Old Gods of Appalachia
by DeepNerd Media
In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unknowable hunger and madness have slumbered beneath them. These are the darkest mountains in the world. How dare we think we can break the skin of a god and dig out its heart without bringing forth blood and darkness? Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake. To learn more about Old Gods of Appalachia, visit our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com, and be sure to complete your social media ritual and follow us on Facebook and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oldgodsofappalachia" rel="noopener noreferrer" ta
Episodes
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Meet Our Cousins: Don't Mind
We may be on hiatus, but our friends at Fool & Scholar are not, family, and today we're pleased to bring you the first episode of Don't Mind: Riku Cave. Don't Mind returns… as Yamashita Rindo begins her new job in the mountains near Chino, Japan. There, her team is prepared to document a recent...
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Episode 110: She Who Serves None
The tale of the Bride of Lonely Creek reaches its bloody conclusion in the final episode of season six. CW: Some more blood. Of course. References to the eating of human eyeballs and vermin, death by torture, monster sounds, collapsing sounds/explosions, and consumption of alcohol. Written by Cam...
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Episode 109: The Beast
As Joseph Bland’s dreams come to fruition, something stalks the men and women at Lonely Creek. CW: Yep. More blood. It’s murderpalooza over here, family. Drowning, disembowelment, flaying, consumption of human bodies, impalement, domestic violence, vomiting, mention of hunting animals (no animals...
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The Unfortunate Exorcism of Glory Ann Boggs TRAILER
Family, we are excited to announce our next miniseries, The Unfortunate Exorcism of Glory Ann Boggs. Available exclusively to our subscribers in the Holler. Episode one coming just in time for spooky season: October 1, 2026. Join us in the Holler today: oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler Special...
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Episode 108: The Offering
Summer brings rain of various kinds to Lonely Creek. CW: Still more blood (this is Lavinia’s story — did you expect anything less?). Falls from various types of heights, broken bones, more eyeball injury, knife wounds, interpersonal conflict, domestic abuse, mention of the deaths of parents and...
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Episode 107: The Acolyte
The bride explores her new home as shadows begin to stir. CW: Blood. We cannot stress that enough. Lots of blood. Eyeball injury, severed body parts, crushed limbs, impalements, interpersonal conflict, mention of the deaths of parents and grandparents. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited…
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Old Gods of Appalachia presents: Goth Prom
There’s a story whispered in these hollers that speaks of the ones who never got their proper prom — how they wait, patient as roots, for the night the veil goes thin enough to try again. This Halloween, that night comes to Asheville, North Carolina. On October 31st, Old Gods of Appalachia drags...
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Episode 106: The Bride
The rich man’s son brings his betrothed to Lonely Creek. CW: References to personal ads, mail-order brides, death of parents, cat sounds, rain and wind sounds, horse drawn carriage sounds. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve...
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Episode 105: The Builder
Old acquaintances come face to face, and a story begins. CW: References to slavery, racism, land theft, genocide of indigneous people, poison, eldritch madness, monster noises. Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by…
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Episode 104: Excursus III
A little palate cleanser before the final course of season six begins in earnest. CW: Public transportation sounds, monster noises. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro music: “The Land...
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Meet Our Cousins: Spooked
Well hey there, family. Old Gods of Appalachia is on a short break before the final story arc of season six begins, and will return on July 30th, 2026. But we can’t leave our family hanging for too long, so we have a special treat for y’all — a story from some cousins who spin their tales in the...
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Episode 103: Final Arbitration
Dinner and a show. CW: Gore, intense body horror, dismemberment, ocular destruction, vomiting, discussion of death of family members, familial strife, grief, mind control, vocal mourning, monster sounds, collapsing building/earthquake sounds. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and...
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Episode 102: Hour of the Ouroboros
Patience isn’t always a virtue. CW: Discussion of death of family members, familial strife, grief, mind control, and vocal mourning. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro...
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Episode 101: Keeper of Ways
Rachel Harlow arrives to greet her past and her future. CW: Discussion of murder of family members, mind control, and dismemberment and burial of dead bodies; small aircraft and door pounding sounds. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell…
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Episode 100: One Way Ticket
Wheels are set in motion, and there is no turning back. CW: Discussion of murder of family members, monster and train sounds, occult practices, mutilation and reanimation of a corpse, mind control. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated...
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Episode 99: Master of Doors
Commandments are broken and great men are found wanting. CW: Discussion of murder of family members, monster and train sounds, occult practices, mutilation and reanimation of a corpse, death by monster. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell...
