Date Night

Old Gods of Appalachia

Horror, Folk Horror, Anthology, Science Fiction, Fiction, Appalachia, Eldritch

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ ? minutes

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Summary

Valentine’s day is a holiday steeped in blood, sacrifice and violence. Come with us as we show you how bloody it can get.

CW: gore, marital infidelity, murder by stabbing, mutilation, murder in romantic situations, implied violent death of a family, mention of animal sacrifice (goat), catholicism, cult practices.

Written by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Additional voice acting: Cam Collins

Intro music: "The Bride" by Landon Blood

Outro music: "The Bride" by Landon Blood

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0:00.0	Rusty Quill presents
0:08.0	Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast, and therefore may contain material
0:15.4	not suitable for all audiences. So, listen to discretion, is advised.
0:24.0	Seriously, family, tonight's episode veers into the arena of true horror.
0:31.0	So, listen responsibly now.
0:43.0	Old Gods of Appalachia presents
0:47.0	Date Night, a tale for the season by Cam Collins.
1:08.0	Valentine's Day, a day for sweethearts, for cards and flowers and heart-shaped chocolate
1:16.0	boxes, for children to swap paper hearts with their closest pals and leave candy hearts
1:21.5	on their favorite teacher's desk, for secret admirers and private asignations.
1:28.0	Now, in these modern times, some folks derive Valentine's Day as a hallmark holiday, a
1:33.5	craft display of consumerism and greed meant only to line the pockets of corporations
1:38.5	at the expense of us average folks and family. That's simply it and so.
1:45.0	Whilst February 14th may have become corrupted by those interests in the world we find ourselves
1:50.0	today, a holiday in honor of love and romance or, to be fair, just sex has been celebrated
2:00.0	in the depths of winter for centuries. While some historians disagree about the exact
2:06.0	origins of February's tender heart at holiday, it's clear that it owes some of its
2:10.0	provenance to Luperchalia. An ancient Roman fertility festival celebrated at the
2:15.0	Iads or 15th or so of February.
2:18.0	Luperchalia honored both Faunus, the god of agriculture, and Romulus and Remus,
2:23.0	legendary founders of Rome, who were said to be abandoned as infants and rescued and nurtured
2:27.5	by a great sheep wolf. To kick off the Rockus Festival, priest of that Roman order would gather
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