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

Old Gods of Appalachia

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'Bobby', 'Avalon'

Earle hamner, whose first name was indeed robert, called bobby by his mamma, froze and paled as he heard the name of the place. He'd been expecting to find his mules and little jacob erskine, waiting for their breakfast, and instead he found them suffocated and dead. Earl's mind reeled and detached. The present horror seemed to fade. Because earl hamner was back in avalon now, and lon was burning. And then a wave of heat and fire aruffed it, and hearl ran. Somehow, he outran the angel of death that visited almost every house in avalon that day,

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