47 Years a Hermit: The Strange Afterlife of William Hewitt

Podcast: Stories of Appalachia · Steve Gilly, Rod Mullins

Opublikowano: 2026-07-18

In the late 1780s a man from Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, William Hewitt, crossed the Ohio River seeking to find solitude in the Appalachian wilderness after heartbreak changed his life forever. Living alone in caves and rough dugouts for nearly fifty years, Hewitt lived in peace alongside the Shawnee, served as a scout during the War of 1812, and became a legend across southeastern Ohio. But the strangest chapter of his story began after his death. Join us as we tell the haunting true story of the Hermit of Hewitt’s Fork. Be sure to subsc...