on Christmas Eve 1945 in the quiet town of fville West Virginia the solder family home was filled with the warmth of holiday cheer George and Jenny solder along with nine of their 10 children celebrated together exchanging gifts and laughter as the cold Appalachian winter settled in outside as midnight passed and the family retired for the night they had no way of knowing that these peaceful moments would soon give way to a nightmare that would haunt them for the rest of their lives in the early hours of Christmas morning a devastating fire engulfed their home George Jenny and four of their children escaped in the freezing night but five of the solder children Maurice Martha Louie Jenny and Betty were trapped inside or so everyone thought despite exhaustive searches of the charred ruins no trace of the five children was ever found no bones no remains nothing so was it a tragic accident or was something far more Sinister at play had the children perished in the fire or had they been kidnapped and whisked Away in the dead of the night this is not just a story of a fire but a tale of a family's Relentless quest for the truth so prepare to journey into one of the most haunted cold cases of the 20th century with me where tragedy and mystery intertwine and where the search for answers still Burns bright crime conspiracy serial killers Cults and murder all things that I love to consume and I know you do too you sick beautiful intellectual minded freak and we're going to do just that today so let's unbuckle our seat belts go mock five down the highway slam on the brakes and Bash through this windshield into this fire of a Cold Case [Music] together I just want to apologize uh because I'm sick I'm sick right now my whole family came down to Texas bless their hearts and they got me sick so I sent them right back up just kidding so if I sound a little weird that's why and I apologize but I will do my best let's get to it imagine you're walking down a beautiful path the 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devastating house fire in fville West Virginia Which destroyed the solder Family Home and allegedly claimed the lives of five of their children sounds pretty open shut case right no and that's why you're watching this video there is a lot of conspiracy and theories around this case it's extremely interesting and I think you guys will will be very interested to hear about it I'm very curious what you guys think down below so let's let's get into it so let's start out with the solder family background the solder family was composed of Italian immigrants George solder and his wife Jenny along with their 10 children that's a lot of children I know it was back way back when but my my God I couldn't even imagine having one gives me anxiety I don't have one the idea of having one gives me anxiety I digress so George solder originally named Georgio sodu was born in Tula Sardinia in 1895 he would immigrate to the United States in 1908 at the age of 13 escaping poverty in Italy to seek a better life in America like many other immigrants of the time and he would eventually find work in the Pennsylvania coal mines and after several years he would work many different jobs but he would settle in fville West Virginia and fville a small coal mining town had a significant population of Italian immigrants and George would quickly establish himself as a successful businessman in the community and by 1945 George had now owned a trucking company that transported Goods including coal throughout the region he was known for his strong opinions particularly about Bonito musolini have you heard of him great guy but by great he's not he was the fascist leader of Italy whom George vocally criticized even before melini's downfall in 1943 and his outspoken views on Italian politics were a source of tension in the Italian American Community many of whom were still loyal to melini for reasons I'll never understand and Jenny solder who was born in 1899 was also an Italian immigrant she would manage the household and take care of the 10 children John Joseph Maran George Jr Maurice Martha Lewis Jenny Betty and Sylvia and the solders were generally considered well respected within their community and George's business provided a very comfortable life for the large family which is crazy because supporting 10 kids I can't even think about how much it would cost nowadays like maybe $2 back then I don't know I'm just kidding but that's crazy George was doing real good however this outward success may have masked the underlying tensions that played a critical role in the events that unfolded in December 1945 so let's talk about the infamous night of the fire so on the evening of December 24th 1945 the family would celebrate Christmas Eve together one of the sons would be away in the Army but the rest of them were able to spend Christmas together Maran the eldest daughter had bought toys for the younger children as Christmas presents and They begged to stay up late to play with their new Christmas presents and Jenny would eventually allow Maurice who was 14 and Martha who was 12 and LS who was N9 and Jenny who was 8 and Betty who was five to remain awake after the rest of the family went to bed to play with their new toys and the events of the night would unfold in a extremely chaotic matter at around 1:00 a. m.
Jenny would be awakened by a very strange phone call from a woman asking for a name Jenny did not recognize Jenny could hear laughter and clinking glasses in the background Jenny would tell the caller that she had the wrong number though and she would hang up the phone and that's when she would notice that the lights downstairs were still on and the curtains were open also and this was very unusual for the household because the children were continuously told to close the curtains before going to bed and Jenny just assuming that the kids had forgotten went downstairs to close the curtains and also check to lock the door and also turn off the lights before going going back to bed and then about 30 minutes later Jenny was startled awake again this time a loud bang on the roof that was followed by a rolling noise however the noise would subside and she would just fall back to sleep thinking nothing of it and not long afterward at about 1:30 a. m.
