Jane Mackle had been nursing her daughter, Barbara, back to health after she caught the flu during her finals week at Emory College in December of 1968 when two masked assailants rushed into their motel room and kidnapped 20 year old Barbara. What would follow would be one of the largest manhunts and rescue missions the FBI would ever take on. Join me as I tell John the story of Barbara Mackle.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackle_Brothers
https://www.themacklecompany.com/index
https://people.com/barbara-mackle-kidnapping-buried-alive-8736831
https://web.archive.org/web/20071110191155/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900442,00.html
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/topten-history/hires_images/FBI-293-RuthEismannSchier.jpg/view
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057-0
"Buried Alive". FBI: The Untold Stories. Season 1. Episode 13
Book: https://www.everand.com/read/305263613/True-Crime-Florida-The-State-s-Most-Notorious-Criminal-Cases
https://www.everand.com/read/606716727/The-Fall-of-the-FBI-How-a-Once-Great-Agency-Became-a-Threat-to-Democracy
Barbara’s Book: 83 Hours Until Dawn
Herald from that day:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621746964/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747024/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747030/
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Sponsors:
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackle_Brothers
https://www.themacklecompany.com/index
https://people.com/barbara-mackle-kidnapping-buried-alive-8736831
https://web.archive.org/web/20071110191155/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,900442,00.html
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten/topten-history/hires_images/FBI-293-RuthEismannSchier.jpg/view
https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057/USCOURTS-alsd-1_06-cr-00057-0
"Buried Alive". FBI: The Untold Stories. Season 1. Episode 13
Book: https://www.everand.com/read/305263613/True-Crime-Florida-The-State-s-Most-Notorious-Criminal-Cases
https://www.everand.com/read/606716727/The-Fall-of-the-FBI-How-a-Once-Great-Agency-Became-a-Threat-to-Democracy
Barbara’s Book: 83 Hours Until Dawn
Herald from that day:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621746964/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747024/
https://www.newspapers.com/image/621747030/
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