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SPEAKER_00: Hello, from Wonder Media Network, I'm Jenny Kaplan, and this is Womanica.Historically, women have been told to make themselves smaller, to diminish themselves.Some have used that idea to their advantage, disappearing into new identities.For others, a disappearance was the end of their stories, but the beginning of a new chapter in their legacies.This month, we're talking about disappearing acts. Today we're talking about a woman who was known as a mother, a revolutionary, a hippie, an outlaw, and a drug dealer.She was the beating heart of Morgantown, West Virginia's alternative music community until she disappeared in 1988.Let's talk about Marsha Mudd Ferber.Marsha was born in Massachusetts in 1941 and moved to New Jersey while she was still a child. When her older brother graduated from high school, he went to college.
But Marsha was a woman, which meant that when she graduated, she was sent to secretarial school.In 1960, Marsha got married and settled down in West Orange, New Jersey. This was during the civil rights era.Folks were talking about equality and protesting the war in Vietnam.And Marsha was listening.She got engaged, an active participant in democratic politics and in her local synagogue.She would have people over and host political study groups. She started a bookstore called Make Up Your Mind.There was a political section and a children's section.There was also a couch.
So when writers or other travelers came through New Jersey, they had a place to sleep for the night.Eventually, Marsha decided that she'd had enough of the New Jersey suburban lifestyle.She wanted to live communally, grow vegetables with like-minded people.She wanted to go back to the land. So Marsha and her husband, along with two friends, bought land and moved to West Virginia.They built a house, a greenhouse, a garden, and an outhouse with a mirror in front of the toilet to keep residents humble.They called their compound Mud Farm because the ground was often muddy, and Marsha became Marsha Mud. Mud Farm was a true back-to-the-land commune.There were between 15 and 40 people there at any given time.They grew plants, some to eat and some to smoke, practiced free love, and had lots of parties.
Soon after separating from her husband, Marsha left Mud Farm.She moved to Morgantown, West Virginia.She may have left Mud Farm, but she carried the spirit of communal living with her. Before long, she returned to communal living, starting Earth Houses 1 and 2.Residents shared chores and cooked meals for each other.The door was always open, and people were always passing through.Friends, students, even inmates from a nearby prison who were part of a work-study program at the local college.After their classes, they'd stop at the Earth House and teach Marsha how to evade the police.She'd stand with them in front of a mirror and say over and over, "'I was never there.'" Marsha also owned a bar called the Underground Railroad.
It was a hub for the music scene in Morgantown.The venue was a haven for reggae, punk, rock and roll, and new wave music.The Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Butthole Surfers, the Flaming Lips all played there.Marsha also realized that teenagers needed somewhere to go, too.They weren't allowed into a bar.So she opened up a second place next door called The Dry House. Soon, the space was a go-to hangout spot for teenagers in the area, who all called Marsha Ma.To keep up with business expenses, Marsha found an alternative source of income, cannabis.She sold weed that she kept stored in her knitting bag.She traveled as far as South America to get weed, and sometimes cocaine, to take back to the States.
As the years went on, her involvement with drug dealing got darker. And then, on the afternoon of April 25th, 1988, Marsha left the Underground Railroad and never returned.Her friends called the police and an official investigation into her disappearance began.There were lots of leads and plenty of theories.Maybe Marsha had gone into witness protection.Maybe she'd gotten mixed up in a drug deal gone wrong.But none of those ideas crystallized and there was no conclusive end to her case. Marsha was never found.In her wake, she left her community of hippies and music lovers and revolutionaries reeling.In 2013, the 25th anniversary of her disappearance, there was a reunion at the bar that was once the Underground Railroad.
Around 500 people attended, people who had all, in one way or another, been touched by Marsha's ability to pull people together. And two years ago, Karen Zellermeyer, one of Marsha's best friends, and her daughter, Jamie, told Marsha's story on a Wonder Media Network podcast called I Was Never There.If you want to learn more about Marsha and the movements she inspired, check out I Was Never There wherever you get your podcasts.And stay tuned.A new season and a new story is coming soon. All month, we're talking about disappearing acts.For more information, find us on Facebook and Instagram at Womanica Podcast.Special thanks to Liz Kaplan, my favorite sister and co-creator.
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SPEAKER_08: I'm Johnny B. Good, the host of the podcast, Creating a Con, The Story of Bitcoin.This podcast dives deep into the story of Ray Trapani and his company, Centratech.I'll explore how 320-somethings built a company out of lies, deceit, and greed.I've been saying since a very young age that I was going to be a millionaire.
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SPEAKER_05: Imagine you're a fly on the wall at a dinner between the mafia, the CIA, and the KGB. That's where my new podcast begins.This is Neil Strauss, host of To Live and Die in L.A., and I wanted to quickly tell you about an intense new series about a dangerous spy taught to seduce men for their secrets and sometimes their lives.From Tenderfoot TV, this is To Die For.To Die For is available now.Listen for free on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
