Episode 18: Where the Cold Wind Blows

Old Gods of Appalachia

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Frank Tilley was not a nice man, nor one beloved by his community. He may even have been a pain in Sheriff Andy Hodge's buttocks. But no man deserved to die like that.

Tonight, the dark earth comes for one of its own.

CW: Discussion of domestic violence.

Written and directed by Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Intro music: "The Land Unknown," written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro music: "In the Pines" (traditional), performed by Keena Graham

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0:00.0	Rosti Quill presents
0:07.0	Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast,
0:13.0	and therefore may contain material not suitable for all audiences.
0:18.0	So, listen to discretion.
0:21.0	Is it wise?
0:34.0	Frank Tilly was not a nice man, nor one beloved by his community.
0:42.0	What he was was a man who could be counted on to get you something to wet your whistle.
0:48.0	At a time when such things were both scarce and risky to come by.
0:53.0	Frank wasn't a moon shiner himself.
0:56.0	He had no patience for the care and attention to detail that making good shine required,
1:01.0	but through his work in the local yard of Locke Rail.
1:05.0	He had made a number of connections with the bootleggers up north
1:09.0	who were only too happy to pay for properly distilled spirits.
1:14.0	Those that were not likely to make you go blind or even kill you as the bathtub gin and other liquor is made by amateurs
1:21.0	looking to cash in on the black market created by that unfortunate amendment passed in 1920 had been known to do.
1:30.0	Quite a few of the men and women of Appalachia had learnt the fine art of distilling at the granddaddy or Memo's knee,
1:37.0	just as they had learnt from theirs.
1:40.0	They went to generations back, all the way back to their ancestors in Ireland, Scotland or other such far-flung places.
1:48.0	Frank was the man who brought the fruits of their labor to a market only too eager to pay a premium for good spirits.
2:00.0	About half the folks in Baker's gap tolerated Frank because he was useful and other half because they was scared of him.
2:09.0	Frank was a big man.
2:11.0	Had to be six foot four in his boots at least, and meaner than a copperhead with his tail tied to knot,
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