EPISODE · Jun 8, 2026 · 8 MIN
The Lockbox at the Old Mill on River Road
from Bound in Black — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the autumn of 1997, a highway surveyor named Dwayne Kettering found an iron lockbox bolted to the floor of an abandoned gristmill on River Road outside Harlow, Ohio. The mill had been sealed for decades, its waterwheel choked with ivy, but the lockbox was clean — no rust, no dust, as if someone had wiped it that morning. Inside was a single photograph and a child's mitten. Dwayne was not the first to find it. Others had come before him, drawn by word of mouth or by dreams, each leaving something of themselves behind. The mill remembered them all. This is a story about a place that keeps things — not out of malice, but because it cannot forget. And about what happens when you take something that was never meant to leave. #Lockbox #OldMill #RiverRoad #HarlowOhio #DwayneKettering #Photograph #Mitten #Autumn1997 #AbandonedPlace #HauntedObject #MillWhisper #IronBox #Waterwheel #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #BoundInBlack #LunaReads #SoloNarration Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the autumn of 1997, a highway surveyor named Dwayne Kettering found an iron lockbox bolted to the floor of an abandoned gristmill on River Road outside Harlow, Ohio. The mill had been sealed for decades, its waterwheel choked with ivy, but the lockbox was clean — no rust, no dust, as if someone had wiped it that morning. Inside was a single photograph and a child's mitten. Dwayne was not the first to find it. Others had come before him, drawn by word of mouth or by dreams, each leaving something of themselves behind. The mill remembered them all. This is a story about a place that keeps things — not out of malice, but because it cannot forget. And about what happens when you take something that was never meant to leave. #Lockbox #OldMill #RiverRoad #HarlowOhio #DwayneKettering #Photograph #Mitten #Autumn1997 #AbandonedPlace #HauntedObject #MillWhisper #IronBox #Waterwheel #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #BoundInBlack #LunaReads #SoloNarration Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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