Behind the 1976 Chowchilla mass kidnapping

[@IamKrissyKO]

WTF!!! Buried them alive underground! And then they dug themselves out! This is just an outrageous story but I’m glad to hear they are able to tell their stories years later. I can’t even fathom the psychological impact.

[@sharoneuleenlammersgivenna7986]

Only some of us were able to tell our account of the events. And some of us were never asked. I have already talked about some ofbitbin Facebook post and some of us were taken again by other adults to keep us from talking. This was just a small part of what happened, watch the stuff on the billion dollar boys club and that is another part of it, a plane crash after a school debate, and then you get in to the stuff they show in McCarthy Alaska and Alaskan bush people. And then ........................ . ........... ... .. . I want to be sick.

[@garyberger9257]

Twenty-eight hours. The whole ordeal took 28 hours, which means it was at least that long before they could feel safe again. How can you not be haunted by such an experience?

[@bethroesch2156]

I was 13 when this happened. I walked to school after this for awhile. Thank God they were exceptionally stupid and that bus driver and those kids were so brave and strong.

[@ItsKerrrry]

walking to school is even more dangerous. so many abductions of kids walking to school 😳😳

[@bethroesch2156]

@@ItsKerrrry I wouldn't let my kids, especially my daughters, walk to school when they were young because of the abductions. It's sad that you can't let your kids out of your sight anymore. I think the younger generation grew up with anxious parents and that's why so many young people struggle with anxiety. We taught you to be afraid to try to keep you safe. In hindsight, we could have done better.

[@bethroesch2156]

@@ItsKerrrry I wouldn't let my kids, especially my daughters, walk to school when they were young because of the abductions. It's sad that you can't let your kids out of your sight anymore. I think the younger generation grew up with anxious parents and that's why so many young people struggle with anxiety. We taught you to be afraid to try to keep you safe. In hindsight, we could have done better.

[@songbyrdscrusade2052]

I really don't think they're stupid 😂

[@sagarus-x4]

@@bethroesch2156 You're being paranoid. Crime rates have declined greatly since the 80s.

[@dnilhag4793]

They should never have let them out! That’s terrible!!

[@louisepicciallo3538]

My son was born in 1976. I cannot imagine the parents living through this horror. I would find a way to hurt the 3 of them. You hurt a child you should suffer. Big time.

[@joeblough261]

they did, via spending their entire adult lives in prison

[@Carolyn19791]

This is the craziest ish I’ve heard all week

[@kelseymariel2127]

Fred Woods should NEVER be paroled. He has no remorse and obviously been living well in prison running various businesses and profiting. These kids, now adults and their bus driver and all their families deserve far more.

[@elviscabrera7390]

He was just granted parole today 😡

[@laydownorstaydown4278]

Idk how he would’ve survived prison I would think he’d get mopped up in there

[@mjcamck]

HOW anyone could even THINK of doing something this heinous to anyone, least of all children?!

[@AseAleisha]

I’m so glad they didn’t die

[@davekeim7784]

the three guys that did this need to get a piece of what those kids went through they need to spend the rest of their lifes in prison.

[@feinsanity]

If I remember 2 of them are free and one of them has been denied parole 9 times and his next parole hearing isn't until 2024

[@themr3487]

I remember watching the made for tv movie about this ordeal when I was younger. I was living in Kansas at the time but now I lived not too far from where they were being held hostage.

[@joanaisabelcolltruyol3090]

I saw the film in my country...Spain....I remember the driver being treated as a hero....He was so patient with the kids and the kidnappers ..who were so young....got so frightened.....as they saw this was something rather stupid...

[@someone-qi2pf]

why so many dot dot dots?

[@eternalmindset]

The rock quarry is in Livermore… I live in Livermore, and learned of this today randomly hearing about the parole hearing.

[@kiryuandgodzillagirl]

Mike Marshell you are a brave and smart man great job

[@sushirs6770]

How am I just now hearing about this

[@jennyoneill8879]

Me 2

[@jennyoneill8879]

I believe 2 of them got paroled

[@gaillynn1280]

Ummm... Depends on when you were born or where you lived at that time... If you were young, you're parents may have protected you from it...

[@narc6150]

I have to say I will praise social media because there's a lot of tragic events that I haven't heard yet

[@sylvestercoffee7212]

I think they all should have stayed in prison because this crime was so awful.

