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EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 7 MIN

The Night the Jackalope Spoke at the Dusty Roads Diner

from The Lantern Anthology — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo

Outside of Holbrook, Arizona, on a stretch of Route 66 that hasn't seen a new coat of paint since the sixties, a tired traveler pulls into the Dusty Roads Diner at four in the morning. The coffee is old, the pie is cold, and on the wall behind the register hangs a jackalope head with glass eyes that seem to follow. The waitress, a woman named Margo who hasn't smiled in years, warns him not to look too long. But he does. And when the diner empties out at closing time, the jackalope speaks. Not a memory, not a trick of the light—a low, dry voice that tells him exactly what he's been running from. This episode is about the things we try to leave behind and the places that already know our secrets. #TheLanternAnthology #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DustyRoadsDiner #HolbrookArizona #Route66 #Jackalope #Margo #StuffedAnimals #RoadsideHorror #SmallTownDiner #TalkingJackalope #AmericanWest #DesertHorror #Cryptid #Taxidermy #LateNightEncounters #LunaReads Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published Jun 7, 2026

Outside of Holbrook, Arizona, on a stretch of Route 66 that hasn't seen a new coat of paint since the sixties, a tired traveler pulls into the Dusty Roads Diner at four in the morning. The coffee is old, the pie is cold, and on the wall behind the register hangs a jackalope head with glass eyes that seem to follow. The waitress, a woman named Margo who hasn't smiled in years, warns him not to look too long. But he does. And when the diner empties out at closing time, the jackalope speaks. Not a memory, not a trick of the light—a low, dry voice that tells him exactly what he's been running from. This episode is about the things we try to leave behind and the places that already know our secrets. #TheLanternAnthology #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #DustyRoadsDiner #HolbrookArizona #Route66 #Jackalope #Margo #StuffedAnimals #RoadsideHorror #SmallTownDiner #TalkingJackalope #AmericanWest #DesertHorror #Cryptid #Taxidermy #LateNightEncounters #LunaReads Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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Outside of Holbrook, Arizona, on a stretch of Route 66 that hasn't seen a new coat of paint since the sixties, a tired traveler pulls into the Dusty Roads Diner at four in the morning. The coffee is old, the pie is cold, and on the wall behind the...

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