# The Wind at the Traverwell Motel, June 1997

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Podcast: [Bound in Black — Fexingo Horror](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bound-in-black-fexingo-horror-7876228)
Published: 2026-07-08T17:06:45+00:00
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June 1997. The Traverwell Motel, five miles outside Harper's Creek, Iowa. A woman named Elaine checks in to room nine on a Tuesday night and does not check out. The clerk remembers the wind that night—how it pressed against the windows like something trying to get in. He remembers her hands shaking as she signed the register. He remembers the sound from room nine around two in the morning, a sound that was not a scream but a low, steady hum. He did not go to check. By dawn, the room was empty. No luggage. No car in the lot. But the window was open. And the screen was torn from the inside out. Luna tells the story of the last guest at the Traverwell Motel, and what the wind carried away. #TraverwellMotel #HarperCreek #Iowa #RoomNine #TheWind #June1997 #ElaineCorbin #OpenWindow #TornScreen #LowHum #Vanishing #MotelHorror #MidwestGothic #LunaReads #BoundInBlack #StandaloneEpisode #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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