Ohio House of Horrors: New Photos from Inside, 16 "Almost Feral" Kids Rescued & Very Dark Timeline | The Sider Family

**Andy Wilson** (0:00)
Shock, disbelief, and heartbreak.

**Ryan Kane** (0:02)
Terrific, really is.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:03)
The residents here in Hamden, Ohio just cannot wrap their heads around this. It's just shocking. 16 kids in that kind of condition.

**SPEAKER_4** (0:10)
Those innocent children ranging in age from 1 1⁄2 to 18 years old, they were found in what police described as the most horrifying scene they've ever witnessed in their careers.

**Ronnie Fletcher** (0:20)
And they're asking the simple question, how was this able to happen?

**Annie Elise** (0:27)
Hey, true crime besties, welcome back to an all new episode of Serialously.
Hello, hello, hello, and welcome back to an all new episode of Serialously with me, your host, Annie Elise. Also, your true crime BFF, breaking down all the cases that you want to know all the details about. New cases, breaking cases, old, cold cases, whatever it is, I'm here to do the research, the deep dive, go to the dark corners of the internet so that you don't have to. And let me just say this. First and foremost, okay, I hear you guys, I promise you, I am not ignoring you, I see your DMs, I see your emails, I see your case requests, and I hear you, I see you, I know.
I wanted to get this episode out way sooner than it's being released, but here is the problem with that. First and foremost, there was so much information that we needed to obtain, not only because it's a pretty giant case, but also because there are so many elements to it that are kind of being like hush hushed. So we had to file a bunch of formal requests, we had to dig deep, we had to then vet all of this information to see what's real, what's not, what's a theory, what's what, you know, all of these things. And so I didn't want to prematurely release an episode on this case until I fully had all the information to where I could give you start to finish everything that we know about this case. And if you're like, Annie, I have no idea what case you're even talking about, well, let me just tell you, because we are going to Ohio today. And more than that, we are going to do a deep dive into the trenches of hell that is the house of horrors that was discovered. Now, like I said, I have been flooded by you guys with requests to cover this case. And it's, you know, I had to come through. It's a crazy one. You're going to be with me for a minute. But I also want to warn you, it is not for the faint of hearted, because this one, it's tough, and disturbing, and gross, and very difficult to wrap your mind around, how like things like this actually happen. People like this actually exist. This case has truly shook an entire small rural community to its core. People are angry, they are disgusted, and most of all, they're shocked that this happened right under their noses.

**SPEAKER_3** (3:13)
It's just shocking, 16 kids in that kind of condition. This is going to last a long time being shocked. It's not going to go away in a year, it's not going to go away in a couple of years, it's going to be long lasting.
That's the truth.

**Annie Elise** (3:27)
Now I want to get right into the details, but like I said, I do want to give you just this blanket warning that this is one of the more disgusting cases that we've ever covered. I covered the Robinson family a while back, not too long ago, and I thought that was tough. This is so ultra disgusting. I mean, the details are just beyond diabolical and absolutely unthinkable as a parent. In fact, another reason it took me so long to get this episode out is because in addition to fact-finding and getting to the bottom of it, I also had to take breaks throughout because I just couldn't stomach it, truly.
If you have to pause or skip, I totally understand we're going to be together on this. I've got all of my notes right here in front of me. I'm going to break down the whole timeline, what happened, when it was exposed, the backstory of the people involved, the house and the conditions and what that means, allegations that are happening right now that are so vile, I can't even make sense of it myself. There is so much to go through. Let's start with the timeline of how this all unfolded. On Tuesday, June 30th, 2026, Vinton County Sheriff's Office and the Ohio Bureau of Investigations, otherwise known as the BCI, they executed a search warrant at 182 Omer Street in Hamden, Ohio. Now, when the sheriffs entered the home, and I'm gonna get to why they executed this warrant as well later on because it's not for what they found, shockingly enough. But when the sheriffs entered the home, they found 16 children ranging in ages from one and a half to 18 years old.