# The Photograph at the Valentine House, October 1996

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Podcast: [Bound in Black — Fexingo Horror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bound-in-black-fexingo-horror-7876228)
Published: 2026-06-23T16:32:45+00:00
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## Resource

When Luna's aunt asked her to clean out an abandoned house on Cypress Lane, she expected dust and mouse droppings. What she found in a locked drawer was a single photograph dated October 31, 1996: a family portrait with all four faces scratched out. But the photograph was still developing, the Polaroid still wet. And when she turned it over, the handwriting on the back said 'Don't look at us after dark.' She put it back. She should have left it there. But she didn't. This is a story about a house that wanted to be remembered, and the photograph that remembered everything wrong. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #BoundInBlack #Episode50 #TheValentineHouse #CypressLane #Polaroid #Photograph #October1996 #SmallTownHorror #AtmosphericHorror #SoloNarration #LunaReads #DarkArchive #FamilyPortrait #AbandonedHouse #ThingsLeftBehind #DontLook Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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