EPISODE · Jun 4, 2026 · 9 MIN
The Vending Machine at the Edge of Broken Wheel County
from The Lonely Chapter — Fexingo Horror · host Fexingo
In the dry summer of 1997, a man named Cole Masters pulled his truck onto the shoulder of a dying highway in Broken Wheel County, Texas. A vending machine stood alone in the dirt—coin slot glowing, cooler humming despite the missing plug. He bought a can of soda that tasted like metal and rust. Then another. Then things started to change. The machine sold more than drinks—it sold hours, sold back years, sold the parts of yourself you thought you'd buried. But every transaction leaves a receipt, and every receipt has fine print. This is a story about what we trade for a little more time. About a man who kept putting coins in until he had nothing left to feed the slot. And about the trucker who found his wallet—full of receipts, all dated the same day—spread across the gravel like a hand of losing cards. Settle in. The light in that machine never goes out. #TheLonelyChapter #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #BrokenWheelCounty #ColeMasters #VendingMachine #Highway97 #1997 #Texas #NightShift #Soda #Receipts #Time #Trade #LonelyRoad #AtmosphericHorror #SlowBurn #SoloNarrated Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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In the dry summer of 1997, a man named Cole Masters pulled his truck onto the shoulder of a dying highway in Broken Wheel County, Texas. A vending machine stood alone in the dirt—coin slot glowing, cooler humming despite the missing plug. He bought a can of soda that tasted like metal and rust. Then another. Then things started to change. The machine sold more than drinks—it sold hours, sold back years, sold the parts of yourself you thought you'd buried. But every transaction leaves a receipt, and every receipt has fine print. This is a story about what we trade for a little more time. About a man who kept putting coins in until he had nothing left to feed the slot. And about the trucker who found his wallet—full of receipts, all dated the same day—spread across the gravel like a hand of losing cards. Settle in. The light in that machine never goes out. #TheLonelyChapter #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #BrokenWheelCounty #ColeMasters #VendingMachine #Highway97 #1997 #Texas #NightShift #Soda #Receipts #Time #Trade #LonelyRoad #AtmosphericHorror #SlowBurn #SoloNarrated Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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