2023 Showcase: Old Gods of Appalachia

The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

This is Cam Collins, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia, a horror fiction podcast set in an alternate Appalachia, a world where these mountains were never meant to be inhabited. The episode you are about to hear is “School Spirit,” our winter holiday special. It’s a standalone episode, so you should be able to enjoy the story with no prior knowledge of our regular season storyline. Thank you for listening.

CW: Loud / percussive noises, gore, body horror, religious trauma, fundamentalist religious practices, themes relating to the satanic panic, possession, monster violence, bullying, mutilation, monster noises, sounds of monster-related automotive destruction, family endangerment, vice-principals, high school.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve ShellSound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Bonnie Culbertson: Renee Hill

The voice of Tyler Culbertson: Jacob Danielsen-Moore

The voice of Chris Ramey: Matt Evans

The voice of Vice Principal Rusty “Flat Top” Collins: Brandon Sartain

Intro music: “50 Second Instrumental” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: “God’s Dark Heaven” written and performed by Those Poor Bastards

Transcript can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ga3Wx1y_Gi2amF3LWgS6anhSwI07U_EC/view?usp=sharing

https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com

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