Eugene Runkis
Himself
Hillbilly Blood: A Hardscrabble Life (2011)
Season 2
Eugene Runkis and Spencer "Two Dogs" Bolejack have survived in swamps, the deep mountain wilderness and the primitive Caribbean bush. Now, Eugene and Spencer are using their backwoods ingenuity to survive the Appalachian Mountains – the Hillbilly way. From crossing a freezing river in a raft made out of vines, to eating deer heart for dinner, it's a hardscrapple life.
Released Dec. 19, 2011
Episode 30 min
10+
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Reality, Thriller
Keywords: imdb.hillbilly, imdb.gold-mining, imdb.creek
Production Companies: Superfine Films
Network: Destination America
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - Moonshine Secrets
In the second-season premiere, Eugene and Spencer aim to track down a mystery moonshiner to learn his secrets, but to do so, they must cross freezing rivers and disarm a deadfall trap.
April 13, 2013, midnight
S2E2 - Church and Snake
Eugene and Spencer embark on a dangerous mission to find snakes for a Pentecostal church service.
April 13, 2013, midnight
S2E3 - Sunken Treasure
Spencer and Eugene concoct a home made pontoon barge and diving gear to retrieve submerged old growth logs. They’ll risk life and limb diving into the frigid lake.
April 20, 2013, midnight
S2E4 - Hillbilly Tow
Spencer and Eugene go out on a limb to extract a rare 1940s Willys jeep abandoned in the forest. They'll cut down a two-ton tree to help free the jeep from its precarious perch. If the tree falls the wrong way, it could destroy the jeep and kill the boys
April 27, 2013, midnight
S2E5 - Mine Full of Gems
If the boys can repair a decrepit garnet mine, they stand to uncover a treasure trove of gems. But nothing comes easy for these mountain men. They trek across dangerously muddy roads and risk being buried alive if their hillbilly engineering can't hold.
May 4, 2013, midnight
S2E6 - Apple Jack
Making applejack is harder than Spencer and Eugene expected. First, they turn a shed into a root cellar, and then they must deal with a freak storm and faulty equipment.
May 11, 2013, midnight
S2E7 - A Fishy Trade
The guys trade their fish for a refrigerator, which they then turn into a smoker. They also make "black drink" with holly leaves they picked, careful not to choose the poisonous ones.
May 18, 2013, midnight
S2E8 - Tom-A-Hawg
The local blacksmith enlists Spencer and Eugene to fix his broken pigpen in exchange for lard and pork.Their challenge is to concoct a battery-powered welder, but even with this helpful contraption Spencer breaks his precious tomahawk axe.
May 25, 2013, midnight
S2E9 - Survival of the Fittest
Spencer and Eugene are forced off a blocked road into the woods while delivering medicine. With no provisions, Spencer plants a fish trap, but falls into a freezing stream. Eugene quickly makes an insulated coat for him out of grass.
June 8, 2013, midnight
S2E10 - Hillbilly Prepper
Eugene decides to make an alternative means of power in case any of the systems in the home happen to fail, but his ambitions to create such a highly complex device out of scraps may result in an incredibly deadly outcome.
June 8, 2013, midnight
S2E11 - Waste Not, Want Not
It's winter and firewood is scarce. Spencer and Eugene need firewood fast, but without a serious log splitter, it will take the boys forever to chop it up. Eugene devises a wild contraption he makes at the blacksmith's shop.
June 15, 2013, midnight
S2E12 - Hillbilly BBQ
Eugene and Spencer are enlisted into taking over the holler’s annual hoedown. The boys have only two days to concoct a giant grill large enough to feed the entire community, make homemade wood charcoal, plus a stage for the band out of shipping pallets.
June 15, 2013, midnight
Network: Destination America
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 30 min.
Released: Dec. 19, 2011
Last Air Date: June 27, 2015, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG / 10+
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