A Secret Beneath the Waterbed: The Murder of Maddie Clifton

About this episode

The episode discusses the disappearance and murder of 8-year-old Maddie Clifton in Jacksonville, Florida, highlighting the search efforts and the shocking discovery of her fate.

Send us Fan Mail In November of 1998, 8 year old Maddie Clifton vanished without a trace from her home in a quiet, suburban neighborhood in Jacksonville, Florida, setting off a massive search effort that captured national attention. For an entire week, investigators, family, friends, neighbors and volunteers searched desperately for any sign of little Maddie - completely unaware that the truth was hidden just across the street from her home underneath a teenager's waterbed. Today's Sour...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christina, Alicia

Topics covered

• true crime
• missing persons
• investigation
• child safety
• community response

Keywords

• Maddie Clifton
• disappearance
• murder
• investigation
• Jacksonville
• true crime
• waterbed

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Jacksonville, Florida

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