About this episode

The episode explores themes of grief and familial strife through a narrative lens.

Patience isn’t always a virtue. CW: Discussion of death of family members, familial strife, grief, mind control, and vocal mourning. Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins 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 Reach Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood Outro music: “Can’t Wait ‘Til Armageddon” by Those Poor Bastards ( download ) Special equipment consideration provided by Lauten Audio. LEARN MORE ABOUT OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA: www.oldgodsofappalachia.com COMPLETE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA RITUAL: Facebook Instagram Bluesky SUPPORT THE SHOW: Join us over at THE HOLLER to enjoy ad-free episodes, access exclusive storylines and more. Buy t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, and other Old Gods merch. CLASSIC MERCH: merch.oldgodsofappalachia.com TOUR MERCH & SPECIALTY ITEMS: oldgodsmerch.com . Transcripts available on our website at www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/episodes . © 2026 DeepNerd Media. All rights reserved. No part of this audio production or its written transcript may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial…

People in this episode

Host: Steve Shell

Topics covered

• grief
• family
• mind control
• mourning
• death

Keywords

• Appalachia
• death
• grief
• mind control
• familial strife

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: DeepNerd Media, Lauten Audio

Books & works: The Land Unknown (The Where the Light Don’t Reach Verses), Can’t Wait ‘Til Armageddon

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