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5 min readA traveler driving through the dark hills of Eastern Kentucky on a long, empty straightaway through a valley slams his brakes when he sees something that does not belong: a lighthouse. It sits alone in a meadow, black and white stripes spiraling up its length like a barber's pole, with no house attached. Across the road is an old motel, a single row of rooms wrapped around a parking lot. Something drives him to pull in, though he cannot later remember why. The woman at the front desk is so ordinary-looking that she crosses into the uncanny — like a rough sketch with the details not yet filled in. When he asks about the lighthouse across the street, she looks confused. She has no idea what he is talking about.
The room and the paintings
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- 1 Scary Stories – Check In: Timestamped Outline
- 2 (00:02) **Advertisements** – Multiple ad segments for Brami pasta, Goya beans, One Times Square, National Brain Tumor Society walk, and HQ Racing go-karts.
- 3 (02:43) **Narrator spots a mysterious lighthouse in rural Kentucky** – Driving through a remote valley in Eastern Kentucky, the narrator sees a black-and-white striped lighthouse standing alone in a meadow, completely out of place with no coastline or houses nearby.
- 4 (05:07) **The unnervingly ordinary motel clerk** – A woman appears behind the counter who is so average-looking she crosses into the uncanny valley, like a rough sketch missing details.
- 5 (09:13) **Advertisements** – Serving Smiles podcast ad, Granger shipping supplies ad, and Mike Lawler political ad.
- 6 (10:49) **The narrator settles into his room and notices strange paintings** – The room smells of mothballs, the TV only shows static, and the paintings on the wall are unusually detailed and dark.
- 7 (12:36) **Narrator wakes to find the lighthouse glowing and figures in the mist** – He wakes in darkness to find the light outside isn't the moon or a streetlamp, but a pulsing blue glow from the lighthouse.
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Show Notes
I have checked into some creepy places, but this one was the worst
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