Andrew Hamblin handles poisonous snakes every Sunday in the name of Jesus. At just 22, he leads Tabernacle Church of God in LaFollette, Tenn., a Pentecostal church that practices a rare, century-old ...

RIP Jamie Coots was an honor and privilege to attend and photograph his sermons and learn about his beliefs. pic.twitter.com/noPTuqCqZ7 — Neil Brandvold ...

Middlesboro, KY - Three days after pastor Jamie Coots died from a rattlesnake bite at church, mourners leaving the funeral went to the church to handle snakes. Coots, who appeared on the National ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (AP) — Jamie Coots, a snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show “Snake Salvation,” died Saturday after being bitten by a snake.

WASHINGTON | Just when you thought reality television couldn't get more bizarre ... How about a star who handles poisonous snakes? He's not a herpetologist dedicated to risking his life to advance ...

NASHVILLE — Serpent-handling preachers in Tennessee and Kentucky are getting a television reality show. The Tennessean reported National Geographic Channel will carry “Snake Salvation,” which debuts ...

In the hills of Appalachia, Pentecostal pastors Jamie Coots and Andrew Hamblin struggle to keep an over-100-year-old tradition alive: the practice of handling deadly snakes in church. Jamie and Andrew ...

A snake-handling pastor who praised the serpents on reality TV died after a bite from a rattlesnake - and refusing treatment. Jamie Coots, from Kentucky in the US, starred in National Geographic's ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — People in southeastern Kentucky have been lining up to pay their respects to a snake-handling pastor who died after being bitten by a snake during a church service. Jamie Coots was ...

Jamie Coots, a snake-handling Kentucky pastor who appeared on the National Geographic television reality show "Snake Salvation," died Saturday after being bitten by a snake. Coots was handling a ...