EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 9 MIN
The Final Lesson at the Wilkes School of Correspondence
from Side B — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the winter of 1987, a woman named Claire inherits a box of cassette tapes from her uncle, a failed salesman who spent his last years enrolled in the Wilkes School of Correspondence — a mail-order course in 'practical psychology.' The lessons are read by a woman with a voice that sounds like it's coming from a room much older than the tape. As Claire listens, she notices the instructions growing stranger: exercises in listening to silence, in repeating your own name until it becomes a stranger's, in describing the sound of nothing. The final tape contains a single instruction — and a question that Claire cannot answer. A story about what happens when you learn something you were never meant to understand. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #SideB #CassetteTapes #CorrespondenceCourse #WilkesSchool #Winter1987 #UncleRoy #Claire #Vermont #Listening #Silence #PracticalPsychology #MailOrder #Voice #Instruction #Question #Atmospheric Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the winter of 1987, a woman named Claire inherits a box of cassette tapes from her uncle, a failed salesman who spent his last years enrolled in the Wilkes School of Correspondence — a mail-order course in 'practical psychology.' The lessons are read by a woman with a voice that sounds like it's coming from a room much older than the tape. As Claire listens, she notices the instructions growing stranger: exercises in listening to silence, in repeating your own name until it becomes a stranger's, in describing the sound of nothing. The final tape contains a single instruction — and a question that Claire cannot answer. A story about what happens when you learn something you were never meant to understand. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #SideB #CassetteTapes #CorrespondenceCourse #WilkesSchool #Winter1987 #UncleRoy #Claire #Vermont #Listening #Silence #PracticalPsychology #MailOrder #Voice #Instruction #Question #Atmospheric Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Final Lesson at the Wilkes School of Correspondence
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