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Episode 98: Generation of Vipers
In these mountains, there is more than one royal family. CW: Discussion of murder of family members, death post-childbirth; monster noises, train sounds, occult practices, and ritual self harm. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and...
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Episode 97: Excursus II
A little palate cleanser before the second course of season two begins in earnest. CW: Monster sounds; holiday party sounds; mention of a dead parent. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro...
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Meet Our Cousins: The Harbingers
Well hey there, family. This week Old Gods of Appalachia is taking an extra week off, as we do in between story arcs, and we will return on Thursday April 16th with the second arc of Old Gods of Appalachia Season 6: Long Shadows. We’ve got a whole new story we can’t wait to share with you. If you...
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Episode 96: Lessons Learned
The black door opens. Who or what will pass through? CW: Historical hospital settings, gore, deaths by monster and falling, monster and monster eating sounds, ghost violence, grief. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by...
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Episode 95: The Second Death
The dead make their case as oblivion lurks in the shadows. CW: Historical hospital settings, discussion of familial neglect and the death of a child, elements of a haunting., death by monster, evil cat and monster sounds. Written by Steve Shell Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell...
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Episode 94: Phantoms in the Early Dark
Ghosts of the past and the present manifest around the occupant of room sixteen. CW: Historical hospital settings, loss of bodily autonomy/control, death by mutilation, decapitation, and monster; sounds of screeching birds and breaking glass, endangerment of children, description of the aftermath...
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Episode 93: The Woman in Room Sixteen
In the summer of 1928, a mysterious stranger seeks help and healing at Woodhaven Sanitorium. CW: References to death by illness, historical hospital settings, eye/mouth related gore, loss of bodily autonomy/control, death by mutilation, decapitation, and monster; monster and crying sounds.…
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Episode 92: Excursus I
An amuse bouche before our first course of the season. CW: References to death by illness, historical hospital settings. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The...
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Episode 91: Season Six Prologue
A brief look ahead into the long shadows of Season Six. CW: References to family secrets, train sounds. Written by Steve Shell Edited by Cam Collins Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro/Outro music: “The Land Unknown (The...
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Season 6 Trailer #3: Nurse's Log
The patient has awakened... NEW SEASON 01.15.26 Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio. LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.com COMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL: Facebook Instagram Bluesky SUPPORT THE SHOW: Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy…
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Season 6 Trailer #2: A Farewell Note
By the time you read this, I will be gone... NEW SEASON 01.15.26 Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio. LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.com COMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL: Facebook Instagram Bluesky SUPPORT THE SHOW: Join us over at THE…
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Season 6 Trailer #1: Foreman's Report
How can soil hunger? NEW SEASON 01.15.26 Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio. LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.com COMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL: Facebook Instagram Bluesky SUPPORT THE SHOW: Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free...
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One Last House
A special preview of the exclusive content to be found within the Holler. www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/theholler When the porch lights begin to wink out, it’s time for all little ghouls and goblins to head on home, but two children decide to knock on just one more door. CW: Bugs. So. Many. Bugs.…
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Episode 90: When the Darkness Comes
All paths converge in a night of terror as season five comes to a close. CW: Sounds of: a loud rock concert, a fire alarm, a chainsaw, physical combat and injury by knives; contemplation of being LGBTQ+ in rural Appalachia, discussion of death of a partner, gore, multiple decapitations, impending...
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Episode 89: Lost in the Shadows
In the penultimate episode of season five, all roads lead to a sanctuary for music and those who worship at its altar. CW: Gore, trauma related flashbacks, group vocalizations of pain related to ritual practices, awkward teenage romance, lots of vampire violence. Description of stress induced...
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Episode 88: Good Times
As the sun sets, travelers make their way to the scruffy city of Knoxville. CW: Descriptions of a messy, unsanitary vehicle, automotive sounds, discussion of existential uncertainty, reflection on the death of a partner, references to urination, death by vampire, sexual themes, discussion of...
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Episode 87: Say Hello to the Night
Hunters of varying stripes take to the highway in pursuit of our young vampire friend. CW: References to historic racism and violence / hate crimes, lynching, threat of violence to crows (that is not carried out, family; you should know us better than that by now), death of a spouse, death of a...
