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Care package addendum

Clarification, since some folks seem confused.

The post earlier today applies to those who HAVE NEVER RECEIVED a care package. Please don't message us if you've already gotten one. 

Let us know if:

1. You were subscribed at $15 or $20 for at least 2 mos. (US) or 3 mos. (International)

2. You do not receive a shipping notification in the next 24 hours.

3. You didn't receive a package previously.

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Care package update

Shipping is truly a family affair here at DeepNerd Merch HQ! Today Bryan's mom helped us stick labels on the final round of care packages to get us caught up through January.

That is, as far as our records show. There are a few of you who may have changed tiers before we got our Patron shipping database completed. 

If you were pledged for 2 months or more (US) or 3 months or more (International) at the $15 or $20 tier at any time and haven't yet received a ca...

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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 5: Waylon's Retreat

Waylon Boggs sets off to find his center before heading to face the darkness.

CW: mention of death in childbirth, mention of death of a parent/sibling, rain/storm sound effects, monster growls, emotional vulnerability.

Written by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Waylon Boggs: Brandon Bentley
The voice of Lucas Frazier: Matthew Krieg
Intro and Outro Music: “Black Mouthed Dog...

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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 4: Bloody and Unraveled

The young folk of Boggs Holler continue their search for the missing children and find new blood and old stories in the deep woods.

CW: being stalked/chased by an animal, suggested death of a child, rain/storm sound effects.

Written by Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
Additional audio engineering by Kris Hayes
The voice of Verna Teasley: Aliya Johnson
The voice of Granny Joan: Méabh de Br...

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Salt of the Earth

It's Christmas Eve 1924, and Pretty Polly Barrow has come all the way from the home office in Pennsylvania to deliver a special holiday message from the family to the workers at Barrow Alkali Works in Palmer, Virginia.

CW: Discussion of weird breeding habits, environmental disaster, body horror, gore.

Written by Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Pretty Polly Barrow: Tracey Johnston-C...

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Springtime in Boggs Holler – Chapter Three: Briar Vine

Glory Ann Boggs does what she can to help Cowboy, and there are repercussions.

CW: mutilation, simulated harm of a child, descriptions of wounds/bleeding, injury via thorns/flora, intense rumbling, sentient plant violence, occult rituals.

Written by Steve Shell and Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Glory Ann Boggs: Allison Mullins
Intro Music: “Springtime in The Holler” by Landon Blood
Outro Music: “Bu...

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Springtime in Boggs Holler – Chapter Two: Hunger Pains

Melvin Blevins and young Cowboy run afoul of the locals.

CW: monster violence, mutilation, death by auto accident, earthquake sounds, worms, mucus, endangerment of a child, attempted kidnapping.

Written by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Glory Ann Boggs: Allison Mullins
Intro Music: “Springtime in The Holler” by Landon Blood
Outro Music: “I Cannot Escape The Darkness” by Those Poor Bastards
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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 3: Down by the Bottom

Waylon, Verna and Glory Ann take to the woods to search for the missing children.

CW: being stalked/chased by an animal, bullying, rain/storm sound effects, monster/animal sound effects.

Written by Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Verna Teasley: Aliya Johnson
The voice of Glory Ann Teasley: Allison Mullins
The voice of Waylon Boggs: Brandon Bentley
The voice of Kyle Teasely...

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Springtime in Boggs Holler – Chapter One: A Cowboy Calls

Evening, family. Springtime in Boggs Holler's first chapter goes live for the general public on Thursday, but seeing as y'all are already anticipating Black Mouthed Dog tomorrow, we thought we'd go ahead and let you have Springtime Chapter One tonight. So without further ado...

Springtime in Boggs Holler – Chapter One: A Cowboy Calls

Glory Ann Boggs receives unannounced early morning company.

CW: Discussion of mortality, aging, death.

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Interviews & Guest spots

Happy Friday, family! Just wanted to drop a quick link as it's been brought to our attention lots of folks don't realize this page exists on our website.

Did you know Steve and Cam have appeared on several other shows? You can stream our interviews and guest apperances here:

https://www.oldgodsofappalachia.com/interviews

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New Jersey, we're coming for you!

Family, we're excited to announce that Old Gods of Appalachia has been invited to be a part of the New Jersey Web Festival! NJ fans, we'll be headed your way next fall. To learn more, check out newjerseywebfest.com.

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Black Mouthed Dog holiday update

Family, we know y’all are looking forward to episode 3 of Black Mouthed Dog, which normally would be in production with our cast this week in preparation for release next week. However, this is Thanksgiving week here in the US, and we and our cast will be enjoying some family time. So BMD will resume production next week, and you can anticipate the release of episode 3 on December 8th.

Wishing y’all a happy holiday if you celebrate it, or a nice day off if you don’t. And for o...

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Old Gods of Appalachia: The Roleplaying Game

Family, it's been a long road filled with more potholes than the back end of Esau County, and we know it's taken some time to get here. So without further ado, we're thrilled to announce that we have partnered with Monte Cook Games to produce the Old Gods of Appalachia table-top roleplaying game in 2022! Follow this link to sign up to be notified when the Kickstarter launches:

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Meet the voice of young Waylon Boggs : Brandon Bentley

Y'all welcome Brother Brandon (he/him) to the Old Gods voice acting family!

Brandon Bentley was born and raised in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, and studied Musical Theatre at Emory & Henry College. Brandon currently resides in Cincinnati, OH, with his partners and dog. He has been seen on many stages across Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Kentucky and always looks forward to sharing an amazing story with his audience.

