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

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