Old Gods of Appalachia
Episode 5: The Boy: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Five

Episode 5: The Boy: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Five

December 19, 2019

Who speaks for the young dead lost beneath the fair earth? The Boy comes to Barlo.

CW: Frank discussion of historical child labor and depictions of injuries/death as a result of child labor and intentional harm, death by industrial fire, traumatic memories, references to a period psychiatric hospital, explosions.

Written by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Intro music: "The Land Unknown," written and performed by Landon Blood
Outro music: "I Cannot Escape the Darkness," written and performed by Those Poor Bastards

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