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The search for Barbara Mackle was becoming a race against time. After 20-year-old Barbara was buried alive inside a custom-built underground capsule, her family and the FBI faced an impossible challenge: pay a $500,000 ransom before her air supply ran out. But when the first ransom exchange went disastrously wrong, investigators feared they had lost their only chance to save her.In Part 2 of Barbara Mackle's incredible story, I'll tell you all about  the failed ransom drop, the intense FBI investigation, the successful payoff that finally put agents on the trail, and the desperate search that led to Barbara's rescue after 83 terrifying hours underground. Connect with us on Social Media! You can find us at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookofthedeadpod/ X: https://twitter.com/Bkofthedeadpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550490186243 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookofthedeadpod Or visit our website at http://botdpod.com/ https://www.14news.com.%20https//www.14news.com/story/1238460/past-haunts-chrisney-doctor/ https://abcnews.com/US/story?id=91055&page=1 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-19-mn-7529-story.html https://Buried%20alive.%20(n.d.).%20https//nmfh.org/buried-alive-boetticher/ https://www.crimemagazine.com/buried-alive-kidnapping-barbara-jane-mackle-1968?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/columnists/coastal_history/who-dunnit-anatomy-of-an-egomaniacal-con-artist-part-3-of-3/article_136b88bf-b3fa-5512-a4ff-b74dbcfd07ed.html https://multimedia.fbi.gov/item?id=7396&type=image&utm_source=chatgpt.com https://grokipedia.com/page/Gary_Steven_Krist https://www.aetv.com/articles/heiress-buried-alive-survived-against-all-odds https://people.com/barbara-mackle-kidnapping-buried-alive-8736831 https://www.corrections1.com/re-entry-and-recidivism/articles/notorious-georgia-kidnapper-out-of-prison-again-sroPKw1oTdMSoHqd/ https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/21/archives/escaped-prison-on-coast.html https://www.themacklecompany.com https://time.com/archive/6636526/crime-the-girl-in-the-box/ https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/309/497/2096118/ Winerip, M. (1978, December 21). For Barbara Mackle, ’68 kidnapping is a closed subject. The Bradenton Herald, B2. https://.%20https//www.coastalbreezenews.com/columnists/the-daring-kidnapping-of-barbara-mackle-part-1-of-3/article_0823b341-edc0-540d-8d52-6f8e48bcc48a.html https://socxfbi.org/Common/Uploaded%20files/OralHistory/Beane%20Addenda.pdf

In December 1968, 20-year-old Barbara Mackle was abducted from a Georgia motel and buried alive in a custom-built underground box while her kidnappers demanded a $500,000 ransom. For 83 terrifying hours, Barbara fought panic, darkness, and the fear that she would never be found. This week in part 1, i walk you through the planning if one of theFBI's most infamous kidnappings. Connect with us on Social Media! You can find us at: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookofthedeadpod/ X: https://twitter.com/Bkofthedeadpod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61550490186243 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thebookofthedeadpod Or visit our website at http://botdpod.com/ Featuring a promo for Conspiring to Argue: Best friends debate and laugh about aliens, murder, government cover-ups and more. https://open.spotify.com/show/2mCA1PG8zt8P7ubBJR5fcI?si=6c15427cad654025  ABC News. (2006, January 7). Man who buried girl alive becomes doctor. ABC News. https://abcnews.com/US/story?id=91055&page=1 Associated Press. (2019, March 11). Kidnaper who used “Grave” accepted at medical school - Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-11-19-mn-7529-story.html Buried alive. (n.d.). https://nmfh.org/buried-alive-boetticher/ Buried Alive - The Kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle - 1968 Crime Magazine. (n.d.). https://www.crimemagazine.com/buried-alive-kidnapping-barbara-jane-mackle-1968?utm Craig Woodward Cwoodward@wpl-legal.com. (2020, January 30). Who dunnit: Anatomy of an egomaniacal con artist – Part 3 of 3. Coastal Breeze News. https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/columnists/coastal_history/who-dunnit-anatomy-of-an-egomaniacal-con-artist-part-3-of-3/article_136b88bf-b3fa-5512-a4ff-b74dbcfd07ed.html Gary Steven Krist. (n.d.). FBI.gov. https://multimedia.fbi.gov/item?id=7396&type=image&utm Gary Steven Krist. (2026a, January 17). Grokipedia. https://grokipedia.com/page/Gary_Steven_Krist Lallanilla, M. (2026, April 2). The heiress who was buried alive—and survived | A&E. AETV. https://www.aetv.com/articles/heiress-buried-alive-survived-against-all-odds Neumann, S. (2024, November 2). How a 20-Year-Old heiress survived her kidnapping and being buried alive for 3 days: “I screamed and screamed.” People. https://people.com/barbara-mackle-kidnapping-buried-alive-8736831 Notorious Georgia kidnapper out of prison again. (2011, March 7). Corrections1. https://www.corrections1.com/re-entry-and-recidivism/articles/notorious-georgia-kidnapper-out-of-prison-again-sroPKw1oTdMSoHqd/ Special To The New York Times. (1968, December 21). Escaped Prison on Coast. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1968/12/21/archives/escaped-prison-on-coast.html The Mackle Company LLC. (n.d.). The Mackle Company. https://www.themacklecompany.com Time. (1968, December 27). The Girl in the Box. https://time.com/archive/6636526/crime-the-girl-in-the-box/ U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. (1970). Krist V. Smith. In Justia U.S. Law (309 F. Supp. 497). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/309/497/2096118/ Winerip, M. (1978, December 21). For Barbara Mackle, ’68 kidnapping is a closed subject. The Bradenton Herald, B2. Woodward, C. (2010, January 13). The Daring Kidnapping of Barbara Mackle – Part 1 of 3. Coastal Breeze News. https://www.coastalbreezenews.com/columnists/the-daring-kidnapping-of-barbara-mackle-part-1-of-3/article_0823b341-edc0-540d-8d52-6f8e48bcc48a.html Beane, W. F. (2005, January 24). FBI Oral History Project (Oral history interview addendum material). Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI. https://socxfbi.org/Common/Uploaded%20files/OralHistory/Beane%20Addenda.pdf