Augusta Chronicle: Taking Up Serpents
   Article about an incident in which a pastor was bitten and hospitalized also includes an overview of the Holiness snake-handling movement.
   http://www.augustachronicle.com/headlines/062996/062996serpent.html

CBS News: Woman Dies After Snakebite In Church, Kentucky Woman Killed After Being Bitten During Serpent-Handling Service
   Linda Long, 48, died after being bitten by a snake during a serpent-handling service at church in London, Kentucky. Handling reptiles as part of religious services is illegal in the state.
   http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/11/07/national/main2161165.shtml

If God Was a Rattlesnake, Would You Pick it Up?
   Review of the book 'Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia' and general discussion of the practice.
   http://www.ralphmag.org/snake.html

New Georgia Encyclopedia: Snake Handlers
   Article on the practice, with photo and bibliography.
   http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1581

Religious Movements: Snake Handlers
   Discussion of the beliefs and history of serpent handling religion in North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, as well as legal and other issues associated with the practice.
   http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/Snakes.html

Snake Handlers Hang On in Appalachian Churches
   Article by Brian Handwerk for National Geographic.
   http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/04/0407_030407_snakehandlers.html

Snake Handling
   Skeptics' analysis of the practice of snake handling, including the scriptural basis and an explanation of why participants are seldom bitten.
   http://www.cincinnatiskeptics.org/blurbs/snake-handling.html

Snake Handling Pentecostal Sects
   Collection of news articles related to snake handling.
   http://www.rickross.com/groups/snake.html

Sound Portraits: John Brown, Jr., Serpent Handler
   Radio documentary recording the words of a preacher who later died from a snake bite. Includes audio file and transcript.
   http://www.soundportraits.org/on-air/serpent_handler/

Taking Up Serpents: A History of Snake Handling
   Publisher's synopsis of a scholarly book about the practice, by David Kimbrough.
   http://www.mupress.org/webpages/books/kimbrough.html