EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 8 MIN
The Night the Diner Clock Stopped at 3:17
from Dead Zone Radio — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
Luna pulls over at a late-night diner along a forgotten stretch of highway in eastern Oregon, somewhere past Burns Junction. The year is 2019. The diner is called Verna's, and the clock above the pie case has been frozen at 3:17 for as long as anyone can remember. Inside, she meets a man named Dale who orders coffee but never drinks it, and a waitress named Marlene who says the same three words every time she passes the jukebox. The story that unfolds is about a woman named Evelyn who walked out of the diner one night in 1974 and never came back — except that the clock keeps time for her, and the radio in the kitchen picks up something that isn't quite static. This episode is quiet and slow, like the hour before dawn when the highway holds its breath. No monsters. No blood. Just a woman who left and the people who stayed behind to listen. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #VernasDiner #Evelyn #3:17 #OregonHighway #BurnsJunction #TheClock #TheWaitress #TheRegular #Jukebox #KitchenRadio #Static #HighwayHorror #SlowBurn #AtmosphericHorror #Luna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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Luna pulls over at a late-night diner along a forgotten stretch of highway in eastern Oregon, somewhere past Burns Junction. The year is 2019. The diner is called Verna's, and the clock above the pie case has been frozen at 3:17 for as long as anyone can remember. Inside, she meets a man named Dale who orders coffee but never drinks it, and a waitress named Marlene who says the same three words every time she passes the jukebox. The story that unfolds is about a woman named Evelyn who walked out of the diner one night in 1974 and never came back — except that the clock keeps time for her, and the radio in the kitchen picks up something that isn't quite static. This episode is quiet and slow, like the hour before dawn when the highway holds its breath. No monsters. No blood. Just a woman who left and the people who stayed behind to listen. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DeadZoneRadio #VernasDiner #Evelyn #3:17 #OregonHighway #BurnsJunction #TheClock #TheWaitress #TheRegular #Jukebox #KitchenRadio #Static #HighwayHorror #SlowBurn #AtmosphericHorror #Luna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Night the Diner Clock Stopped at 3:17
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