EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 7 MIN
The Swamp Preacher of Parish Road
from Dead Zone Radio — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the late summer of 2017, I drove through the Florida panhandle on a stretch of highway that didn't make it onto any map. A detour took me down Parish Road, past a boarded-up bait shop and a church with no name. That's where I met the old man who spoke to the swamp, who told me the water had been rising for years, swallowing sheds and mailboxes and eventually entire houses. He showed me the places where the ground gave way to something dark and patient. And when he pointed across the black water, I saw a light flickering where no light should be. This is the story of what I heard that night—and what I saw when the preacher stopped speaking. It's about the things that wait beneath the surface, the sounds they make when they're hungry, and the one question you should never ask a man who lives alone at the edge of a floodplain. #SwampPreacher #ParishRoad #FloridaPanhandle #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #SouthernGothic #Floodplain #VanishingRoads #DeadZoneRadio #AnthologyHorror #LateSummer #BoardedUpChurch #SubmergedStructures #WaterHorror #LunaNarrative #MileMarker #TransmissionLost #TheHungrySwamp #LateNightHorror #RadioHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the late summer of 2017, I drove through the Florida panhandle on a stretch of highway that didn't make it onto any map. A detour took me down Parish Road, past a boarded-up bait shop and a church with no name. That's where I met the old man who spoke to the swamp, who told me the water had been rising for years, swallowing sheds and mailboxes and eventually entire houses. He showed me the places where the ground gave way to something dark and patient. And when he pointed across the black water, I saw a light flickering where no light should be. This is the story of what I heard that night—and what I saw when the preacher stopped speaking. It's about the things that wait beneath the surface, the sounds they make when they're hungry, and the one question you should never ask a man who lives alone at the edge of a floodplain. #SwampPreacher #ParishRoad #FloridaPanhandle #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #SouthernGothic #Floodplain #VanishingRoads #DeadZoneRadio #AnthologyHorror #LateSummer #BoardedUpChurch #SubmergedStructures #WaterHorror #LunaNarrative #MileMarker #TransmissionLost #TheHungrySwamp #LateNightHorror #RadioHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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