Holy Ghost Stories

Before going into battle for Yahweh, Gideon wants assurance of victory. Will Yahweh oblige? Yes and no.

Text: Judges 6:33-7:25

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Gideon

What's Spooky: 

• Warfare
• Beheading

Music:

Winds of Change | Four Trees
Peril Preparation | Cody Martin
Pine Frost | Cody Martin
Shimmer | Boundless
Legend | Ryan Taubert
Every Day Life | Dustin Lau
Nocturnal | Stephen Keech
Pillars of Fire | Kevin Graham
The Prophecy | Kevin Graham
Never Falter | Kevin Graham
Fine-Toothed Chrome | Sam Barsh

More:
—Want to hear the final chapter in Gideon's story? There's a patrons-only bonus episode coming—become a Patron of Holy Ghost Stories to hear it. When you do, you'll get more bonus episodes, full scripts, remixed scenes, discussion guides, and—above all—the joy of partnering with Justin to tell good stories.

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Never has Gideon felt more abandoned by Yahweh. Never has Yahweh been more present.

—The new HGS Merch Store is live—

Text: Judges 6:1-32

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Gideon

What's Spooky: 

• Bull slaughter

Music:

Winds of Change | Four Trees
Telos | Chris Coleman
Blighted | Mattia Turzo
Projection | Mattia Turzo
Thrush | Martin Drunken
Peril | Cody Martin
Whispered | Cody Martin
Namsos | Rore
Etne | Rore
Each Other | Chris Coleman
Tightrope | Luke Atencio
Legend | Ryan Taubert
Yearn | Chris Coleman
Fine-Toothed Chrome | Sam Barsh

More:
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When Eve makes a heartbreaking trade, Yahweh makes sure it's not the end of the story.

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Text: Genesis 2-3

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Eve
• Adam
• Satan

What's Spooky: 

• Bull slaughter

Guest Writer: JL Gerhardt, Author of Look to Love: A Better Way to Read the Bible

Music:
Winds of Change | Four Trees
Kalopsyia | Cody Martin
Season of Foliage | Cody Martin
Help and Hope  | Marie
Illusions | Colossus
Hallowed Halls | Moments
End of the Road | Wicked Cinema
Aurora | Colossus
Stopped Time | Moments
Great Is Thy Faithfulness | Marie
Reverence | Marie
Fine-Toothed Chrome | Sam Barsh

More:
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Will Joseph’s divine dreams come true? Not if his brothers have anything to say about it.

Text: Genesis 37

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Joseph
• Jacob

What's Spooky: 

• Goat slaughter
• Human trafficking

More:
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A witch, a ghost, and a man who’s given himself over to a dark power. This will be Saul’s last supper.

*Watch a conversation betweeen HGS creator Justin Gerhardt and composer Kendall Ramseur about collaborating on this episode

Text: 1 Samuel 28, 31

Players:

• Yahweh
• King Saul
• The witch of Endor

What's Spooky:

• Graphic execution
• Beheading
• Witchcraft
• A seance
• A ghost
• Calf butchery
• A battlefield death scene
• Suicide

Score:
Original score created by Kendall Ramseur

More:
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With 200,000 fearsome Assyrians camped around the rebel holdout of Jerusalem, death seems inevitable. But then Hezekiah prays...

Text: 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 29-32; Isaiah 36-37

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Hezekiah
• Sennacherib

What's Spooky: 

• Siege Warfare
• Starvation
• Arrows made from human body parts

More:
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Text: Daniel 3

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego

What's Spooky: 

• Violent fire-related injury and death

More:
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Text: Judges 14:1-15:8

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Samson
• Samson's wife
• Samson's father-in-law

What's Spooky: 

• Graphic violence to an animal
• Killing
• Individuals burned alive

Music Credits: 

• "Winds of Change" | Four Trees
• "A Dark Past"  | Wicked Cinema
• "Are You Listening" | Ryan Taubert
• "The Rebellion" | Ryan Taubert
• "Supply and Demand" | Ryan Taubert
• "Twilight"  | Alistair Sung
• "Breaking Gravity: | Cody Martin
• "Curious Case" | Cody Martin
• "Ritual" | Ryan Taubert
• "Breaking Gravity" | Cody Martin
• "Street Games" | Ryan Taubert
• "The Part Where They Love Each Other" | Stephen Keech
• "Fine-Toothed Chrome" | Sam Barsh

More:
—Become a Patron of Holy Ghost Stories and get bonus episodes, full scripts, insider notes, discussion guides, and—above all—the joy of partnering with me to tell good stories.

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Bonus Episode Alert: On Monday September 6, I'll release the story of Jael's assassination of Sisera for patrons only. Partner with me on Patreon for access.

Text: Judges 4-5

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Deborah
• Barak
• Sisera
• King Jabin

More:
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Text: 2 Kings 2:11-13; 6:8-23; 13:14

Players: 

• Yahweh
• Elisha
• Elijah
• King Jehoram of Israel
• King Hazael of Aram

What's Spooky: 

• Honestly, thanks to Yahweh stepping in, this one's kind of G-rated. :) 

Music Credits: 

• Winds of Change, by Four Trees
• Fool, by Ryan Taubert
• Dark Shot, by Ryan Taubert
• Conflict of Oblivion, by Cody Martin
• Moonstone, by Cody Martin
• Cathan's Peak, by Cody Martin
• War Cry, by Alicia Enstrom
• Before Dawn, by On Earth
• View From Above, by Alistair Sung
• Fine-Toothed Chrome, by Sam Barsh

More:
—Want to hear from Justin twice a month? Sign up for The Latest

—Find out about Holy Ghost Stories or contact Justin Gerhardt at holyghoststories.org

—Get bonus episodes and more when you become a patron and make future episodes of HGS possible.