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

Old Gods of Appalachia

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Old Number Seven - A Fire Bell Sounded

Old number seven was on fire. Earle hamner had been under a lot of pressure, what with old number 7 strike and bringing them colored men in from ohio. Maybe it just stirred up too many memories, too many ghosts. He'd caught it this time. Let the boys go looking, hed he go secure the entrance. That's what he'd do as he crested the rise to the surface. It's a shadowy little alcove that you could only really see into as you passed through it,. due to the slope of the path and the increasing dark. There were no men, no mules, no sunlight, just blank faced, dead eyed boys, all ages

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