History's Greatest Mysteries (TV Series) The Sodder Children Disappearance (2022) User Reviews

Interesting Episode, Some Inaccuracies

[rachelrivoire · 6/10 · 1 September 2023]

The case of the disappearance of the Sodder children has fascinated me. The episode goes through most of the important facts. However, there are some inaccuracies. When talking about the picture sent of Louis and the note with "brother Frankie", the expert stated that the Sodders didn't know anyone named Frank. However, this is untrue. Jennie Sodder, the mom, had a brother named Frank Cipriani. They had suspected him of taking the kids because he lived in Florida and a witness had claimed to see the kids go into a car with a Florida license plate. He was also questioned by the Florida FBI. This is a crucial detail missing.

Low key interesting

[Calicodreamin · 6/10 · 19 April 2022]

An interesting story on a smaller scale than many of the mysteries presented. The evidence was well put together and the timeline set up in a way that made sense. Would have been better with a family member, some of the experts didn't add much.

Season 3 Episode 8 what a train wreck of a show.

[cdeanroane · 1/10 · 19 April 2022]

The Sodder Children who may have or may not have died in a house fire in West Virginia in 1945 on Dec. 24th./25th! There are so many things in this show that blatantly incorrect and obviously wrong, Most noticeably graphics such as cars and the fire that destroyed the house! This happened in 1945 and yet most of the cars shown are from the mid 1950's or 1960's! There is one scene of the fired where what is shown are people working on a forest fire not a house fire. The episode itself is really scraping the bottom of the barrel as this in not about some great historical mystery of interest to everyone, but only to those who are connected to the Sodder family or someone who has watched lots of tore crime stories! A lot is made out of the face that Mr. Sodder was of Italian descent as were many in the town where he lived. However Mr. Sodder was an outspoken in his not being a supporter of Benito Mussolini unlike many in the town who were. OK why is this even part of this show as in 1945 when this happened the Allies had taken Italy back from Axis Powers who were now defeated in Europe and Benito Mussolini had been killed by the people of Italy. The way this show is taking you think Benito Mussolini was a still popular in both Italy and Americans of Italian descent, which he was not! By the time the US entered WWII Benito Mussolini had fallen out of favor by those in the US as it was seen he was a Hitler wannabe!