Holy Ghost Stories

When Ahab recruits King Jehoshaphat for his campaign against the Arameans, the pre-battle conference with the prophets gets…interesting. Text: 1 Kings 21 & 22 Players:  Yahweh King Ahab King Jehoshaphat  Micaiah What's Spooky:  A stoned corpse Death by arrow puncture Dogs licking up human blood Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Stay With Me  | Dexter Britatin I Am Not A Tyrant | Ryan Taubert...

Soon after they rebuild Jerusalem's walls, the Israelites discover a much more serious threat to their security. Text: Nehemiah 7:73-8:17 Players:  Yahweh The Israelites Ezra Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Control | Heretic  No Place on Earth | Tony Anderson Daydream in D for Cello  | Eric Kinny Vision | Steven Gutheinz View from Above | Alistair Sung Opaque  | Luke Atencio Fear Not | Ryan Ta...

A king screams, a shaman prays to Yahweh, and a donkey speaks. This is the curious story of Balaam. Text: Numbers 22-24 Players:  Yahweh Balaam King Balak Balaam's donkey What's Spooky:  A severed goat head Animal cruelty Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees The Rite | Wicked Cinema Dreamstrider | Cody Martin Reactor | Wicked Cinema The Throne | Wicked Cinema Colony | Wicked Cinema Lore | Wicked Ci...

When Rachel's sister steals her fiancé, all three of them are in for years of drama. Text: Genesis 29:1-30:24 Players:  Yahweh Rachel Leah Jacob Laban Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Morning Call | Marie  Catalyst | Cody Martin King's Feast | Wicked Cinema  Waltz for a Lost Summer | Joshua Spacht Shifting Sands | Wicked Cinema Quartz  | Jo Blankenburg Vanished | Wicked Cinema Against the Odds...

Jonathan and his armor bearer sneak off to attack a Philistine outpost by themselves. If Yahweh's in, this will be a day to remember. Text: 1 Samuel 14:1-15 Players:  Yahweh Jonathan Jonathan's armor bearer King Saul What's Spooky:  Prostitution Military combat/violence Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Captive | Heretic Hubris | Jo Blankenburg Pray | Seely  Speak | Jo Blankenburg Skin | Jo Blan...

Four 15-year-olds have the opportunity of a lifetime, but one of them—a boy named Daniel—seems intent on blowing it. Text: Daniel 1 Players:  Yahweh Daniel Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah What's Spooky:  Two mentions of prostitution Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Sahara | Cody Martin Most Curious | Shimmer I Am Not a Tyrant | Ryan Taubert Penumbra | Hannah Parrot Breezehome | Cody Martin Balbo...

With her back against the wall, Tamar gets creative and cooks up a plan pregnant with possibility. Text: Genesis 38 Players:  Yahweh Tamar Judah What's Spooky:  Sexual Abuse/Rape Themes of Prostitution Music: Winds of Change | Four Trees Dawnstar | Cody Martin Current Miner | Luke Atencio Sunlit Grave (instrumental) | Saint Mesa Crooked Man | Wicked Cinema Young Dreams | Luke Atencio Requiem | Duo...

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 Gr...

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...

When Eve makes a heartbreaking trade, Yahweh makes sure it's not the end of the story. Partner with Justin on Patreon 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 Illu...

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: —Get your Patron Saint of Storytelling tshirt or sticker 😇— Become a Patron of Holy Ghost Stories and get bonus episodes, full scripts, remixed scenes, discussion guides, and—above all—the joy of partnering...

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...

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: —Let's get to 200! Become a Patron of Holy Ghost Stories and get bonus episodes, full scripts, r...

Text: Daniel 3 Players:  Yahweh Nebuchadnezzar Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego What's Spooky:  Violent fire-related injury and death 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 Justin to tell good stories. — Sign up for The Latest , an email Justin sends twice a month with behind-the-...