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Episode 86: Cry Little Sister
Wild hearts take to the road and shadows follow. CW: References to narcotic use, the death of a partner, burn care, family strife/arguing, the satanic panic, aggressive evangelism, vampire stuff. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated…
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Episode 85: When You're Strange
The final arc of season five begins. Two trailer parks, unalike in dignity, is where we lay our scene. CW: Highway sounds, truck sounds, descriptions of mobile home parks, banging on door sounds, description of religion-themed family strife. Written by Steve Shell Produced and edited by Cam…
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Episode 84: Hardball
Vince and Chip have that chat. CW: Insects maggots, larvae, eye and internal body horror, gore, explosions, gunshots, collapsing building sounds, dog barking / growling sounds, sounds of a flamethrower, description of a dog in peril (unharmed), tequila and other alcohol use. Written by Cam…
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Episode 83: Field Training
An ancient adversary rears its many heads. CW: Blackmail, mention of marital infidelity, insect sounds, insect horror, lawyers. Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro music:...
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Episode 82: Cold Call
A stranger looking to make a deal comes calling. CW: Discussion of exploitation of elders, threatened wildlife, animals reacting to a threat. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro music…
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Episode 81: Gone Fishing
In the spring of 1983, two men share battle scars and brotherhood in the little town of Mavisdale, VA. CW: Discussion of war, divorce, marital strife, alcohol addiction, references to domestic violence, social work issues, forest / bird sounds. Written by Cam Collins Produced and edited by Cam...
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Episode 80: Change of Plans
Henricus Crane confronts the ghosts of his past. CW: Family strife, death of a sibling, monster violence,train sounds. Written by Steve Shell Produced and Edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell Narrated and Performed by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The…
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Episode 79: Portrait of Authority
Pretty Polly Barrow faces shadows of the past while upholding her end of a bargain. CW: Family strife, description of a horror/monster themed kink club, death of a child, mutilation, sounds of a building being destroyed, monster noises. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Narrated by Steve…
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Episode 78: The Horror of Babylon
On a mission, Polly Barrow finds an unexpected ally in the dead streets of Tourniquet. CW: Family strife, discussion of monster based kinks and the unnatural conception of a child, risk of harm by weather related motor accident. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Narrated by Steve Shell Sound...
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Episode 77: Brothers in Arms
The second arc of Season Five begins. In the winter of 1944, sibling rivalry runs rampant in the house that Barrow built. CW: Family strife, discussion of the unnatural conception of a child, occult rituals, gore. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins Narrated by Steve Shell Sound design by…
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Episode 76: The Good Son
The first story arc of season five comes to its inevitable conclusion. CW: Gunfire, kidnapping, fist fighting, gore, body horror, desecration of corpses, monster noises, howls, animal sounds, death of a child, ritual mutilation, death by monster, death by flora. Written by Steve Shell and Cam...
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Episode 75: Logistics and Provisions
Each side prepares for the oncoming night. CW: Discussion of suicide, dementia, depression, death of parents via auto accident, and smoking; kidnapping, occult/religious practices, religious trauma, threat of harm to an elder, CB Radio sound effects. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins…
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Episode 74: The Good Shepherd
The days grow darker in Baker’s Gap as allies from different generations meet face to face. CW: Gunfire, profanity, mentions of ritual sex magic, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, cult activity, kidnapping, hobbits, threat of harm to the elderly, depiction of the aftermath of a fist fight.…
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Episode 73: The Blood of Wolves
Old enemies rise as older friends try to make peace. CW: Gore, mutilation (facial, bodily, and eye), desecration of corpses, human sacrifice, cult activities, religious overtones, quasi-church service, vomit, discussion of the death of family members, addiction, support groups, homelessness....
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Stacking the Odds
"Stacking the Odds" was featured in the holiday live show Family Traditions, which was originally performed at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC, in December of 2023. CW: Family strife, prophecy, mention of animal butchery, discussion of infertility, Christianity, baked goods. Written by Cam…
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Episode 72: Strange Visitations
A family receives visitors in the shadow of the passing of a loved one. CW: Reflections on the death of friends and family, funeral home, mention of bodies lying in state for viewing, injury of an elder. Written by Steve Shell Narrated by Steve Shell Sound design by Steve Shell Produced and…
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Episode 71: Season Five Prologue
Welcome to Season Five, family. CW: Imagery of being trapped in a small town, imagery associated with the satanic panic, family strife. 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 Intro music: “The...
About this show
In the mountains of central Appalachia, blood runs as deep as these hollers and just as dark. Since before our kind knew these hills, hearts of unknowable hunger and madness have slumbered beneath them. These are the darkest mountains in the world. How dare we think we can break the skin of a god and dig out its heart without bringing forth blood and darkness? Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror-anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake.
To learn more about Old Gods of Appalachia, visit our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com, and be sure to complete your social media ritual and follow us on Facebook and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oldgodsofappalachia" rel="noopener noreferrer" ta
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