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

Old Gods of Appalachia

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Barlow, Kentucky, Five, the Boy

Mountain boys are tough, resourceful and do what's best for their family. The number of boys who never came home was astounding. Roy absher lost all three of his boys in the mines before they was 15. Some say he's a ghost. Others say he's harbinger. Still, others say he's something else entire.

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