EPISODE · Jun 16, 2026 · 6 MIN
The Night the Last Payphone Rang at the Truck Stop Outside Prairie Junction
from The Lantern Anthology — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
It was mid-September, just past midnight, when I stopped for gas at the old Shell station off Route 7 outside Prairie Junction. The place had been dying for years — one pump, a convenience store with expired candy bars, and a payphone bolted to the wall near the restrooms. The phone started ringing as I was filling my tank. I ignored it at first, but it kept going. No one else was around. The cashier inside hadn't moved from his stool. I answered it. And a voice I recognized — someone I hadn't spoken to in six years — asked me why I never came back. This is a story about unfinished business, about the roads we take and the ones we leave behind, and about a payphone that only rings when you need to hear the one thing you've been avoiding. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #LunaReads #Payphone #PrairieJunction #Route7 #TruckStop #UnfinishedBusiness #GhostCall #SeptemberNight #Midnight #LonelyRoad #KansasPlains #GasStationHorror #Disappeared #VoiceFromThePast #TheLanternAnthology #AtmosphericHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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It was mid-September, just past midnight, when I stopped for gas at the old Shell station off Route 7 outside Prairie Junction. The place had been dying for years — one pump, a convenience store with expired candy bars, and a payphone bolted to the wall near the restrooms. The phone started ringing as I was filling my tank. I ignored it at first, but it kept going. No one else was around. The cashier inside hadn't moved from his stool. I answered it. And a voice I recognized — someone I hadn't spoken to in six years — asked me why I never came back. This is a story about unfinished business, about the roads we take and the ones we leave behind, and about a payphone that only rings when you need to hear the one thing you've been avoiding. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #LunaReads #Payphone #PrairieJunction #Route7 #TruckStop #UnfinishedBusiness #GhostCall #SeptemberNight #Midnight #LonelyRoad #KansasPlains #GasStationHorror #Disappeared #VoiceFromThePast #TheLanternAnthology #AtmosphericHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Night the Last Payphone Rang at the Truck Stop Outside Prairie Junction
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