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May 2022
44m 40s

Episode 35: More Harm Than Good

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About this episode

The people of Bower County have had just about enough of Polly Barrow and the boys, and decide to do something about it.


CW: An armed mob, references to witchcraft practices, fire, house fire, burns / injuries incurred from those fires, non-graphic mention of a gunshot wound, strangulation, smothering / difficulty breathing, death by blunt force, explosions,body horror, ghosts, supernatural attack on a woman by a man, monster violence, ageist language (used by a villain), death, sounds of a woman in psychic pain.


Written by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

Special script consultant: DJ Rogers

Narrated by Steve Shell

Sound design by Steve Shell

Produced and edited by Cam Collins and Steve Shell

The voice of Polly Barrow: Tracy Johnston-Crum

The voice of Granny Underwood: Stephanie Hickling-Beckman

The voice of Nina Jennings: Shasparay Irvine

The voice of Tobias Underwood: DJ Rogers

The voice of Franklin Moses: Dr. Ray Christian

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 and a second version performed by Stacie Sexton.


Special guest voices (aka The Churchman Ghost Chorus): Cam Collins, Laura Hampton, Manda Alley Leonard, Jordan Shiveley, Kelson Stallard, Amerie Helton, Tonya Woolard, Nathan Cavicci, Jason Strength, Fiona Chamness, Colin Bulla, DL Armistead, Mortellus, Eric Daniel Pavey, Renee Hill, Grant McCracken, Dayv Cole, Terhan McDaniels, Monique Bouchard, Tyler Childers (no, not that Tyler Childers, the other one), Jékksyn Ícaro, Joshua Huntsinger, Theresa Daniels, Sarah Leary, Dan Craley, Edwin Maldanado Jr., Nikki Nelson-Hicks, Layla Cruse, Lindsey Deel, with thanks and apologies to Billy Howell, Mayor Preston Blakely, D. Travis Brandel, Tonya Downing, Josh Roberts, Susan Fox, and anyone else who sent in files!


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