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“The story of Marsha is fascinating— what a character! I appreciated how the narrators’ understanding of her evolved from “Coolest Person Ever & Radical Saint” to a more nuanced picture: a powerful, kind, beloved, but real and flawed woman who got into some kind of bad trouble.
Where the story fails is, while billed as a missing person story, the narrators did very little to find out what happened to Marsha. The typical true crime podcast that focuses on one particular missing person over many episodes does far more sleuthing and digging than happens here.
That’s probably partly due to the hosts personal stake — one loved Marsha and the other at least loved the idea of Marsha, and neither may have been ready to learn for sure if she really was murdered by drug dealers, which seems entirely likely.
Both mother and daughter show a tendency toward magical thinking of one kind or another — being specially protected by a magical force, being guided by Marsha telepathically in making the podcast, notions like that. But it seems to me that the plot and podcast would be just the same without any magical intervention— white people break marijuana laws and receive minor penalties—shocker—and they tell an inconclusive story of an interesting person and still have no idea what happened to her.
That said, as a portrait of a charismatic figure and of counterculture life in the 70s and 80s, it’s often genuinely engaging.”
heidbeuabflqyv3/-7& via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
07/30/23
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“I’m riveted by this story. All the voices are familiar to me. Marsha Ferber and the community she helped create in Morgantown in the 80s truly changed so many lives for the better. I was lost, and I found myself within that nurturing music scene. I will always be there.
Todd Burge”
Bunj Jam via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/09/22
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“Summer 85/fall 86. I remember Marsha and Randy. And of course the legendary Underground RR. Saw many, many shows there, including Black Flag (Henry Rollins!) and Butthole Surfers.”
NmR3333 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/19/22
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“Thanks for this. One thing that seems to be glossed over is that Marco Mudd sold heroin in Morgantown. I will never forget that. I was a child but was treated as someone who deserved to be in conversations no matter my age. And it sucked that he sold heroin to my uncle and others.”
anthonydreamer75 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/11/22
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