Episode

The Man Who Tracked the Ripple at Dead Man's Slough

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Cold Wake — Fexingo Horror
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Jul 1, 2026
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Summary

A retired hydrographer named Harlan Pierce spent forty years mapping underwater sound for the Coast Survey. When he moved to a quiet fishing village on the Oregon coast, he began noticing a strange pattern in the Doppler readings from an old channel marker at Dead Man's Slough — a ripple that pulsed at three in the morning, exactly once a week, with no source. He installed a hydrophone, and what he heard beneath the water was not the ocean. It was a voice, calling the same name over and over, a name that matched the marker's brass plaque. This is the story of what Harlan found when he followed the signal into the fog, and what he left tied to the dock. #FexingoHorror #HorrorPodcast #ColdWake #Hydrographer #DeadMansSlough #OregonCoast #ChannelMarker #Hydrophone #UnderwaterVoice #DopplerPulse #WeeklyRipple #BrassPlaque #Fog #Dock #RetiredSurveyor #SonicHorror #SlowBurn #Luna Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo