English Jack

Strange Familiars

SpectreVision Radio

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.7 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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It’s hermit time! Alison and Timothy share the story of English Jack, a hermit who lived in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. A romantic poem written about Jack’s life tells of being orphaned at a young age, becoming a sailor, suffering starvation and disease after being shipwrecked on a desert island, fighting in the Crimean War, and more. How much was legend and how much was truth? If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgrave Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-the Episode 388 notes and links: photos and postcards of English Jack from Timothy’s collection: Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #85: English Jack postcard You can purchase this item in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1446139080/english-jack-hermit-strange-familiars Maynard’s gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/maynard-walk-again Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Department of Truth #15 variant with Timothy’s artwork on sale at Riverbend: https://www.riverbendcomics.com/products/dot15?_pos=3&_sid=220198f8e&_ss=r Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ t-shirts are available in our Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/739690857/strange-familiars-podcast-awoken-tree Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Contact us via email at: strangefamiliarspodcast@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is The Witch Mother by Timothy: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/the-witch-mother Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	They came to our eyes because they'll see clear the sky different from the other we talked each
0:59.4	They came to our eyes because they'll see clear the sky
1:29.4	Welcome to Strange For Millies. Guess what, Allison?
1:45.4	It's hermit time.
1:47.4	Are you imagining a hermit in MC Hammer pants too?
1:51.4	No, but I definitely have the MC hammer thing going to my head.
1:55.4	We're going to be talking about English Jack.
2:03.4	Not Irish Jack.
2:05.4	No, not Scottish Jack.
2:07.4	Nope, different Jack.
2:09.4	Not Australian Jack.
2:11.4	Not Jack Daniels.
2:13.4	Nope.
2:15.4	Oh, lantern.
2:17.4	No, just English Jack.
2:19.4	Pretty interesting guy.
2:21.4	For a while.
2:23.4	I had him down as a phony.
2:25.4	A phony.
2:27.4	I want to be.
2:29.4	But my opinions changed as I've learned more.
2:31.4	So like he was on Instagram and he like saw all these other hermits and he was like, I think I want to be a hermit now.
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