Episode 96: Lessons Learned
Old Gods of Appalachia
Old Gods of Appalachia
4.9 • 5.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
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 Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
The voice of Granny White: Betsy Puckett
The voice of Brother Bartholomew: Dr. Ray Christian
Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don’t Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood
Outro music: “I Cannot Escape the Darkness" by Those Poor Bastards
Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio.
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| 0:21.6 | and you too can toss your tithe in the collection plate. |
| 0:24.4 | Feel free to go ahead and do that. |
| 0:26.7 | Right about now. |
| 0:32.4 | Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast, |
| 0:40.3 | and therefore may contain material not suitable for all audiences |
| 0:43.7 | so listening to discretion |
| 0:46.0 | is advised |
| 0:48.2 | you know Regina Fletcher woke in her own cold grave. |
| 1:04.5 | She wasn't sure how she got back here. |
| 1:08.1 | She hadn't gotten used to being dead yet. |
| 1:11.6 | It certainly wasn't what she had expected. |
| 1:14.5 | The good book had never mentioned all the rules and protocols that govern the afterlife. |
| 1:19.7 | Regina had been a lifelong churchgoer at North Liberty Presbyterian, |
| 1:23.9 | and when she finally found herself on the other side of the veil, |
| 1:26.7 | she'd expected pearly gates. |
| 1:28.9 | Not an old black door. |
| 1:31.9 | Like a vast black hulled ship emerging from a dense fog that dread portal had appeared. |
| 1:38.1 | And she'd been afraid. |
| 1:40.8 | There were no angel. |
| 1:42.5 | No welcoming saints, just a heavy slab of black wood that stood between her and whatever come next. |
| 1:48.7 | And at first she was distraught, thinking that this must surely be the gate to hell. |
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