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83 Hours Till Dawn

In 1968, Emory University student Barbara Jane Mackle was kidnapped for ransom, held underground in a coffinlike box for 83 hours as more than 100 FBI agents searched for her. This is her authorized story. By Miami Herald reporter Gene Miller.

Setting
1960sUSA
Audience
adult

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