A Big Puzzle
 
ABE PARTRIDGE AND FERRILL GIBBS COVERED A TINY CHURCH IN RURAL ALABAMA BACK IN THE
SUMMER OF 2020.

A PLAIN WHITE BUILDING, WITH NO DISTINCT SIGNAGE, IT SAT IN THE MIDST OF AN
EERIE CORNFIELD.

ACROSS THIS CORNFIELD, THUMPING OF “WILD” CHURCH MUSIC COULD BE
HEARD REVERBERATING FROM THE CHURCH WALLS.

INSIDE THE BUILDING, PEOPLE SANG AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS. OTHERS SCREAMED.

SOME HELD SNAKES, AND SOME DRANK POISON.

ALL MEMBERS PARTICIPATED IN AN ALMOST AGONIZED STYLE OF WORSHIP, HOWLING THE SONGS
OF THE FIVE SIGNS OF MARK 16.

ABE MAINTAINS THAT THEIR MUSIC “… IS THE MOST PUNK ROCK MUSIC ALIVE TODAY.”

IT WAS THE OLD ROCKHOUSE HOLINESS CHURCH, A STORIED CONGREGATION, PREVIOUSLY LED
BY REVEREND GLENN SUMMERFORD.

MR. SUMMERFORD WAS INCARCERATED FOR COMMITTING THREE FELONIES OVER THE SPAN OF 25
YEARS … THE LATEST OCCURRING IN 1991: THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE, DARLENE.

HIS WAS A WILD, SCANDALOUS, AND LENGTHY CRIMINAL HISTORY. 

MANY PRODUCTIONS CENTERED AROUND THIS CASE, LIKE A&E'S CITY CONFIDENTIAL, OR
HBO'S ALABAMA SNAKE.
BUT OUR PRODUCTION – ALABAMA ASTRONAUT: THE GLENN SUMMERFORD CASE –  IS DIFFERENT.


                   

ABE'S PAINTING OF WRITER DENNIS COVINGTON, "A JOURNALIST STUDYING SERPENT HANDLING WHO ENDED UP BECOMING ONE OF THEM…"

Time Ticks

FANS OF ALABAMA ASTRONAUT WILL RECALL ABE'S RANT IN EPISODE 4 OF OUR ORIGINAL SERIES
(CALLED “LITTLE DAVID PLAY ON YOUR HARP”).

ON ALL CORNERS OF THE INTERNET, WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED AN ABUNDANCE OF
MISINFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE … AND WE're ON THE HUNT TO FIND OUT WHY.
 

WE HAVE A HOTLINE NOW: (936) 337-2294 – HOLLER IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING.

CHECK OUT THE "OLD ROCKHOUSE HOLINESS CHURCH" EPISODE OF ALABAMA ASTRONAUT TO HEAR
HOW ABE FIRST ENCOUNTERED THIS STORY…
 

We will reference this book often in our new series. 10/10, would recommend.

A lot to binge

Episodes of Alabama Astronaut: The Glenn Summerford Story will drop as we can manage. No timeline. 

We do encourage you to listen as it unfolds, to subscribe to the podcast and engage as you can. Especially if you have information regarding this story!

We have a hotline now: 

It's (936) 337-2294 – holler if you want!

Backstory on how this case intersected with our song-capturing quest: check out the "Old Rockhouse Holiness Church" episode of Alabama Astronaut. Abe gathers the courage to enter that building after all…
 

A library grows!

We now have three podcast series for you to enjoy!

Alabama Astronaut: The Original Series

Marked for Life: Memoir of a Signs Following Preacher

Alabama Astronaut: The Glenn Summerford Case

Ours is a fresh gaze at an old-time, outcast religion. If you're like us, it might just change your mind a little.

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