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

Old Gods of Appalachia

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Myrtle Hooper's Story

Myrtle had always been a jealous thing. Never shared with her little brother, never gave him more'n a good smack when she was mad enough. The hoopers were known to be a drunken, violent lot that live down in sawrstown stretch of shacks and shanties about five miles south of gocean creek. Says if he leaves the yard, that boy and his lantern are goin to be there wait for him.

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