Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On Thanksgiving Day 1934, three-year-old Rita Lent vanished from her family’s rural Ohio farm without a sound or a witness. Months later, her body was found—but the sheriff made a shocking claim: she hadn’t been dead since the day she disappeared.
In this episode of Bad Things, we retrace the timeline, examine the investigation, and ask the question that still haunts the case: what most likely happened to Rita Lent?
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0:00 Intro
1:01 Timeline
4:16 Theories
7:34 What most likely happened
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On Thanksgiving Day 1934, three-year-old Rita Lent vanished from her family’s rural Ohio farm without a sound or a witness. Months later, her body was found—but the sheriff made a shocking claim: she hadn’t been dead since the day she disappeared.
In this episode of Bad Things, we retrace the timeline, examine the investigation, and ask the question that still haunts the case: what most likely happened to Rita Lent?
If you want to become a member and get access to our Discord Server for discussing the cases and everything else, here's the link: youtube.com/channel/UCU1T3AMYHRBxWYhSewDDMjA/join
Thanks to our members: Galilea Medina, Knight of 345, Scripti Cat, OSCARJRBEST, Penn-o8, Sean Hillman, Chris Green, Matt Kelley, David O’Flaherty, Jonathan Emerling, Matthew Buonato, the last final girl on the left, Jerry Dvonch, Richard Ferri, Ann Resnik, JL Puckett, Michael Toomey, s !, tezzybadazz 88, Len Welch, Marie Hannan-Mandel, Cyberspelunker, Marissa, Ashley Brown, JenJen8970, johnny hansen, Lacamina, Terrence Ring, Angela Scott, Gillian, FaeBaeSage, Diana Jimenez, Matthew McRae, C S, Padraig Power, XYZ LUCINA, Howard Hughes, theRequiem78, mathew mcneil, StuartTheSwedishScot, David Wilcoxon, Adam Lincoln Lane, Chaos ZT, AMISHOVERSHOE, Jinxy’s Hoom, Jay Moose, Anthony Haera
Our merch: my-store-d4ffba.creator-spring.com
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Bad Things: True Crime is a channel with all things true crime and mystery! Subscribe to stay updated on the most interesting true crime cases out there.
0:00 Intro
1:01 Timeline
4:16 Theories
7:34 What most likely happened
⚠️ Copyright Disclaimers
• Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”
• We use images and content in accordance with the YouTube Fair Use copyright guidelines
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