About the Show
Named a 2022 audio selection at the Tribeca Festival, I Was Never There takes listeners on a trip into the countercultural movements swirling through West Virginia in the 1970s and 80s. Jamie Zelermyer and her mother Karen investigate the shocking disappearance of their friend Marsha “Mudd” Ferber and explore her evolution from suburban housewife to back-to-the-land hippie to drug-dealing bar owner
Awards & Recognition
I Was Never There launches with the range of theories swirling around the disappearance of Marsha “Mudd” Ferber. We meet our hosts, Jamie and Karen Zelermyer and learn who they are in relation to Marsha’s story, and why they’ve decided to try to find out what really happened to her now.
Meet the Hosts
Jamie Zelermyer
Jamie is a New York based Producer, Creator and Production Executive and the former President of the Board of Directors of New York Women In Film and Television.
Karen Zelermyer
Karen is an artist, writer and professional lesbian who worked on LGBTQ issues for decades. She’s also a social justice feminist activist and has a few degrees, but that was a long time ago.
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