Case File: Vacancy — Fexingo Horror

The Last Room at the Blue Horizon Motor Inn

7 min · 6. juni 2026
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It's the slow season in late October when a woman named Marlene checks into the Blue Horizon Motor Inn outside Lordsburg, New Mexico, just off I-10. She's the only guest that night. The manager, an old man named Roy, gives her Room 14 because it's the farthest from the highway. Sometime after midnight, she starts hearing a sound from the room next door—or rather, from where the room next door would be, if there were one. The motel is U-shaped, and Room 14 is at the far end of the east wing, last door. There is no Room 15. But the sound is there, clear as anything: a woman's voice, low and urgent, saying the same three words over and over. Marlene tries to ignore it. She turns on the TV. The sound doesn't stop. She calls the front desk. Roy tells her she's the only one on the property. The sound continues until dawn. When she leaves in the morning, Roy is sweeping the walkway outside Room 14. He doesn't ask if she slept well. He just says, 'She won't hurt you. She's just looking for someone to answer.' #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #AnthologyHorror #SoloNarrated #LunaReads #MotelHorror #BlueHorizonMotorInn #LordsburgNewMexico #Room14 #TheWomanInRoom15 #LateOctober #EmptyMotel #HauntedRoom #RepetitionHorror #UnansweredQuestion #NoVacancy #Interstate10 #SmallTownHorror Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo [https://buymeacoffee.com/fexingo]

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