EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 8 MIN
The Cradle at the Saltbox House on Old State Road
from Bound in Black — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the autumn of 1998, Luna's aunt inherited a saltbox house on Old State Road in Stilwell, Kansas. The property came with a locked root cellar. Inside: a hand-carved cradle, its wood blackened by time, and a bundle of letters tied with a white ribbon. The letters were addressed to a woman who had not lived in the house for seventy years. The cradle rocked on its own, gently, whenever Luna stood near it. She read the letters aloud, one by one, until the rocking stopped. Then the letters began to change. The handwriting shifted, the ink grew fresh, and the final page bore a warning written in a child's trembling hand. Luna left the house that night, but the cradle followed her — not physically, but in dreams, and in the creak of floorboards where no floorboards exist. #TheCradleAtTheSaltboxHouse #OldStateRoad #StilwellKansas #RootCellar #HandCarvedCradle #Autumn1998 #LettersTiedWithWhiteRibbon #HauntedCradle #GhostChild #FamilyInheritance #SaltboxHouse #BurningTheLetters #LunaNarrated #SoloNarration #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #AnthologyHorror #BoundInBlack Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the autumn of 1998, Luna's aunt inherited a saltbox house on Old State Road in Stilwell, Kansas. The property came with a locked root cellar. Inside: a hand-carved cradle, its wood blackened by time, and a bundle of letters tied with a white ribbon. The letters were addressed to a woman who had not lived in the house for seventy years. The cradle rocked on its own, gently, whenever Luna stood near it. She read the letters aloud, one by one, until the rocking stopped. Then the letters began to change. The handwriting shifted, the ink grew fresh, and the final page bore a warning written in a child's trembling hand. Luna left the house that night, but the cradle followed her — not physically, but in dreams, and in the creak of floorboards where no floorboards exist. #TheCradleAtTheSaltboxHouse #OldStateRoad #StilwellKansas #RootCellar #HandCarvedCradle #Autumn1998 #LettersTiedWithWhiteRibbon #HauntedCradle #GhostChild #FamilyInheritance #SaltboxHouse #BurningTheLetters #LunaNarrated #SoloNarration #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #AnthologyHorror #BoundInBlack Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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