FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Mark laita | History Defined

Former Pastor Turned Adult Industry Worker Reveals Clients’ Strange Requests, Including One She Had To Refuse

“I thought it’s pure fantasy. You’re trying to make it a reality. I don’t do that.”

Bored Panda · Aug 26

“This Is A Total Invasion”: Internet Reacts After Viral Fame Destroys America’s “Most Inbred Family”

"All you cash cows should be ashamed of yourselves,” a reader wrote.

Bored Panda · Nov 12, 2025

Eldest sister of USA's most inbred family says other relatives 'don't visit anymore'

Members of the community though the inbred family, can only communicate through grunts and barks instead of talking and even run away when people try to speak to them, were an urban legend.

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023

Filmmaker shares 'crazy' experience of meeting America's most inbred family

The Whittakers, who are known as America's most inbred family, live in squalor in an isolated shack in the backcountry of West Virginia

Irish Mirror · Jan 13, 2023

Filmmaker meets 'most inbred family in America' and shares 'crazy' experience

Mark Laita reveals his first meeting with the Whittakers, cut off from civilisation, was 'out of control' and the 'craziest thing' he has ever seen.

Daily Record · Jan 12, 2023

America's 'most inbred family' talk in grunts and squeals at ramshackle home

Mark Laita had to be escorted by a police officer on his trip to meet the Whittakers. His initial approach ended with him being threatened by the family's protective neighbours.

Edinburgh Live · Jan 12, 2023

Filmmaker shares what happened when he met the most inbred family in America

A documentary filmmaker has said that America's most inbred family called the Whittakers, who have no education and live in squalor in West Virginia, were 'like a scene out of Deliverance'

Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

Wednesday headlines: 'Stabbing victim' climbed out flat window covered in blood before dying in street

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Daily Record · Jun 1, 2022

Filmmaker who visited 'world's most inbred family' returns to home 22 years later

The Whittaker family - who are widely regarded as the most famous inbred in family in the US - have had limited access to education and live in squalor in a backcountry shack in West Virginia

Daily Mirror · Jun 1, 2022

Tuesday headlines: Scots airport chaos and America's 'most inbred family'

Here are the main headlines on the Daily Record website today.

Daily Record · May 31, 2022