The Telegram at Red Willow Station
from The Lonely Plains — Fexingo Horror Hosted by Fexingo
In the fall of 1923, a telegram arrived at the Red Willow Station depot in Haskell County, Kansas, three days after the train it supposedly came from had already passed through. The operator, a man named Silas Hogue, swore he saw no one deliver it—just found it on the counter at dawn, the envelope damp and smelling of river mud. The message inside was short: 'We are still waiting at the crossing. —E.' Silas had no idea who E was, but he knew the crossing. It was the old Nickel Plate grade where, ten years earlier, a northbound local had stalled in a blizzard and frozen solid with everyone aboard. The telegram was addressed to no one. Silas kept it in his vest pocket for three days, and then he started hearing the train bell at night. This is the story of what happened after that—the strange quiet that settled over Red Willow, the lantern left burning in the station window, and the night the depot clock began to chime hours that don't exist on any schedule. #RedWillowStation #HaskellCounty #KansasPlains #TheTelegram #NickelPlateCrossing #SilasHogue #TrainWhistle #FrozenTrain #Blizzard1913 #DepotBell #LanternLight #UnsentMessages #PlainsHorror #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #Anthology #LonelyPlains #NightTrain #TheLonelyPlains #PrairieHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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