The Latest: Want to hear from Justin twice a month? Sign up for The Latest , a free email with behind-the-scenes stuff about each episode, interesting things from around the internet, and a look at Justin's family's global wanderings.  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 M...

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: —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...

Yahweh brings Elijah home, but that’s not the end of the fiery chariots…   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 Co...

Want Holy Ghost Stories to continue existing? Support the show on Patreon and get bonus episodes, full scripts, insider notes, discussion guides, and—above all—the joy of partnering with me to tell good stories. Text: Jonah 3:1-4:11 Players:  Yahweh Jonah The citizens of Nineveh What's Spooky:  Sea monster vomit Sexual abuse of a child Drunken violence Dismemberment Impaled soldiers Prostitution M...

Patreon : Are you a patron saint of Holy Ghost Stories? It's cool if you're not. But it'd be cooler if you were. Support the show on Patreon and get bonus episodes, full scripts, insider notes, discussion guides, and the joy of partnering with me to tell good stories. Text: Jonah 1:1-2:10 Players:  Yahweh Jonah What's Spooky:  Facial dismemberment Beheading Human sacrifice Drowning A sea monster S...

Patreon : Time's almost up! Become a Holy Ghost Stories patron before May 3 and get your "Patron Saint of Storytelling" t-shirt or sticker, along with other great stuff. If you want a Season 2, this is how to make it happen . Text: Genesis 6:1-9:17 Players:  Yahweh Noah What's Spooky:  Rape Mass animal death Mass human death Decaying corpses Music Credits:  Winds of Change, by Four Trees Murmur II...

Patreon : For a limited time, become a Holy Ghost Stories patron and get your "Patron Saint of Storytelling" shirt or sticker, along with other great stuff. If you want a Season 2, this is how to make it happen . Text: Genesis 16, 21:1-21 Players:  Yahweh Hagar Ishmael Abraham Sarah Isaac What's Spooky:  Non-consensual sex Dehydration Music Credits:  Winds of Change , by Four Trees Distant Memorie...

Patreon : For a limited time, become a Holy Ghost Stories patron and get your "Patron Saint of Storytelling" shirt or sticker, along with other great stuff. If you want a Season 2, this is how to make it happen . Text: Esther 4:17-10:3 Players:  Yahweh Esther Mordecai Xerxes Haman What's Spooky:  Planned genocide Impaling More impaling Music Credits:  Winds of Change , by Four Trees Relapse, by Lu...

Text: Esther 2:1-4:16 Players:  Yahweh Esther Mordecai Xerxes Haman What's Spooky:  Human trafficking  Non-consensual sex Planned genocide Music Credits:  Winds of Change , by Four Trees Outsider, by Alistair Sung Epoch, by Blake Ewing Snow, by Alistair Sung Long Distance, by Luke Atencio Plains, by Alistair Sung A Story of Survival, by Max II Unite and Overcome, by Alistair Sung Dead Hour, by Ali...

Text: Ezekiel 1; 37:1-14; Psalm 137; Ezekiel 47:1-12; 48:35 Players:  Yahweh Ezekiel Many, many dead people What's Spooky:  A mass grave Human bones Flayed corpses Music Credits:  Winds of Change , by Four Trees Searching the Unknown, by Alistair Sung Long Distance, by Luke Atencio Onward , by Chelsea McGough Sleep , by Stephen Keech Narrow Time , by Chelsea McGough Haunted Romance , by Moments  W...

Text: Genesis 25, 27, 32:1-33:4 Players:  Yahweh Jacob Rebekah Isaac Esau What's Spooky:  Deception A murder plot Midnight wrestling Music Credits:  Winds of Change , by Four Trees Rag Doll , by Wicked Cinema Insurgent , by Wicked Cinema Layers , by Caleb Etheridge Talos , by Caleb Etheridge Bloodline , by Stephen Keech Carlisle , by Stephen Keech Dreaming of Versailles , by Moments Unleashed , by...