EPISODE · Jun 1, 2026 · 8 MIN
The Last Call at the Mermaid Diner
from Dead Zone Radio — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
September, 1998. A diner off Route 9 in upstate New York, open all night but empty by two a.m. Luna stops for coffee and meets the cook — a man who has been working the same shift for twenty-seven years. He tells her about the regular who always ordered the same thing at the same time, every night, even after she died. Luna listens as the fryer hisses and the clock ticks past three. What he shows her in the back booth changes how she thinks about hunger, memory, and the spaces between stations. An episode about routine as tether, grief as a set of instructions, and what it means when the phone rings in an empty room. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #Luna #MermaidDiner #Route9 #UpstateNewYork #AllNightDiner #TheCook #Margaret #EggsSunnySideUp #Grief #Routine #EmptyStation #PhoneCall #1998 #Atmospheric #SlowBurn Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
What this episode covers
September, 1998. A diner off Route 9 in upstate New York, open all night but empty by two a.m. Luna stops for coffee and meets the cook — a man who has been working the same shift for twenty-seven years. He tells her about the regular who always ordered the same thing at the same time, every night, even after she died. Luna listens as the fryer hisses and the clock ticks past three. What he shows her in the back booth changes how she thinks about hunger, memory, and the spaces between stations. An episode about routine as tether, grief as a set of instructions, and what it means when the phone rings in an empty room. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #Luna #MermaidDiner #Route9 #UpstateNewYork #AllNightDiner #TheCook #Margaret #EggsSunnySideUp #Grief #Routine #EmptyStation #PhoneCall #1998 #Atmospheric #SlowBurn Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Last Call at the Mermaid Diner
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