Old Gods of Appalachia
Episodes
Episode 25: The Siege of Pleasant Evenings
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The light dies and the darkness comes to the big parlor house out in the gap. There will be blood. There will be death. The conclusion of the The Rail...
Episode 24: Charcoal Suit and All
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Railroad man and his new friends follow Vera Blevins to Baker's Gap in 1913, and things will never be the same.CW: Mention of death of a family me...
Episode 23: A Bad Night for Hollow Men
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In 1913, a girl escaped the company-owned parlor house where she'd been kept against her will in possession of company property. She headed south via ...
Episode 22: Paper, Ink and Sorrow
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We journey back in time to the end of the 19th Century in Combe County, North Carolina so that we can gain proper perspective on where that incident w...
Episode 21: A Worthy Grave
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The truth comes out about the hard death of Frank Tilley and Sheriff Andy Hodge has a tough choice to make.CW: Descriptions and depictions of physical...
Episode 20: And Am I Born to Die?
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Three months before Frank Tilley met a hard death on the tracks outside Baker's Gap, Esther Campbell moved to Baker's Gap in search of a new life and ...
The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow, Chapter Three: Something Old, Something New
14 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our holiday trilogy comes to a close as we witness two different joinings of souls for all eternity. Headphones recommended. You are not prepared...
Episode 19: Where the Sun Never Shines
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When the shadows of gods and monsters fall across Baker's Gap, we look across the mountain for help. We look to Family.CW: Descriptions of injuries re...
Episode 18: Where the Cold Wind Blows
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Tilley was not a nice man, nor one beloved by his community. He may even have been a pain in Sheriff Andy Hodge's buttocks. But no man deserved ...
An Interlude: The Scenic Route
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
CW: Frank and intimate out of character discussion about the pandemic, death and suicide. In character mentions of child labor, child and parental dea...
The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow, Chapter Two: The Gift of the Lesser Magi
25 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Set in the year before a certain stock market crash would change American life forever, The Gift of the Lesser Magi is the second chapter of a new tri...
Episode 17: The Boy Who Could Not Die
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The ties that bind us to this world are usually fragile things, gossamer strands spun on the looms of great, great grandmamas that we will never meet ...
Episode 16: Between the Unburied and Miss Belle
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
She recognized the naked fear and rawness in their respective gazes. Something had happened to these boys. She could see their hearts and minds were p...
Episode 15: A Funeral in Pine
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The county had taken a narrow little valley and dug themselves a reservoir to provide drinking water for the whole town and then some. As pretty as th...
The Holiest Days of Bone and Shadow, Chapter One: Blood is Blood
31 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Set in the years between Season One and Season Two, Blood is Blood is the first chapter of a new trilogy to be released on the hallowed days of the ye...
Episode 14: On Death Island
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Give a group of boys from anywhere a backyard, a stretch of woods, hell, a vacant lot even — and you can watch it rise to a place of hallowed glory....
Episode 13: The Dark Earth at Night
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Gibson family meets their fate.CW: Gunshots, dog/monster sounds, references to murder, death by structural collapse, earthquake sounds.Written by ...
Episode 12: The Other Queen
24 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
These yarns were spun to teach you to stay safe and mind common sense, and most importantly, your mama. The stories that get lost though — the ones ...
Episode 11: Season Two Prologue
10 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
O Appalachia: mother and maw that births and devours us, roots sunk deep and winding as gnarled hands clasped in prayer, hold us fast and give us foun...
A Once-Told Tale: The Wolf Sisters Part Three
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Walker Sisters and their man Melvin journey into the darkest night Baker's Gap, TN has known in thirty years in this thrilling finale to The Wolf ...
A Once-Told Tale: The Wolf Sisters Part Two
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In which we properly meet The Walker Sisters and their man Melvin.CW: Frank discussion of historical racism and treatment of migrant workers, depictio...
A Once-Told Tale: The Wolf Sisters Part One
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
To be a wolf is a thing of spring loaded joy, of black gummed panting death. Of pack and ground. Torn tendon and blood and broken bones in feasting ab...
Build Mama a Coffin: Trailer
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
A whole new story set in the world of Old Gods of Appalachia. Exclusively on Patreon. Come tithe and come a with us to Esau County, VA in the fall of ...
Episode 10: The Witch Queen Chapter III: Last Harbor: Season Finale Part 4
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Season One comes to a close as we follow Daughter Dooley to the far reaches of Last Harbor and witness what changed her and The Black Stag whose name ...
Episode 9: You Ready to Go Home? Season Finale Part 3
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this, our penultimate episode of Season One, we examine what makes a home and the power of kinfolk as we say good-bye to young Sarah Avery.CW: Reli...
Episode 8: Homecoming : Season Finale Part 2
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We return for a visit with the good Pastor of the Tabernacle of the Elder Covenant, as he and his family prepare to relocate.CW: Death of spouse and f...
Episode 7: Afterbirth: Season Finale Part 1
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before our time in Barlo moves forward towards its inevitable conclusion, we take one last look back to honor a life that might otherwise remain overs...
Episode 6: The Witch Queen Chapter II: Doubt
26 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"To live forever and keep this land..." was the promise made. What happens when a promise is kept but with a vile and broken spirit?CW: Physical traum...
Episode 5: The Boy: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Five
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Who speaks for the young dead lost beneath the fair earth? The Boy comes to Barlo.CW: Frank discussion of historical child labor and depictions of inj...
Episode 4.5: The Bad Death and Resurrection of Annie Messer
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An interlude.CW: Religious themes, gore, eye mutilation/blinding/death/ facial mutilation/resurrection by monsters/supernatural means.Written by Steve...
Episode 4: The Sacrifice: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Four
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the wake of the Old Number Seven Disaster, the Tabernacle of the Elder Covenant does what it can to save their own. Choices are made that cannot be...
Episode 3: The Covenant: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Three
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cletus Garvin should have died in 1910 but instead has been the pastor of The Tabernacle of the Elder Covenant for the past seven years. Debts are cal...
Episode 2.5: Let There Be Green
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
An interlude.CW: Supernatural events involving a child.Written by Steve ShellSound design by Steve ShellNarrated by Steve ShellIntro music: "The Land ...
Episode 2: The Schoolhouse: Barlo Kentucky 1917: Part Two
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ten year old Sarah Avery continues to deal with the fallout of the elders of Barlo's choices. A promise is made.CW: Frank discussion of historical rac...
Episode 1: Old Number Seven: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part One
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Darkness comes to the tiny town of Barlo in the form of the worst mining disaster in Kentucky history. Young Sarah Avery runs.CW: Frank discussion of ...
Episode 0.5: The Witch Queen
06 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
They say there's a witch in that valley and you'd do well to stay away from there. Join us as we journey back to the settling of the central plateau a...
Episode 0: Prologue
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our Appalachia, where hearts are good, hands are strong and no one wants to talk about what sleeps beneath us. First come, first served.Wri...