The Whitaker Family Tree: Unraveling the Mystery of West Virginia’s Most Isolated Family
The flickering light of a handheld camera cuts through the gloom of a ramshackle porch in Odd, West Virginia. A figure emerges, hesitant, wary. This is one of the Whitakers, a family thrust into the harsh glare of internet fame after filmmaker Mark Laita documented their lives on his YouTube channel, Soft White Underbelly. The…
