The Cursed Cargo

The Cemetery Delivery in New Orleans

In this episode of Tales from Trucker Dwane, professional truck driver and storyteller Trucker Dwane shares a haunting late-night delivery deep inside New Orleans—a run that may have been real, or may have been a dream born from exhaustion, humidity, and too much truck stop food. What starts as a routine freight delivery turns into something far stranger when the destination pin drops inside a cemetery. With no receiver listed, no signature required, and a caretaker who seems to belong more to the ground than the living, this Southern trucking story blurs the line between road legend and reality. Tales from Trucker Dwane is an original horror podcast featuring true-feeling truck driving stories, urban legends from the American South, and eerie encounters experienced on long-haul routes across the United States. These stories are inspired by real trucking life, late-night deliveries, remote locations, and the psychological toll of life on the road. Listeners who enjoy trucking stories, road horror, Southern folklore, ghost stories, and immersive audio storytelling will feel right at home. 🎧 Listen if you enjoy: • Trucker horror stories • Southern ghost stories • Urban legends from the road • True-feeling nighttime driving stories • Atmospheric storytelling for long drives New episodes of Tales from Trucker Dwane explore the darker side of trucking—where the road remembers, the ground keeps secrets, and not every delivery should be completed

Black Ice Mile Marker 113

Title: Black Ice at Mile Marker 113 "The road pretends it’s fine right up until the moment physics decides you’re no longer part of the conversation." Join Trucker Dwane for a haunting account of Western Pennsylvania in late January. At 2 a.m., Mile Marker 113 isn't just a point on a map—it’s a graveyard of close calls and yellow caution tape. When 42,000 pounds of freight begins to drift on invisible ice, Dwane learns the hardest lesson on the road: sometimes the only way to survive is to let go of the wheel.

The Mountain that doesn’t move

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The Mountain That Doesn’t Move

Episode 5: On his first long haul from Laredo to California, Trucker Dwane crosses the Chihuahuan Desert—340 miles of silence, heat, and a mountain that refuses to move. No signal. No radio. No landmarks that behave the way they should. For six hours, the same mountain sits in the west, unmoving, hypnotic, watching. And slowly, impossibly, it begins to feel like the mountain is looking back. Rooted in real roads, real distance, and the old legends of West Texas, this story explores what happens when the land itself seems aware of you—and when turning away might be the only reason you make it through. Some warnings aren’t meant to scare you. They’re meant to stop you.

The Cursed Cargo

A last-minute swap load. A 53-foot dry van. A freight broker who doesn’t exist anymore. What should have been a routine overnight run turns into days of delays, unanswered calls, and a delivery that never happens. Fires, storms, locked gates—and a growing sense that the load was never just freight. Every night the dreams get stronger. Every morning the situation makes less sense. By the time Monday comes, the road has already decided how this ends. This is a Trucker Dwane story— where the freight isn’t the most dangerous thing you carry, and some loads don’t need the doors opened to leave