Podcasts True Crime Where is the Line? Glenn Summerford - Jesus and Snakes in the American South

Glenn Summerford - Jesus and Snakes in the American South

Published: Jan. 13, 2020, 10:43 p.m.

b"In Appalachia and in the American South there are some Christians who take literally passages of the bible that other adherents to the faith might consider to be metaphor. These followers of Christ's teachings put to the test the biblical notion that true believers can take up venomous snakes without suffering injury. On this episode of Where is the Line? we'll be talking about a snake handling preacher from Alabama named Glenn Summerford. Summerford found himself in the national spotlight in 1991 after being accused of attempting to murder his wife using the same Copperheads and Diamondback rattlesnakes that he often held during religious services."