OLD GODS OF APPALACHIA SENTENCE STARTERS
A collection of quotes from Episodes 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 of the horror podcast Old Gods of Appalachia. Feel free to change pronouns/wording as desired.
CONTENT WARNING(S) FOR: Spoilers, horror, death, violence, cursing, religion, Christianity
“ You gotta help me babygirl. ”
“ You can’t even cry, you just stand there, mouth wide, sucking air and waiting for the bad hurt to really kick in. ”
“ This is not a place a little girl should ever play. ”
“ The weeds are dangerous. ”
“ There was nothing to be done about it though. ”
“ Your Daddy’s hurt real bad little lady … ”
“ You need to come with me so I can … ”
“ They done seen you, they got your scent. ”
“ They got your Daddy and Mommy and they want me … me to get you— ”
“ Naw, this wasn’t [NAME]. ”
“ I literally had nowhere else to go, no more go to give. ”
“ I just looked at death as it came towards me. ”
“ There was nothing of [NAME]’s body left. ”
“ I told you, that’s where all this started. ”
“ It’ll all be over soon honey … just close your eyes. ”
“ But something was wrong with her voice. ”
“ Take it back, you can have it back – they’re not doing right by it, anyway, please … ”
“ And I do my best to always speak true. ”
“ Was it God? Was it Jesus? ”
“ Neither one of those felt right. ”
“ Let us finally admit we were digging graves this whole time. ”
“ Let us confess that tomorrow’s never mattered to us. ”
“ Let these temples fall because their God is dead, had been dying for decades. ”
“ Let us mourn him properly now. ”
“ They do not need our darkness to burn any more. ”
“ Let them sing of our absence. ”
“ The Earth, she feeds us. ”
“ We belong to her all the same. ”
“ We do not speak ill of her that sustains and consumes us. ”
“ We all know that the only light in the deep dark is a paycheck. ”
“ Count your blessings, boy. ”
“ Tuck you in, shut you up, and leave you to rot. ”
“ And God damn it, you’d better be grateful. ”
“ You don’t just let men die like that. ”
“ Just another day on the job. ”
“ Life on the seam is hard, and it can make hearts hard. ”
“ But no one ever really gets away do they? ”
“And you’ll have your pension. ”
“ At least we won’t be out in the cold. Not yet, anyway. ”
“ I’m here, that you, [NAME]? ”
“ This would do no good for anybody – not here, not in this world. ”
“ Are your garments spotless, are they white as snow? ”
“ Are you washed in the blood of the lamb? ”
“ This is not our home. ”
“ But that couldn’t be right. ”
“ There was a strike on. [NAME] wouldn’t have crossed a picket line, he was a union man. ”
“ He went in to help put out the fire this morning. ”
“ Well, we didn’t find them … ”
“ As if that mattered right now. ”
“ They’d always promised to keep my family safe. ”
“ Boy, just do what I said – now go on, git! ”
“ [NAME], honey, look at me. ”
“ I want you to go back to the house and lie down. ”
“ Well, they said Amen. ”
“ It was nothing special, just a good kitchen knife. ”
“ We face a difficult task this day, but with the Lords’ help, we may yet save these men. ”
“ Are you prepared to make sacrifices on behalf of our own? ”
“ Can you do what must be done? ”
“ They prayed. They wept. They made sacrifice. ”
“ Family, we have done what we could for our brothers. ”
“ Sometimes we must accept when the Lord calls a man home and rejoice – for they will face the cleansing fire! ”
“ We must honor that sacrifice. ”
“ They deserved better than that. ”
“ Someone should go check on them, shouldn’t they? ”
“ Yessssss! The girl! Bring her! BRING HER! ”
“ It’s best to follow their orders, at least for now. ”
