This week on Twisted & Mysterious, we cover the murder of Brenda Powell—killed by her daughter, Sydney—in a case where nothing outwardly seemed wrong until it was.

We walk through Sydney’s quiet descent into unreality, the secrets she kept, and the investigation that revealed just how disconnected her inner world had become from everyone around her.

Also… yes. It’s late. Time blindness is undefeated. The case is devastating all the same.

Listener discretion advised.

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Buying your dream home usually involves paint swatches and Pinterest boards—not anonymous letters signed “The Watcher.”

But that’s exactly what happened to one family in Westfield, New Jersey.

In this episode of Twisted & Mysterious, we dive into the bizarre true story of the Watcher House. Before the family ever spent a night in their new home, they began receiving unsettling letters from someone obsessively focused on the house, the renovations, and—most alarmingly—their children.

Was it a neighbor with a disturbing fixation? A prank that went way too far? Or, as briefly but earnestly considered, someone who was just socially awkward and somehow thought this was a normal way to say hello?

With no arrests, no clear suspect, and a family driven out of their own home, the Watcher was never identified. No break-ins. No violence. Just the lingering fear that someone nearby thought this was normal behavior—and still might.

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On Christmas Eve 1945, a house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia destroyed the Sodder family home. By morning, five of the ten Sodder children were missing — and no bodies were ever found.

Officials ruled that the children died in the fire, but almost nothing about the investigation made sense. No remains were recovered from the ashes. A ladder vanished. The family’s trucks mysteriously wouldn’t start. And in one of the strangest moments of the case, the local fire chief secretly buried a beef liver at the scene and later presented it to the family as the supposed heart of one of their children.

As years passed, the Sodders received unsettling sightings, warnings, and even a photograph that suggested at least one child may have survived. Their parents spent more than four decades searching for answers — and never stopped believing their children were alive.

In this episode of Twisted & Mysterious, we explore the baffling disappearance of Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie, and Betty Sodder, the deeply flawed investigation, and the theories that continue to haunt this case nearly 80 years later.

Audio note: This episode contains occasional background noise.

Was it a tragic accident… or something far more sinister?

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