Episode 82: Cold Call

Old Gods of Appalachia

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

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: “The Land Unknown (The Home is Nowhere Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “Stone’s Throw" by Jon Charles Dwyer (available exclusively on the Old Gods of Appalachia bandcamp page at oldgodsofappalachia.bandcamp.com)

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0:00.0	Well, hey there, family, Steve Scheld from Old Gods of Appalachia here. If you're listening to one of
0:06.3	the earlier episodes of our show, those before the beginning of season five, you may hear us talk
0:11.8	about supporting the show through our Patreon. I'm just popping in to let you know that Patreon
0:16.6	is going away. We just launched our very own subscription service, The Holler.
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0:27.3	and their listeners.
0:28.3	We think you're going to like it a lot.
0:30.3	So if you'd like to support the show and enjoy ad-free episodes, exclusive
0:33.7	storylines and more, visit Old Gods of Appalachia.com slash the holler and join the family today.
0:41.3	You can find that link in the show notes of every episode.
0:59.5	Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast and therefore may contain material not suitable for all audiences.
1:07.6	So listener discretion is advised.
1:10.5	Thank you. so listener discretion is advised.
1:16.1	There are moments that serve as turning points that change the course of life as we know it.
1:22.6	There is the world before, irretrievable, and the world that exists after forever altered.
1:29.9	The feeling of the envelope in a young man's hand that informs him his country has drafted
1:34.4	him into bloody service. The blazing flash, a panic, as a soldier realizes he stepped
1:40.3	on a landmine, the knock on a worried mother's door that announces the arrival of two men
1:45.9	in uniform who brought her only a folded flag and a letter. Seeing the strangely dressed man
1:53.9	stepped from the woods near Chaplin's Creek was just such a moment for Chip Collins, little
1:59.7	though he knew it at the time.
2:03.3	Chip and his longtime friend Gary Jesse regarded the stranger in their midst for several
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