EPISODE · May 23, 2026 · 5 MIN
The Bridgekeeper of Stillwater Crossing
from Dead Zone Radio — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the summer of 2007, I was driving through eastern Kentucky, trying to cut a few hours off a long trip, when I took a shortcut called Stillwater Crossing. It was a narrow iron bridge over a dark creek, and on the far side stood a man in a yellow raincoat, even though the sky was clear. He didn't wave. He just stood there, holding a lantern that wasn't lit. I slowed down, and he looked at me with an expression I'll never forget—not anger, not sadness, but a kind of weary recognition, like he'd been waiting for someone like me. I rolled down my window. He told me he was the bridgekeeper. Said the crossing takes a toll, always has, and tonight I owed him a story. I thought it was a joke at first, but then he told me one of his own—about a couple who drove off the bridge in '74, about the sound their car made hitting the water, about how he still hears them arguing on quiet nights. He said the bridge remembers everything. When I left, he was still standing there, looking at the water, and I swear I saw the lantern flicker once, just a tiny green light, before I turned the bend. I never told anyone about that night until now. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #StillwaterCrossing #Bridgekeeper #KentuckyHorror #RuralHorror #Lantern #IronBridge #Toll #StoryForAToll #YellowRaincoat #Creek #2007 #Luna #OneVoice #AtmosphericHorror #Encounter Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the summer of 2007, I was driving through eastern Kentucky, trying to cut a few hours off a long trip, when I took a shortcut called Stillwater Crossing. It was a narrow iron bridge over a dark creek, and on the far side stood a man in a yellow raincoat, even though the sky was clear. He didn't wave. He just stood there, holding a lantern that wasn't lit. I slowed down, and he looked at me with an expression I'll never forget—not anger, not sadness, but a kind of weary recognition, like he'd been waiting for someone like me. I rolled down my window. He told me he was the bridgekeeper. Said the crossing takes a toll, always has, and tonight I owed him a story. I thought it was a joke at first, but then he told me one of his own—about a couple who drove off the bridge in '74, about the sound their car made hitting the water, about how he still hears them arguing on quiet nights. He said the bridge remembers everything. When I left, he was still standing there, looking at the water, and I swear I saw the lantern flicker once, just a tiny green light, before I turned the bend. I never told anyone about that night until now. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #StillwaterCrossing #Bridgekeeper #KentuckyHorror #RuralHorror #Lantern #IronBridge #Toll #StoryForAToll #YellowRaincoat #Creek #2007 #Luna #OneVoice #AtmosphericHorror #Encounter Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Bridgekeeper of Stillwater Crossing
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