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Dec 2023

1h 29m

The Christmas Mystery (The Mystery of th...

CODY BECK AND TROY TAYLOR

About this episode

Of all the stories that we have featured during this season of the podcast, this one may be one of the strangest. It’s a story of holiday heartbreak and tragedy and of five children who went missing from their West Virginia home on a cold December night.

Or is it?

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