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5 min readEvery town has a legend, and in the small desert town where the narrator settled, the legend was Reverie Road. Four years earlier, a man named Jeffrey Willard—a devoted husband and churchgoer—came home after his parcel delivery shift, grabbed a hammer from his shed, and beat his wife and dog to death. He was found sitting peacefully on his porch, with no memory of the act. The only clue was that a local bartender, Tom Davis, had seen Willard driving slowly down Reverie Road that night, his eyes empty, "like he was entranced." Reverie Road is a mystery in itself: it begins between the gas station and the bar, heads straight into the desert, and ends at a collapsed bridge after three miles. Nobody knows where it was supposed to go or why it was built. The road and the murder fused into a local myth—something on that road had driven Willard mad.
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- 1 (03:15) **A Town's Legend is Introduced** - The narrator explains how every small town has its mysteries, and he introduces the story of Jeffrey Willard, a man who inexplicably murdered his wife and dog with a hammer.
- 2 (07:03) **The Enigma of Reverie Road** - The narrator describes the mysterious road that leads west out of town into the desert, with no known destination or purpose, and a collapsed bridge blocking vehicle passage.
- 3 (10:59) **A Second Horror Emerges from the Desert** - The narrator witnesses Tom Davis, the barkeep, limping up Reverie Road, dragging a body behind him with a chain wrapped around his torso.
- 4 (17:05) **The Search Party and the Abandoned Truck** - The community organizes a search for Tom's vehicle and his wife, walking down Reverie Road, where they find Tom's truck on the far side of the intact bridge, still running and covered in blood.
- 5 (21:00) **The Officer's Confession** - At the bar that night, Officer Yolis finally agrees to talk, revealing he also drove down Reverie Road the night of the Willard murder and has been having nightmares.
- 6 (28:35) **The Narrator's Own Temptation** - After leaving the bar, the narrator is drawn to Reverie Road at the stoplight, feeling an irresistible pull to see where it goes.
- 7 (30:55) **The Intact Bridge and the Vision** - The narrator reaches the bridge, which is intact, and sees Tom's abandoned truck on the other side; he steps out of his car, feeling a breeze pulling him toward the darkness.
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Show Notes
There is a road in my town, but nobody knows where it goes
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