The Bed at the Bella Vista Motor Inn

In October 2007, a traveling saleswoman named Della checked into the Bella Vista Motor Inn off Route 19 in West Virginia. The motel was nearly empty, the neon sign flickering, the parking lot wet from a cold rain. Her room was clean but wrong—the bed had been slept in, the sheets were warm, and someone had left a pair of reading glasses on the nightstand. The front desk clerk said the room had been vacant for three weeks. Della tried to sleep, but the bed kept sighing beneath her, as if breathing. By morning she felt something settle deep in her chest, and she couldn't shake the sense that the room had claimed a piece of her. This episode is about what it means to leave a mark on a place, and what it means when a place leaves a mark on you. #BellaVistaMotorInn #Route19 #WestVirginia #Della #October2007 #thebed #readingglasses #emptymotel #flickeringneon #coldrain #breathingbed #claimed #leftamark #travelingsaleswoman #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #TheOrderofQuietThings #Episode71 Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo