Episode 0.5: The Witch Queen

I would kill for southern Gothic like this ❤❤

"The folk were not cruel...but they were faithful and superstitious and stupid." I know too many people that this describes.

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Now this is like those grim American frontier folklore tales I yearned for from my childhood, like the early settlers hymns I heard of my youth or numerous other mythology that I spent so much time with. I would recommend this channel to anyone looking for an old American scare.

I am 69 years old born in NC now live at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in Georgia. This is awesome. My grandmother lived in a little town in the mountains of N.C. called Cooleemee. She delivered babies all in the mountains. I subscribed and thank you.

Man I love seeing southern, eldritch, gothic horror set in a region I love. Funny how a lot of traditions bleed from the mountains of North Carolina to the coastal area I live in. Love my state, love y’all. Respect the old ways, they linger for a reason

This is exactly the kind of content I have longed for, and wanted to make about our little area. You have done some excellent work, here.

Awesome, Lovecraft meets Appalachia and there is some Johnny Cash in there too. I love it. Going to binge the whole series.

I deeply regret waiting so long to check this out. I know I'm bad about zoning out during podcasts, so I didn't have faith in myself I'd be able to enjoy it. Turns out I can very easily pay attention though, and apparently even easier when the speaker has an accent similar to my own. As someone who's spent my life in the hollers and on the peaks of the Appalachians in northeast Tennessee, I appreciate this even more than I thought I might. This is something I've been longing for without even realizing it. Such beautiful and well thought out stories, with great positive attention to what we'd call social issues nowadays. There's a lot to appreciate here. Thank ya'll for making this a reality, I'm really looking forward to working my way through all the content here.

I come from a long line of Granny Witches..and Melungeon!Bwahahahaa

This tale rings true to my heart 💔 My Great Great Grandmother was a WV Midwife. She delivered over 500 babies in this Appalachian area. I wish I could've known her, but I did get a little bit of her as I'm a nurse myself. I'm sure not as wonderful as she, but still. I loved to hear stories about her during our family reunions. What an amazing & enchanting story. ✨ 🪄

I love this episode. I've probably registered to it a couple dozen times now on Spotify.

Blown away by this! Just wow

One of my many great-grandmothers was a supposed witch, she lived out of Brethet County, Kentucky.

Awesome story telling! Very authentic to the region as well, nailed the dialect. ~ Montani Semper Liberi ~

Re:root-led from Tony Walker’s Ghost Stories/Detective Podcast. Took an English bloke to guide me back to the folklore of the vast lands that is my country. Look forward to adventure & otherworldly intentions which peak, bleed, build, mend through time. Modern Imagination keeping nature’s fate/faith deeply alive. .eve.

Let us talk of many things......I'm hooked.

Outstanding!!! So glad I found this!!!

Love love love it!!!!!!!!!!

This is the most amazing thing I’ve come across in a long time. Thank you.