Thursday, May 14, 2020

Announcing Season 12 - The Manly Road Story List!



We reckon it's time we become acquainted with Manly Wade Wellman, and what better way to do that than to journey through the Appalachians with John the Balladeer? Season 12 takes us East - to the mountains! 
  1. O Ugly Bird! – Introducing Manly Wade Wellman, John the Balladeer, and The Manly Road. John comes across a backwoods wizard and his giant avian familiar.
  2. Vandy, Vandy – While investigating the origins of an old song, the lyrics seemingly come alive in an unexpected way.
  3. The Little Black Train – A backwoods ghost train issues forth to claim a sinful soul.
  4. Call Me From the Valley – John gets involved in an ancient feud that should have ended long ago but somehow still lingers…
  5. Owls Hoot in the Daytime - John faces down a demon who dwells within an entrance to a mountain.
  6. Where Did She Wander? – John investigates the hanging of a witch and finds something more than he expected.
  7. The Crooked Man, by Mike Mignola and Richard Corben. Hellboy investigates a possible witching in the Appalachian mountains when a man named Tom Ferrell shows up in the area for the first time in twenty years. The people in the area blame a woman named Cora that Tom knew when he was younger. So Tom and Hellboy go to Cora's place to investigate...
  8. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.
We'll light out down that mountain trail with Silver John real soon...