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Episode 4: The Sacrifice: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part Four

Old Gods of Appalachia

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'Hush Now, Honey, Look at Me'

Cletus had spent six feverish nights working on the thing, driven by both the voices and his own desperate need to get their visions out of his head. The pattern carved deep into the wood was nearly impossible to follow with the eye, twisting and whirls and slashes the mad your head hurt. When pastor garvin told his congregation they had been divinely inspired, well, they said, amia a knife rested on the right edge of the altar. Cletus flicked his hand out into the crowd, blood splattering the altar and the men on the ground. Lord, let them be resurrected into the light of day. Amen, clitus echoed back to them

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