In 1945, on Christmas Eve no less, a home occupied by George and Jenny Sodder and their sizable brood was ravaged by fire. When the smoke cleared, five of the family's ten children were nowhere to be found. In this episode, we explore the fire and its aftermath, including the parents' tireless efforts to get to the bottom of what happened on that fateful night.

While antiques, which have a reputation for retaining energies from the past, are questionable at best, some are more disturbing than others. Such was the case with a Santa Claus figure an Ohio family purchased at a secondhand store in 2001. Though they only had it for a short time, the memories of the Santa with a mind of its own would stay with them for decades to come.

While the Christmas holiday is generally viewed as a time when people come together to celebrate the joy of the season, for criminals who never take a day off, it's just another opportunity to prey on the innocent. On December 23, 1989, the Harris family fell victim to just such a predator. After generously offering him shelter from a snowstorm, he had repaid them with a night of unspeakable horror that ended in the worst way imaginable.

In 1987, a brutal murder occurred in the basement of a house on a quiet residential street in the city of Boise, Idaho. Though the killers were ultimately brought to justice, unexplained events and mysterious sightings have led to speculation that the dwelling is now the stomping grounds of dark entities who are anything but friendly.

This episode explores the brutal slaying of nineteen-year-old Carmen Van Huss. Popular and beloved by everyone who knew her, finding the perpetrator had been an uphill battle from the start. Three decades would pass before advances in DNA technology helped detectives crack the case and bring an alleged killer to justice.

On Halloween night, 1974, an eight-year-old boy died after consuming tainted candy. In the days that followed, investigators worked tirelessly to find the killer. When the shocking truth was finally revealed, the identity of the culprit not only shook a Texas town to its core but changed the way parents viewed Trick or Treat for decades to come.

Twenty-seven-year-old Ellen Greenberg was found dead in her Philadelphia apartment in the winter of 2011. Although her body was riddled with twenty stab wounds, many to the back of her head and neck, her death was ruled a suicide. Today, over a decade later, her family remains committed to getting to the bottom of what happened to their daughter in her final moments.

In 1966, West Virginia resident Woodrow Derenberger's encounter with a visitor who claimed to be from another dimension made headlines. A year later, a strange, winged creature appeared in the skies over the town of Point Pleasant. The tragic events that followed led many to believe that otherworldly forces were at play in the Mountain State.