The Spectral Voyager Episode 4: The Cult of Unknown Tongues
Added 2023-09-06 01:38:04 +0000 UTCWhen it comes to possession, we’re used to hearing stories about the demonic variety. But there’s another side to it: those anointed by the Holy Spirit in religious movements such as Pentecostalism. This type of possession crescendos to ecstatic states, along with spastic movements, snake and fire handling, poison drinking, and faith healing. And in this rare case, a murder done in the name of god. This is the story of one of the most bizarre, depraved, & little known acts of spirit possession ever committed: Appalachia’s first & only case of ritual sacrifice. Was spirit possession really to blame for the Unknown Tongue Cult murder? And as a chaser, Jake tells the tragic/comic story of George Went Hensley, the man responsible for popularizing snake handling at church. Can you guess how that one ends?
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The Spectral Voyager theme composed by Nick Sena.
Additional music by Pontus Berghe, Jake Rockatansky, and Silvia Tarozzi.
Editing by Corey Klotz.
QAA’s website: http://qanonanonymous.com
Comments
This episode is INSANE. Jake was so on point with this episode.
Ruth Kiszka
2024-12-30 22:04:54 +0000 UTCJust now getting around to binging all of the voyager series. They’re all wonderful! Good job Jake and Brad! I’ve got family in Arkansas who attends what they call a zoo church on the mountain. They pick up snakes and speak in tongues. Before my parents made the switch to Baptist, we were Pentecostal and to this day, some of my worst nightmares involve the people foaming and spitting and convulsing at the pulpit and yelling in tongues. The last time I ever stepped foot in the Pentecost church was before Obama got elected and my grandma rushed us there to pray over the country and everyone broke out in tongues, and it scared me so bad that I left through a bathroom window and ran down the streets of south Dallas trying to find a phone to call my parents with to pick me the fuck up 💀
Renegade Angel
2023-12-03 11:51:47 +0000 UTCwas at work today delivering mail and when the bit about 'they brought the wonder of the zoo to church' came up i saw a brilliant glimpse into an alternate universe where the line in the bible was instead 'and they shall fight silverback gorillas' and almost died laughing
kiahl
2023-10-19 04:40:37 +0000 UTCThere is a great book about a attempted murder in a snake handling church, which then turns into a book about an exploration of the beliefs and people (similar to the journey this pod took). Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia by Dennis Covington. Great read. The books begins in Alabama, 1991, when a snake handling preacher forces his wife at gunpoint to put her arm in a box of rattlesnakes. She’s bitten two times and almost dies. Also - later in the book the author meets and talks to Punkin Brown. It’s been probably about a decade since I’ve read this book (it was published in ‘95). I’ve always said it’s one of my favorite books. Time to read it again! Loved this episode so much!
2023-10-08 18:23:27 +0000 UTCthe actual worst thing about living in California is having to say, "actually...it's San 'Pee-dro'" 😔
steaknap
2023-09-18 04:06:50 +0000 UTC