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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 2: Batch and the Black Door

We meet Uncle Batch as he deals with the damage done by one war while fighting on another front no one else seems to see.

CW: References to war/military related trauma and death, endangerment of children and family members, ghosts, the afterlife, rain/storm sound effects, monster/animal sound effects.

Written by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Waylon Boggs: Brandon Bentley
The v...

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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 1: There Will Be More Rain

The elders of Boggs Holler depart to deal with matters undisclosed, leaving the older scions of the Teasley and Boggs families to mind the holler as the rain falls and dark things stir in the underbrush.

CW: References to death of child and family members, ghosts, the afterlife, rain/storm sound effects, monster/animal sound effects.

Written by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell
The voice of Lewis...

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Family Meeting: All Hallows 2021

Gather round, family. Steve and Cam have some important news to share about what's coming for the rest of 2021 and heading into 2022.

  • Black Mouthed Dog & Porch Light, coming soon for patrons
  • An upcoming live, ticketed event
  • The OGoA TTRPG
  • And yes, season three
  • And more!

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Bumper Crop

Stuck covering the night shift, Ada Spivey was having a hard time finding her Halloween spirit. It found her instead. A standalone tale set in the world of Old Gods of Appalachia.

CW: Horticultural horror. Brief mention of DUI accidents and other holiday injuries. Pet endangerment (he's fine; he lived to a ripe old age and passed peacefully in his sleep).

Written by Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Produced by Cam Collins and Steve Shell...

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Thicker Than Rainwater update

Family, just a quick follow-up on Thicker Than Rainwater, last month's fundraiser for Hurricane Ida relief. With your help, we raised $3000 between donations on YouTube and purchases of Landon's full-length version of "The Land Unknown" on Bandcamp. The deposits from YouTube and Bandcamp are in (YouTube takes a month or so) and have been distributed to non-profits that directly benefit BIPOC and trans folk affected by Hurricane Ida, as well as relief efforts for victims of the related floodin...

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Coming Halloween Night

We're still on hiatus, but this Sunday night Cam has the darkest tricks and the sweetest treats loaded up in a very special Old Gods of Appalachia Halloween event. Live at sundown Halloween night for the whole Family.

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Black Mouthed Dog – Episode 0: Prologue

The girl was not meant to be in the woods alone at night. She wasn’t supposed to be in the woods at all.  And Maggie Bentley would soon wish she'd listened to her Granny and kept to the road instead.

CW: Child endangerment / death, death of a partner / parent via military service, substance abuse, animal sounds, character hunted by an animal, character lost / disoriented in the dark.

Written by Cam Collins
Narrated by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Pro...

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Finalist Voting for the 2021 AudioVerse Awards Now Open!

Finalist voting in this year's AudioVerse Awards is now open. It's ranked choice voting and way less complicated than last year, but it still takes a minute, if you could go vote for us and rank us high where you would Family

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Thank you for supporting Thicker Than Rainwater!

If you were one of the donors who scored a chapbook last night, we've left a message on the "Discussion" part of your YT channel/account.  That's the only contact option YT gives us.  So go check and if we left you a message, send us an email with your mailing address to info@oldgodsofappalachia.com 

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As Promised...

Family, we give you, Mr. Landon Blood. 

https://oldgodsofappalachia.bandcamp.com/track/the-land-unknown

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Well done.

Brother Landon will be unchained shortly. 

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PLEASE double check that you're subscribed to you YouTube Channel for Tomorrow's Benefit

Last chance to dance, y'all.  Our benefit for communities impacted by Hurricane Ida is tomorrow (Sun. 9.26.21) and we're close to unlocking Brother Landon's song. Bring us home to 10k. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0HevYbkZ1_T86rjbzspefQ

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Want a downloadable/streamable version of the theme song by Landon Blood?

Hey y'all have been asking for this since season one, so we're giving you the chance to have it.  We need to grow our YT subs. We have built up all our other platforms and we need to play catch up over on YT.  So, here's the deal.  If you help us break 10k YT subs by this Sunday we'll make a SPECIAL FULL BAND VERSION of the OGOA Theme song "The Land Unknown" as performed by Landon Blood available on BandCamp for Pay What You Can with all proceeds going to our hurricane relief e...

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BONUS: Steve and Cam Interview Yuri Lowenthal and Corey Ryan Forrester

Steve and Cam join Yuri Lowenthal and The Buttercream Dream himself, Corey Ryan Forrester to talk about parts of season 2, experiencing the Old Gods while under the influence of the green, strip clubs, comedy clubs and invite you to join them at the cool cousins' table at this particular family reunion.

CW: profanity, frank discussion of recreational drug use, discussion of sex work, discussion of the ground becoming snakes, discussion of food poisoning and scatalogical humor.

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Advanced Patron Content Hints for the Hurricane Benefit on YouTube SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 26TH 2021 6 PM EASTERN

-Advance live read of a new content Teaser Episode written by Cam Collins.

-Landon Blood performing the FULL OGOA theme song live from his barn in Louisiana.

-A special live read of a very early episode that hasn't been touched since 2019, read with the fully realized Narrator voice and production style.   

-Musical performance by Blood on the Harp

-Top 20 Donating Patrons will get the last 20 copies of Circles of Salt (Steve's 2015 poetry Chabpook)...

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Cam Reads – Episode 2: A Night in the Lonesome October

Welcome to spooky season! Cam will be reading to you from some of her favorite seasonal selections all through September and October. First up is Roger Zelazny's classic A Night in the Lonesome October

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