Michael Finkel - The Stranger In The Woods
Apr 28, 2023

Michael Finkel is a journalist who has written the books True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea Culpa (2005) and The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit (2017).

In this interview he talks about the friendship he forged with a man who had lived alone, in the woods, for almost three decades. How did he do it? And why? His name was Christopher Thomas Knight. According to societal records, he didn’t exist. For 27 years, he had camped out in the forest, surviving on meagre supplies that he’d burglarized from houses in the area. He endured winter temperatures of 20 degrees below zero. Every morning, he watched the sun rise over the foggy valley that he called home. He hadn’t had a single conversation with another person for nearly three decades.

Michael Finkel also had his identity and career damaged when a man wanted for murder stole his identity and passed himself off as Mr Finkel in Mexico.

Michael is a truly interesting guest and has been booked to return to the Opperman Report Patreon in the next few weeks.

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