North Pond Hermit

from History Dispatches · host Matt and McKinley Breen

From 1986 through 2013, a hermit occupied the area of Belgrade Lake, Maine. During those 27 years he lived virtually without human contact, and survived through burglary. - over a thousand of them - before finally being caught. This is the story of the North Pond Hermit. Sources https://www.gq.com/story/the-last-true-hermit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thomas_Knight History Dispatches is part of the Airwave Media Network: www.airwavemedia.com Interested in advertising on History Dispatches? Email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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