A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church in ...

Strychnine, speaking in tongues and ramshackle rockabilly spits forth from West Virginia’s last remaining snake handling ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two Mobile natives are producing a podcast on an unusual topic that’s gaining buzz online. The podcast, “Alabama Astronaut,” attempts to showcase the unique music found only in ...

Pastor Jamie Coots says his Pentecostal church is really not that different from other churches. "We sing, we preach, we testify, take up... Snake-Handling Preachers Open Up About 'Takin' Up Serpents' ...

Abe Partridge’s very first visit to a serpent-handling church exposed him to something that changed his outlook entirely. And it wasn’t the snakes. It was the music. Unknown songs, wrapped up in a ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man named one of the best entertainers in the state has a new art exhibit based on a critically acclaimed podcast. The show “Alabama Astronaut” is reaching new heights ...

Greene wasn’t sure where the snake came from that killed her nephew. But journalist and author Julia Duin, who recently completed a book on snake-handling churches, said Coots bought many of his ...

Members of a North Carolina church continued to handle snakes after a 1947 police raid, officials said. Screengrab from the Museum of Durham History on Facebook A snake-handling church was the target ...

Snake handlers dwell at the edge of the spiritual frontier — a community of people who are willing to die for their faith three times a week in church. Members of the Pentecostal Holiness Church take ...