Episode 12: The Other Queen

[@OldGodsofAppalachia]

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[@dannymaurice5543]

That 'just not right now...' is simultaneously the most frustrating and satisfying thing because it means we are once again left thirsting for a conclusion and continuation, but also because it preludes the most vivifying thing you've heard yet. All in all, amounting to an ouroborous of storytelling; tangent begetting threads until a tapestry of bloody horror and black awe has been woven right before your minds eye. Old Gods be damned I love this series!

[@ericdeubanks]

"... like a chunk of the moon in the shape of a dead woman, standing vigil by the hawthorn tree ..." I've said this before, but these are so beautifully written! There's such music in the words themselves. So glad to be hearing this on a chilly, rainy night in southeast TN.

[@Ikea900]

I thought the same thing about "summer stretching her bones to make way for fall" this WRITING

[@theearthboundsatyr]

I'm from Texas, where the swamp meets the low scrub prairie, with oil in place of coal, and all the same stories of the railmen. A lot of the things in this story are familiar to my childhood landscape. The stories of deep woods - the kudzu, cryptids, witches, old ghosts - stories to keep the children scared enough to be safe from the things in the dark. It's comforting to realize how similar it can be (even with the noted differences) between cultures hundreds of miles apart.

[@SpiderkillersInc]

What a blessed day, family...

[@randomlyweirdjeff4638]

I have a Gibson in my family tree who was a Union soldier, he was buried in Lexington Ky I think in 1862 or 1863. I also have family who fought for the confederacy as well.

[@chadallen8410]

Scariest part about this episode is my 6 year old tells me the lady that comes out of the woods beside my house tells him bad things. Thats happened probably 5 times in the last year.

[@Shordanna]

Cryptic greeting to y'all, Family from Kelowna BC :) love listening to this while I work dark, all-encompassing nights as a Designated Driver 😊💖

[@FirstnameLastname-bh9qs]

It feels great to hear the Landon Blood and Those Poor Bastards again

[@Ikea900]

Hey family! This is honestly the best horror podcast I've ever found. I've been flying through these episodes. The writing and voice acting is outstanding.

[@justincroteau1458]

I totally agree! I found this only recently, but I listen to many of these types, but this one stands above them in my opinion

[@robstewartstewart98]

Discovered this podcast yesterday and been loving marathoning this!

[@lisasage3164]

The writing. The reading. So beautiful!!

[@Pokeberrypie]

You really can't find Craw Tennessee on any map, but I'd be so curious about seeing this town. I live so close.

[@CrowSkeleton]

[skitters in late, knocking over a chair] Hey Family, sorry I'm late: I've got to have work in my hands to listen and it's been a while since I had space for my own mending and such...this podcast is so good I can't take it in a rush nor half-attentive, though. Aside from maybe Emily Carroll's comics you're the best living writers in horror I have encountered and I love these compost dogs and poor Dead Queen.

[@ThunderStruck15]

I'm on my third listen through over the years

[@finn9707]

Hey there family, hope ya'll are doing alright out there

[@OldGodsofAppalachia]

Thank you,, Family, and you as well.

[@imchoosingnottoexist6894]

Hey family! Been a while, but I'm back. Starting season 2 from the beginning again

[@RambleRandi]

This is one of the blessings of today.

[@lucybella6653]

So terrifying good job guys

[@kaelmolo1432]

YESSSS

[@Dirpman42]

Please tell your close ones that you love them. You never know when you've been dead for three days and have been puppeted by a powerful spirit of the wood and have been called to return to the earth.

[@robertcaughell2658]

What is a haint? (Haynt?) Ive never heard the word before

[@OldGodsofAppalachia]

Google is your friend.

[@jeffanon1772]

Country people call ghosts or spirits haints.... Comes from hainted=haunted

[@ludo6643]

Please can you put some subtitles ? I love your podcast but i can' t undurstand everything

[@OldGodsofAppalachia]

Transcripts for the show are available in the episodes section at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com.

[@lucybella6653]

Moonlight & Mud...

[@thefisherking78]

OMG what