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Old Gods of Appalachia
DeepNerd Media
An Appalachian horror anthology set in a haunted alternate Appalachia where the mountains are old and hungry.
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 th
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 CollinsP
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve ShellNarrated and performed by Steve ShellSound design by Steve Sh
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Colli
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve S
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Co
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve ShellNarrated and performed by Steve ShellSound design by Steve
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
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 CollinsProduced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
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 ShellProduced and edited by Cam Colli
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