EPISODE · Jun 6, 2026 · 6 MIN
The Night the Payphone Rang at Exit 17
from Dead Zone Radio — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
It was the summer I drove back roads to avoid the interstate, the summer the air smelled like cut hay and wet asphalt. I pulled off at Exit 17, old Route 9, around two in the morning — just to stretch my legs. The payphone at the edge of the lot started ringing as soon as I cut the engine. I almost didn't answer. But it kept ringing, steady and patient, like someone knew I was there. The voice on the other end said my name — not my nickname, not what people call me, but the name on my birth certificate, the one I haven't used since high school. Then she told me things: the color of the shirt I was wearing, the scar on my left knee, the song playing on my radio six miles back. She said she was sitting in the same booth I was standing in, only thirty years ago. And she said I needed to listen, because the call was about to drop, and she wouldn't get another chance. This is what she told me. #DeadZoneRadio #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #Payphone #Exit17 #Route9 #RuralHorror #LateNight #AnalogHorror #SoloNarrated #LunaReads #TheCall #TimeLoop #SmallTown #RoadTrip #PodcastHorror #Creepy #Atmospheric Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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It was the summer I drove back roads to avoid the interstate, the summer the air smelled like cut hay and wet asphalt. I pulled off at Exit 17, old Route 9, around two in the morning — just to stretch my legs. The payphone at the edge of the lot started ringing as soon as I cut the engine. I almost didn't answer. But it kept ringing, steady and patient, like someone knew I was there. The voice on the other end said my name — not my nickname, not what people call me, but the name on my birth certificate, the one I haven't used since high school. Then she told me things: the color of the shirt I was wearing, the scar on my left knee, the song playing on my radio six miles back. She said she was sitting in the same booth I was standing in, only thirty years ago. And she said I needed to listen, because the call was about to drop, and she wouldn't get another chance. This is what she told me. #DeadZoneRadio #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #Payphone #Exit17 #Route9 #RuralHorror #LateNight #AnalogHorror #SoloNarrated #LunaReads #TheCall #TimeLoop #SmallTown #RoadTrip #PodcastHorror #Creepy #Atmospheric Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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The Night the Payphone Rang at Exit 17
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