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Michael Finkel

Michael Finkel is the author of True Story: Murder Memoir, Mea Culpa. He has written for National Geographic, GQ, Vanity Fair, the Atlantic and the New York Times Magazine. He lives in western Montana

April 2017

  • A television found at Christopher Knight's camp on Tuesday April 9, 2013 in a remote, wooded section of Rome. Police believe Knight, who went into the woods near Belgrade in 1986, was a hermit who committed hundreds of burglaries to sustain himself. (Photo by Andy Molloy/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)

    The Audio Long Read
    Into the woods: how one man survived alone in the wilderness for 27 years – podcast

    At the age of 20, Christopher Knight parked his car on a remote trail in Maine and walked away with only the most basic supplies. He had no plan. His chief motivation was to avoid contact with people. This is his story
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