Marked for Life
de Alabama Astronaut
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Cody Coots is a fourth-generation serpent handler. By age 6, he handles mock serpents with his sister, Trina, in the church, using leather belts for props. Cody secretly yearns for a normal childhood.
He likes to ride his bike, play drums, and watch WWE wrestling with his father, Jamie. (Jamie is the world's most famous serpent-handling preacher.) A terrible act of violence befalls 8-year-old Cody, shocking the serpent handling community. A preacher pleads guilty to charges of deviant sexual abuse, but it's too late: Cody's innocence is shattered. Anger boils inside him, so he turns his wrath upon his parents, his church, and even his God.
As he cruises the backstreets of Middlesboro, Ky, looking for nothing but trouble, Cody's sins begin piling up. But the consequences do, too.
Is Cody beyond salvation? Or, is he as the community describes him: "Marked for life?"
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- A.A.R.T. (The Alabama Astronaut Radio Transmission) · 1 h 5 min · Episodio 34Folk artist Abe Partridge, spurred by the Covid lockdowns, pursued Signs Following songs for six long years. These songs (which mention the handling of serpents and consumption…
- The "Real" Afterword · 12 min · Episodio 33Dalton Mills, narrator of Marked for Life, also shares the same hometown of Middlesboro, KY, with Cody and the Coots family. In this episode, he offers a "crater's-eye" view of…
- 32. "On Them that Believe" · 11 min · Episodio 32Cody mounts a defense for the people of the faith. Even with years of sinning copiously, he noticed many of the faithful remained steadfast and pure, particularly one man from…
- 31. "Mr. Weatherman" · 26 min · Episodio 31Cody returns after two years to compose a final chapter of this memoir, Marked for Life. "I thought writing this book would be like therapy," he said. "But then, I got my eyes…
- 30. "The Five Signs of Mark 16" · 11 min · Episodio 30Cody explains his beliefs, and how they are properly demonstrated. (At one time, he "learned" how to do them, manufacturing miracles. But this way, Cody says, the Signs are…
- 29. "The Ballad of 'ol Lemonhead" · 23 min · Episodio 29A stranger, an artist and ex-fundamentalist preacher from Alabama, is interested in Cody's Signs-following songs. He reaches out. "These have never been documented before," the…
- 28. "Monkey Wrench" · 11 min · Episodio 28Cody tires of life in Middlesboro. He tells Cassy, "Let's move in with your folks in Berea." So they do. Freshly settled, a snake attacks Cody in the snake room out back…
- 27. "Exorcism in Bell County" · 9 min · Episodio 27Cody rages outside the church, and it's all Shelton's fault he can never be saved! Afterward, Cody and his friends caravan. They pray for him at his house. Somebody speaks in…
- 25 – 26. "Rage Mode" · 10 min · Episodio 26Out-of-work Cody Coots is barely scraping by. Now, he turns to the one trade he knows best: snake trading in the great state of Kentucky, USA. He also tries ridding the household…
- 24. "Nina Returns" · 12 min · Episodio 24Cassy moves in with Cody, only to find an unexpected houseguest: "Nina." Together, the newly minted duo drives the streets of Middlesboro escaping Nina, staying out until…
- 23. "You Can Be Free" · 11 min · Episodio 23Cody is determined to do what is best for him regardless of what some people might say, like his bosses. He spends the week at Cassy's house. "Try to salvage your marriage…
- 23. "I'll Be Right Over" · 7 min · Episodio 23Cody's home life is such a mess, he gives himself a haircut – it's something he does when at his wits' end. His wife walks in on him and he declares his time is over with the…
- 22. "Return to the House of Horror" · 11 min · Episodio 22Cody takes a vacation from work, and decides to revisit the House of Horror. As he strolls through the devastation of his former home, he also strolls down memory lane. Though…
- 21. "My Only Sister" · 11 min · Episodio 21Cody gets word that his mother Linda Coots is looking for his sister, Trina. "For some reason," she explains, "Trina is not answering her phone." Meanwhile, Cody continues to…
- 19-20. "I Am Nina" · 13 min · Episodio 20Cody's sinning reaches a fever pitch. Snakebitten in the snake room while feeding a rattler, he's visited by members of the church who congregate by his bedside to pray…
- 18. "You Can't Be Saved." · 9 min · Episodio 18Cody has words with Pap and leaves the church – again. This time, out of spite, he takes the church instruments with him. "Let's see if they can run the church with just one…
- 17. "Top of the World" · 10 min · Episodio 17Cody outsmarts a prostitute on a Middlesboro mountainside. Pimps can set traps, stealing everything from unwitting "Johns." But Cody will not be robbed, beaten or killed. He…
- 16. "You Need Medicine." · 15 min · Episodio 16Cody goes to the doctor, and after showing her his set of brass knuckles, she gives a troubling diagnosis. Does it slow Cody down? Also, he encounters a sneaky "street walker,"…
- 15. "Highway to Hell with a Snake Named Axl" · 11 min · Episodio 15The Signs-following faith considers any "backslider" a "sinnerman." As Cody rages against his church, the terms easily apply. Cody said it best at the beginning of the series. "I…
- 14. (Part 2.) "Another Stranger's Kindness" · 8 min · Episodio 14Cody is life-flighted to the intensive care unit of the University of Tennessee Hospital. When the doctors wake him, his feel pain so excruciating, Cody welcomes the relief of…
