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The Night the Bait Shop Clerk Found the Map at Lake Dardanelle
Season 2 Episode 73
September 1993. The bait shop on Lake Dardanelle stays open late for fishermen who know the catfish run after midnight. Luna's cousin Ray worked the …
3 hours ago
The Night the Dentist Found the Jawbone Under the Sink
Season 2 Episode 72
In the autumn of 2009, Dr. Harold Marsh, the only dentist in the small town of Milledgeville, Iowa, discovered something he shouldn't have while fixi…
1 day, 3 hours ago
The Night the Diner Waitress Found the Letter Under the Register
Season 2 Episode 71
At the Kettle Creek Diner on Route 9, just outside the town of Melvern, the night shift waitress found a letter wedged under the cash register. It wa…
2 days, 3 hours ago
The Night the Waitress Heard the Jukebox Play at the Truck Stop on Route 22
Season 2 Episode 70
Route 22 cuts through the heart of the Missouri Ozarks, a two-lane blacktop that snakes past abandoned farmhouses and hollows where the radio dies. A…
3 days, 2 hours ago
The Night the Diner Kitchen Stayed Open for One Last Order at the Bluebird on Route 9
Season 2 Episode 69
It's the summer of 1998, just past midnight, and the Bluebird Diner on Route 9 in Hebron, Ohio, is closing for good. Luna's aunt Celia worked the gri…
4 days, 2 hours ago
The Night the Clerk Found the Second Register at the Tumbleweed Inn
Season 2 Episode 68
When Luna stopped at the Tumbleweed Inn outside Calhoun, Arkansas — a crumbling motel off a two-lane highway, neon sign buzzing half-dead — she expec…
5 days, 3 hours ago
The Night the Postmaster Found the Letters at the Elkton Dead Letter Office
Season 2 Episode 67
December 1987, Elkton, Virginia. Luna recounts a night she spent sorting mail with old Mack, the town's postmaster, in the crumbling Dead Letter Offi…
6 days, 3 hours ago
The Night the Motel Clerk Found the Name in the Register at the Ponderosa Lodge
Season 2 Episode 66
September 1997, Ponderosa Lodge outside Haggerstown, Indiana. Luna recounts a night shift at a run-down motel where the register holds a name that do…
1 week ago
The Night the Christmas Lights Stayed On at the Trailer on Cypress Road
Season 2 Episode 65
December 2008, outside a town called Havenwood that no longer appears on any map. Luna's cousin rented a single-wide trailer at the dead end of Cypre…
1 week, 1 day ago
The Night the Waitress Found the Wrong Name on the Reservation Book at the Rusty Spoon Diner
Season 2 Episode 64
It's autumn of 2008 in the small town of Iron Gap, Pennsylvania. You're working the late shift at the Rusty Spoon Diner when a man in a tan coat walk…
1 week, 2 days ago