[@402.El1as]

it pisses me off that they did not get life in prison

[@ralphfirst8188]

Any one with that mindset should spend the rest of their life in prison - I mean think about it if they didn't dig themselves out he would be a mass murderer and he didn't care just left them. Children of all ages. How evil is he. Like as evil as any1 that killed 26 Children and one adult - Im sure there is evil like that going on all the time serial killers. This guy is an almost mass murderer who knows what he would have done had him and the two idiot brothers didn't get caught.

[@Seek1878]

1:53 I have that exact same water bottle lol

[@pamelamorris3148]

Unbelievable that they are all out of prison now.

[@jimkilgore4988]

What does there race have to do with anything? These were three people who committed a horrific crime. And should of stayed in jail.

[@BrooklynnRamostv]

This guy is getting paroled, makes me sick.

[@twistedinnocence8617]

The three were very stupid. They left copies of the whole plan and ransom notes at the house with fingerprints on them. You'd think as soon as the plan failed, they would get rid of the evidence.

[@SHAMSHAM1090]

Can’t believe they got out on parole nowadays if you kidnap one child for something like this you get life

[@jonrob4675]

Dirty Harry's 'Scorpio Killer' may have inspired these halfwits

[@renebrown7394]

Yes

[@codyclaeys2008]

Also read somewhere there was a short story in a Alfred Hitchcock book at the lib that may have helped inspire them too

[@dougbadgley6031]

It did.

[@leviwhatever6192]

It's interesting that they put these kids in an underground cell for about 24 hours, and in return they themselves were put in an above ground cell for almost 50 years. Didn't work out so well for them.

[@marthamack6319]

MONSTERS!!!!

[@nurit920]

I'm speechless....WTF? Who does this kinda unthinkable acts? BURIED ALIVE 26 YOUNG KIDS? HOW MUCH GREEDY A PERSON CAN BE? WERE IS THE LIMIT???

[@bethanneshafer4987]

I was not even born yet I seen this on a movie about this GOD BLESS THEM

[@shawndella1]

They've all been paroled now. Way to go California...

[@shebeccanelson7275]

They should sue the family

[@barbarajackson4006]

I was 14 years old but I remember it when they buried the children and the bus driver underground buried them alive

[@Sandrasandra0806]

They have all made parole - the one that got denied parole was released April 2022

[@thatlittlevoice6354]

They should be buried alive like those babies.

[@sarahf325]

Only in America !!!

[@aguykapait2222]

Jp amazing stories brought me here.

[@NicE-jq3wv]

I don’t see what they’re color has anything to do with anything

[@kristinejames9812]

Nic E...Neither do I! Just Evil Regardless!

[@QueenK88]

i think she said they're race and class being a factor because of the widespread media attention!

[@davidcase8635]

"Let's forget about the suffering of the victims. These kidnappers have money, which means they have rights! Release them and pay the victims to forget about it!"

[@frankgordon8829]

So, "life without parole" in California doesn't really mean life without!

[@brendaholt5708]

I was 15 when this happened in 1976

[@bluemountain555]

All three perpetrators are now paroled.

[@gm2282]

I remember this very well

[@rubawad]

2:59 what¿

[@moniquegoss845]

I’m trying to figure out why the victims in their families never sued Fred Wood? They definitely would have got money For their trauma

[@mustafael-amin9163]

Moral of the story...don’t let your kids get on buses especially other unknown ppl and especially caucasians (no hate though).Just too evil and still got paroled...wonder whyTE?

[@ZaksterPlayz]

2:04

[@jomish8719]

THAT MICHAEL GUY WAS THE HERO OF THIS INCIDENT WITH SOMEHOW A HAPPY ENDING !!

[@cdgates1]

The kidnappers were inspired by a Rockford Files episode that made them commit this crime

[@berriossotoalejandro3]

Estas imagenes salian en edicion impacto del canal chileno chilevision

[@williamhenry9705]

Frederick Woods = Harvey Marcelin

[@mandyyoung6055]

Demons

[@heavanna1]

young white and rich 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@camionerosfurgoneros5915]

PROUD TRUMP VOTERS

[@waterislife5109]

Not surprised. Rich white liberals from SF.

[@Whatever-fe7xn]

They weren't from San Francisco

[@Puffathena]

@@Whatever-fe7xn Where are they from?