Episode 93: The Woman in Room Sixteen
Old Gods of Appalachia
Old Gods of Appalachia
4.9 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
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.
Written by Steve Shell
Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
Narrated and performed by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
The voice of Wally Gentry: Don Martin
Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don’t Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood
Outro music: “Sick and Alone” by Those Poor Bastards
Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.
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| 0:48.7 | Woodhaven Sanatorium, 1928. |
| 1:04.2 | Wally Gentry hummed a jaunty tune as he slid his time card into its numbered slot on the wall |
| 1:09.9 | and walked to look himself |
| 1:11.2 | over in the staff locker room mirror. His white slacks and white button-up shirt were immaculate. |
| 1:17.8 | His shoes were shined, his hair perfectly quaffed, and his tidy mustache groomed and waxed. |
| 1:24.2 | While he could have passed for a waiter in a fine restaurant up in Tipton or down the mountain in Asheville, |
| 1:29.7 | bringing fancy food to rich folks and just raking in the tips. |
| 1:33.9 | To be fair, he did serve some of the richest folks in the whole US of A here at the sanatorium. |
| 1:38.6 | They just happened to be choking on their last breaths rather than choking down fancy cocktails and caviar. |
| 1:45.9 | Wally had been working out here in the middle of nowhere for so long, he was almost ready |
| 1:50.3 | to start waiting tables just for a change of pace. |
| 1:54.1 | Almost. |
| 1:56.0 | Normally, clocking in at four on a Wednesday, would fill him with dread, as it meant he |
| 2:00.4 | was here till midnight and would have to make the lonely trip back down the mountain in the middle of the |
| 2:04.2 | night. After dinner, he'd help settle the residents into their rooms for the night and send |
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