Where Did The Road Go?

Seriah is joined by author, paranormal investigator and researcher, and “Strange Familiars” podcast host, Timothy Renner. This is a unique episode focusing on Tim’s new book “I Have Never Minded the Loneliness: Hermits and Their Stories” and related subjects. Topics include Tim’s previous books, the difficulties of authorship, the Gettysburg Hermit, hermit tendencies, public perceptions of non-conformists, the pejorative “loser”, local newspapers’ coverage of hermits in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Mason Walton and a tuberculosis cure, the lost sweetheart trope, the so-called “Old Leather Man” itinerant hermit Jules Borgias, 19th century photography, William Woodruth, photo postcards, advances in early 20th century photography, “barefoot hermit” George Washington Gilbert, hermits as local tourist attractions, hermits’ strange preference for New England, the boots-on-the-ground investigation of hermits, a bizarre search for an extremely difficult to find hermit’s cabin remains, Pow-wow/folk magic and a