Episode 94: Phantoms in the Early Dark
2/26/202634 min
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 of the aftermath of a mass killing, elements of a haunting.
Written by Steve Shell
Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
Narrated and performed by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Intro music: “The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don’t Re...
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Well, hey there, family. If you love Old Gods of Appalachia or wanna help us keep the home fires burning, but maybe aren't comfortable with the monthly commitment, well, you can still support us via the ACast Supporter feature. No gift too large, no gift too small. Just click on the link in the show description, and you too can toss your tithe in the collection plate. Feel free to go ahead and do that right about now. Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror anthology podcast, and therefore may contain material not suitable for all audiences, so listener discretion is advised. [mysterious music] Overnight shifts at Woodhaven Sanatorium tended to be peaceful, the quiet of the deep hours after midnight broken only by the coughing of one patient or the labored breathing of another. With the diminished population of the facility in the wake of the opening of the new state hospital, it was even quieter than usual. Phyllis Moore had pulled the graveyard shift this week, and she didn't mind at all. Since her husband had passed a couple of years before, she didn't sleep so