the key to the mystery, but whether it was a vanishing, a kidnapping, or a mass murder has never been determined. *** Plus, even though a young man was tried, convicted, and died in prison for the murder – along with two others – there are many who believe that Suzanne Degnan’s murder was never actually solved. And that may be the reason that Suzanne’s spirit has never rested in peace.
CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Show Intro
00:02:14.348 = The Missing Sodder Children, Part 1
00:17:20.884 = The Missing Sodder Children, Part 2
00:36:03.654 = Waite For Word, Part 1
01:09:42.631 = Waite For Word, Part 2
01:31:19.507 = Show Outro
SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
“1945: The Missing Children” (The Christmas Disappearance of the Sodder Children) and “1946: Waite For Word” (The Bloody Murder and Ghost of Suzanne Degnan) written by Troy Taylor from the book “Suffer the Children: American Horrors, Homicides and Hauntings”: https://amzn.to/3SszFMA
Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library.
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Originally aired: December 28, 2017
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | We all dream, but for some people, what should be a time for their bodies and minds to |
| 0:08.0 | rest turns into a nightmare from which they cannot escape. |
| 0:12.2 | Our next Weird Darkness live screen is Saturday night, December 28th on the Weird Darkness |
| 0:16.6 | YouTube channel, and during the live broadcast, I'll share some of these chilling nighttime |
| 0:21.4 | stories. Tales of shadow people, sleep paralysis, and demons who stalk their victims in that |
| 0:27.5 | place between dreams and reality. I'll share true tales of prophetic dreams, some joyful, |
| 0:33.3 | some not, sleepwalking incidents that are both amusing and disturbing. I'll also share real |
| 0:38.9 | stories of night terrors so horrifying that sleep became something to fear and dread for those |
| 0:45.0 | victimized by the night. You might not want to sleep after joining our next live screen. It's |
| 0:50.4 | Saturday, December 28th at 5 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Mountain, 7 p.m. Central, 8 p.m. Eastern. |
| 0:56.8 | On the lighter side, I'll also be responding to comments and questions live on the air and doing a giveaway of some weird darkness merch. |
| 1:04.5 | Prepare yourself for our next live screen for chilling tales of what some people must endure in an attempt to get some sleep. Find the |
| 1:13.0 | details on the live screen page at weirddarkness.com. |
| 1:18.6 | Hey weirdos, if you enjoy what you're hearing from me in the Weird Darkness podcast |
| 1:23.3 | throughout the year, may I ask for a Christmas gift from you? It's an easy one, and it's |
| 1:29.4 | free to give. This month, just invite two or three people, you know, to give Weird Darkness |
| 1:34.6 | a listen. That is truly the greatest gift you could ever give to me. Letting your family, |
| 1:40.4 | friends, coworkers, neighbors, and others know about the podcast is incredibly valuable |
| 1:46.0 | to me, my bride, Robin, and our cat, Miss Moka Monster. |
| 1:50.6 | That's it. Tell someone about the show. Drop a link to weird darkness in your social |
| 1:56.1 | media, maybe send a text to a few folks to wish them a very scary Christmas with a link to |
| 2:02.1 | the show in that text. |
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