Hermit Blacksmith Murdered with Dynamite

Strange Familiars

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Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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We share the story of J. J. McGuire, an aged hermit blacksmith from California, who was killed in 1923 by a charge of dynamite placed under his bed. After some conflict with McGuire, a group of men drew lots to see who would kill the old blacksmith. 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 Strange Familiars episode 300, The Witch Cloud, is available now: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/the-witch-cloud 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 t-shirts and other designs are available here: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/strange-familiars?ref_id=14000 Episode 308 notes and links: The episode artwork is by Timothy. Here is the original: This illustration can be purchased in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1215185099/explosion-original-illustration-by The Witch Cloud, second edition, on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Cloud-Haunted-Gettysburg-Pennsylvania/dp/B09TMT9BTP/ Timothy’s variant cover for Department of Truth 15 comic is available from our etsy shop or Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com/products/dot15 Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics 90 Days to the Perfect Puppy: https://perfectpuppies.sithappens.us/90-days Karmic Garden: https://www.etsy.com/shop/KarmicGarden Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #38: Tintype - Man in Hat This photo can be purchased in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1215183873/tintype-man-in-hat-strange-familiars 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 Alison: https://www.etsy.com/shop/odpeacock 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 Long Lost Friend by Timothy, from the album Fallow: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/fallow 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 into our eyes, but as soon as he reached the sky, different from the other, he talked, and she came to her.
0:29.0	Welcome to Strange Familiaries. How are you this evening, Allison? I'm doing well. Are you excited about tonight's show?
0:58.0	I am. This is like when people come out, and they give their speech, and I'm like, you're not listening. I want to hear more energy. And I'm always like, I can't do it.
1:10.0	Poor hermit gets blown to bits by dynamite.
1:13.0	Not only that, it also involves magical thinking, the KKK, blacksmiths, incendiary devices.
1:21.0	It's kind of like every trope from a cartoon mixed with every trope from like a murder podcast.
1:28.0	This is another story I stumbled on by accident. I forget what I was looking for, probably another hermit. I don't know.
1:35.0	And I found this story, and I just went down the rabbit hole with it. I remember getting very excited and telling you, Allison, we have to do an episode on this. This is really interesting.
1:45.0	The story of a poor hermit blacksmith who gets blown up by dynamite. There's a lot of intrigue and a possible conspiracy.
1:55.0	Some wicker man kind of concepts that I've gone on here too, I think.
2:00.0	Yeah.
2:01.0	It's all happening in the place that becomes the area where Neverland Ranch is built, which I think was like, the thing that when I read that, I was like, ew, it's like layers of icky history on top of each other.
2:11.0	Yeah, that was, you just found that today as we were doing our last bit of research.
2:16.0	Before we get into tonight's story, I want to mention about these strange familiar high-strangeness tour t-shirts.
2:22.0	They are still at the printers. It's a special order and a very large amount of t-shirts and hoodies.
2:27.0	They are still at the printers, but he's working on them actually right now. He's working on them this week.
2:32.0	We will get them soon, and we will send them out. I've had some people asking about them. If I just want to let everybody know.
2:38.0	They're on their way.
2:39.0	They're on their way. They're just taking a little bit longer because it's such a big order and it is, I mean, come on, it's a really awesome design.
2:45.0	But no, the printing is on every side of the shirt.
2:48.0	Yeah, there's four spots.
2:49.0	Yeah, four places of printing with multiple colors of ink. It's just a lot more than our usual order.
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