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EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 7 MIN

The Loop at the Coal Silos on Blackwood Road

from The Hum at Night — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo

In the dead summer of 1998, on the gravel turnoff beside the abandoned coal silos on Blackwood Road, a sound engineer named Ellie recorded something that shouldn't have been there. She was cataloguing ambient noise for a documentary about forgotten industrial towns, and she got more than she bargained for: a 47-second loop repeating every 14 minutes, buried in the static. The loop was a voice—a woman's voice—saying the same eight words, over and over, with a cadence that didn't belong to any recording. Luna tells the story of how Ellie traced the loop back through the silo's history, to a maintenance foreman who vanished in 1973, and to the concrete floor that seemed to breathe. This episode is about the sound you can't unhear, the hum that settles into your bones, and the knowledge that some loops close long after you've pressed stop. #BlackwoodRoad #CoalSilos #Ellie #TheLoop #47Seconds #1998 #Documentary #AmbientNoise #Vanished #MaintenanceForeman #ConcreteFloor #Breathing #ForgottenTowns #Industrial #SoundEngineer #HumAtNight #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

In the dead summer of 1998, on the gravel turnoff beside the abandoned coal silos on Blackwood Road, a sound engineer named Ellie recorded something that shouldn't have been there. She was cataloguing ambient noise for a documentary about forgotten industrial towns, and she got more than she bargained for: a 47-second loop repeating every 14 minutes, buried in the static. The loop was a voice—a woman's voice—saying the same eight words, over and over, with a cadence that didn't belong to any recording. Luna tells the story of how Ellie traced the loop back through the silo's history, to a maintenance foreman who vanished in 1973, and to the concrete floor that seemed to breathe. This episode is about the sound you can't unhear, the hum that settles into your bones, and the knowledge that some loops close long after you've pressed stop. #BlackwoodRoad #CoalSilos #Ellie #TheLoop #47Seconds #1998 #Documentary #AmbientNoise #Vanished #MaintenanceForeman #ConcreteFloor #Breathing #ForgottenTowns #Industrial #SoundEngineer #HumAtNight #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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