Mystery AtlasSodder Kidnapping and Arson Theory
The Sodder family's explanation that the 1945 fire was deliberately set to cover the abduction of five of their children, motivated by George Sodder's public criticism of Mussolini and Italian fascism, and that the children survived; rests on circumstantial pre- and post-fire anomalies rather than on any recovered evidence of survival or abduction.
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- Sodder Children Fire24-25 December 1945
Sodder Kidnapping and Arson Theory attempts to explain Sodder Children Fire.
Documents & Sources
- 1967 Sodder PhotographAugust 1967
Sodder Kidnapping and Arson Theory is supported by 1967 Sodder Photograph — The photograph's authenticity and any connection to Louis Sodder were never independently verified; the man's identity was never established.