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Mar 2022
29m 11s

Episode 32: Runs in the Family

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In the early decades of the 20th century, unions are on the rise in coal country. Those who toil beneath the dark earth balk under the yoke of the Barrow family’s rule, and something must be done.


CW: References to occult phenomena, unnatural means of reproduction, human sacrifice, ghosts, mutilation, beheading and maiming human beings, monster sounds.


Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Pretty Polly Barrow: Tracey Johnston-Crum

Intro Music: “The Land Unknown (The Pound of Flesh Verses)” written and performed by Landon Blood

Outro Music: “Pretty Polly” as performed by Landon Blood and John Lee Bullard


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