DB Martin was born in Akron, Ohio in 1953. The last of 4 children to southern immigrants coming north after WWII for factory work. He attended Coventry HS in the suburb of Portage ...view moreDB Martin was born in Akron, Ohio in 1953. The last of 4 children to southern immigrants coming north after WWII for factory work. He attended Coventry HS in the suburb of Portage Lakes, Ohio. A 1971 graduate, he continued his education at the University of Akron. He graduated 1976,1981 with BS,MS. He taught school and coached sports for Coventry HS until the summer of 1981 at which time he moved to a small island off of the coast of South Carolina named Hilton Head. It was at this time his life changed drastically from the blue collar upbringing of a factory town to the strange goings on in the isolated areas of the South.
Since that time he has studied Spanish, French, and Italian all over the world. He lived two years in Charlotte Amalie, USVI during the Gulf War and has spent most summers traveling throughout western europe, central america, and the caribbean.view less