Old Gods of Appalachia (2025)

Episode 48: By Reason of Mine Affliction

Released on 12/15/2022

Plans are made. Things are sought and found.

CW: Death of a caretaker/parent, grief, gore, monster related violence, child endangerment/death via religious themed cult/occult activity, high pitched monster noises.

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Rachel: Sara Doreen MacPhee

Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Pound of Flesh Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “Panthers on The Mountainside” written and performed by Jon Charles Dwyer

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School Spirit

Released on 01/01/2023

Two boys struggle to make it through a weekend of community service in the corpse of their old southwest Virginia high school in the winter of 1983.

CW: Loud / percussive noises, gore, body horror, religious trauma, fundamentalist religious practices, themes relating to the satanic panic, possession, monster violence, bullying, mutilation, monster noises, sounds of monster-related automotive destruction, family endangerment, vice-principals, high school.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Bonnie Culbertson: Renee Hill

The voice of Tyler Culbertson: Jacob Danielsen-Moore

The voice of Chris Ramey: Matt Evans

The voice of Vice Principal Rusty “Flat Top” Collins: Brandon Sartain

Intro music: “50 Second Instrumental” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “God’s Dark Heaven” written and performed by Those Poor Bastards

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Episode 49: Sackcloth and Ashes

Released on 01/05/2023

Jonah Hellbender and friends set out to find someone who can help him learn the truth about his origins.

CW: Gunshot sound effect, gun violence, death of a caretaker / parent, grief, family-related trauma, discussion of abandonment and betrayal by a loved one, monster violence, kidnapping.

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Rachel: Sara Doreen MacPhee

The voice of Polly Barrow: Tracey Johnston-Crum

The voice of Ruth Barber: Betsy Puckett

Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Pound of Flesh Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “Panthers on The Mountainside” written and performed by Jon Charles Dwyer

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Episode 50: The Horns of the Altar

Released on 01/12/2023

Blood is spilled, good-byes are said. Season three comes to a close.

CW: Car accident sounds including screeching brakes and impact, gunshot sound effects, gun violence, death of a caretaker / parent, grief, family-related trauma, discussion of abandonment and betrayal by a loved one, monster violence, kidnapping, gore.

Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Rachel: Sara Doreen MacPhee

The voice of Polly Barrow: Tracey Johnston-Crum

Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Pound of Flesh Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “Panthers on The Mountainside” written and performed by Jon Charles Dwyer and “I Cannot Escape the Darkness” written and performed by Those Poor Bastards

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Episode 24: Charcoal Suit and All

Released on 04/22/2021

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 member by illness, family strife, mention of consentual sex work, verbal threats, discussion of religious issues.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of The Railroad Man: Yuri Lowenthal

The voice of Jerry Brotherton: Corey Ryan Forrester

Intro Music: "The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)" written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: "I Cannot Escape The Darkness" written and performed by Those Poor Bastards

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Bumper Crop

Released on 10/31/2021

Stuck covering the night shift, Ada Spivey was having a hard time finding her Halloween spirit. It found her instead. A standalone tale set in the world of Old Gods of Appalachia.

CW: Horticultural horror. Brief mention of DUI accidents and other holiday injuries. Pet endangerment (he's fine; he lived to a ripe old age and passed peacefully in his sleep).

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Instrumental intro music by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “If the Beast Should Hunt Us” by Lonesome Wyatt and Rachel Brooke

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Episode 25: The Siege of Pleasant Evenings

Released on 05/06/2021

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 Railroad Man and the Local Magistrate storyline.

CW: Discussion of agency and consent, gunfire, body horror, decay, aging, death by magic, death of human appearing monsters, familial stress and conflict.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of The Railroad Man: Yuri Lowenthal

The voice of Jerry Brotherton: Corey Ryan Forreseter

Intro Music: "The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)" written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “Charcoal Suit and All” by Jacob Cody Moore

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Episode 26: Welcome to Paradise

Released on 05/20/2021

He had always wanted to come here, to this diamond in the rough wedged in-between kissin’ cousins of a state line: Paradise — a city split down the middle between the Commonwealth of Virginia and the State of Tennessee — was a bustling town in the early winter of 1928.

CW: Discussion of historical slavery and military desertion, human trafficking, assault and robbery.

Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Intro Music: “The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “God’s Dark Heaven” by Those Poor Bastards

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Episode 27: Strangers in Paradise

Released on 06/03/2021

In which two ambitious young folks from Esau County come to the city of Paradise, and meet with both misfortune and opportunity.

CW: Assault and robbery.

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Intro Music: “The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “I Cannot Escape The Darkness” by Those Poor Bastards

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Episode 28: Paradise Lost

Released on 06/17/2021

Miss Virginia heads west while young Tommy stays behind as Jack’s right hand man and discovers that things are almost never what they seem.

CW: Animal carcass eaten by a monster, geese.

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Intro Music: “The Land Unknown (The Hollow Heart Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “I Cannot Escape The Darkness” by Those Poor Bastards

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