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EPISODE · May 16, 2026 · 8 MIN

The Man Who Fixed the Porch Light at Thirty-Eight Cypress

from The Hum at Night — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo

It was the hottest August on record in Baird, Indiana, and the porch light at 38 Cypress Street wouldn't stop flickering. Luna's elderly neighbor, a retired electrician named Mr. Hollis, offered to fix it. But the light had a history—it had been replaced four times in two years, and every previous repairman had left town within a week. Luna watched from her bedroom window as Mr. Hollis climbed the ladder that night, the cicadas screaming. She saw him pause at the top, his silhouette frozen against the bulb. She saw the light go out, then come back on—but not the same. From then on, the flicker wasn't random. It had a pattern. It was trying to say something. And Mr. Hollis never came down from that ladder. This episode is about watching something you can't unsee, and the obligation of being the only one who noticed. #TheHumAtNight #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #PorchLight #CypressStreet #MrHollis #BairdIndiana #NeighborHorror #WatchingFromAWindow #FlickeringLight #MorseCode #AugustHeat #Cicadas #SmallTownHorror #LunaNarrates #Unsettling #AtmosphericHorror #WhatLivesInACircuit Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

It was the hottest August on record in Baird, Indiana, and the porch light at 38 Cypress Street wouldn't stop flickering. Luna's elderly neighbor, a retired electrician named Mr. Hollis, offered to fix it. But the light had a history—it had been replaced four times in two years, and every previous repairman had left town within a week. Luna watched from her bedroom window as Mr. Hollis climbed the ladder that night, the cicadas screaming. She saw him pause at the top, his silhouette frozen against the bulb. She saw the light go out, then come back on—but not the same. From then on, the flicker wasn't random. It had a pattern. It was trying to say something. And Mr. Hollis never came down from that ladder. This episode is about watching something you can't unsee, and the obligation of being the only one who noticed. #TheHumAtNight #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #PorchLight #CypressStreet #MrHollis #BairdIndiana #NeighborHorror #WatchingFromAWindow #FlickeringLight #MorseCode #AugustHeat #Cicadas #SmallTownHorror #LunaNarrates #Unsettling #AtmosphericHorror #WhatLivesInACircuit Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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It was the hottest August on record in Baird, Indiana, and the porch light at 38 Cypress Street wouldn't stop flickering. Luna's elderly neighbor, a retired electrician named Mr. Hollis, offered to fix it. But the light had a history—it had been...

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