Episode 74: The Good Shepherd

Old Gods of Appalachia

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

4.9 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The days grow darker in Baker’s Gap as allies from different generations meet face to face.

CW: Gunfire, profanity, mentions of ritual sex magic, marijuana, psychedelic mushrooms, cult activity, kidnapping, hobbits, threat of harm to the elderly, depiction of the aftermath of a fist fight.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Cowboy Absher: Brandon Bentley

Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Home is Nowhere 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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0:00.0	Well, hey there, family, Steve Scheld from Old Gods of Appalachia here. If you're listening to one of
0:06.3	the earlier episodes of our show, those before the beginning of season five, you may hear us talk
0:11.8	about supporting the show through our Patreon. I'm just popping in to let you know that Patreon
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0:33.7	storylines and more, visit Old Gods of Appalachia.com slash the holler and join the family
0:40.3	today. You can find that link in the show notes of every episode. Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast
1:00.1	and therefore may contain material not suitable for all audiences.
1:08.2	So listener discretion is advised.
1:19.1	Baker's Gap, Tennessee,
1:24.4	1989.
1:26.3	Thank you. 1989. The woods that laid either side of the big gap road were just as dark and ominous as he feared.
1:38.3	Bryce Adam sighed and shook his head as he and his girlfriend Crystal hiked up the hill from the turn
1:45.8	off the main road where they'd stashed her uncle's workman. Bryce had been here for three
1:51.9	whole semesters and still wasn't used to what his parents in Nashville called the country life.
1:58.7	He flunked out of Vanderbilt after a boring year spent working in the mailroom of his daddy's law office,
2:05.1	found himself attending a small four-year school in Tipton.
2:09.9	It was the ass into nowhere, but hell, the weed was good,
2:14.7	and he'd found a group of fellow weirdos who were obsessed with Lord of the Rings and
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