Snake handling began near Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1910 when Pastor George Hensley said he was commanded by God to "take up serpents." He was inspired by the book of Mark chapter 16:18, ...

A snake handler in Maryland has recalled being left with “no words” after a huge python was discovered in a neighbor’s ...

This weekend, after 20 years of handling snakes, Jamie Coots received his final bite. A rattler got him in the back of the hand. It happened as Coots, ...

LAFOLLETTE, Tenn. — A new generation of serpent-handling Christians is revitalizing a century-old faith tradition in Tennessee. While older serpent handlers were wary of outsiders, these younger ...

An SC school teacher and snake handler is fighting for his life after being bitten by a venomous snake. Plus a look at DC's most snake-infested lakes.

A snake-handling church was the target of a bizarre police raid 76 years ago in North Carolina, historians said. On Nov. 1, 1947, a venomous copperhead snake was seized from Zion Tabernacle Church ...

The snake-handling prowess of two Central Texas men soon will be highlighted on a reality show on the Animal Planet television network. A pilot episode of “Rattlesnake Republic” aired this ...