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Leo, a self-proclaimed connoisseur of vintage horror, only kept his grandmother's huge, dust-covered tube radio for one reason: the legend of the Ghost Frequencies.
The story went that every Halloween, precisely at midnight, Station 107.9 FM—a frequency that was always static any other day of the year—came alive with a single, bizarre broadcast.
Leo watched the clock tick toward 12:00 AM. Outside his apartment window, the streetlights seemed to flicker in sync with his pounding heart. As the minute hand clicked to twelve, he twisted the dial to 107.9.
The static didn't vanish—it was replaced by a low, insistent hum, like a distant swarm of bees. Then came the music: a crackly, tinny jazz melody that sounded like it was being played in a vast, empty hall. It wasn't scary, just profoundly lonely.
Then the announcer’s voice cut in. It was smooth and warm, but with a strange, echoing quality, as if he were speaking from the bottom of an empty well.
"Good evening, travelers," the voice whispered. "And welcome back to the last stop on the dial. Tonight, we celebrate the thinning of the veil. We have a few announcements for those who've... just arrived."
Leo leaned closer.
"To the gentleman in the blue Ford, currently lost on Route 55: The detour you seek is not for the living. Please turn back at the weeping willow."
"To the young lady near the trestle: The light you see is only a memory of home, not a path. Do not follow it."
The announcements continued, each one a chillingly specific warning directed at someone lost or facing danger. Leo grabbed his phone to try and record the broadcast, but the radio hissed loudly, and the announcer paused.
"And to our listener, Leo," the voice said, suddenly clear and right next to his ear. "It is not wise to record what is not meant to be remembered. Simply listen."
Leo froze, dropping his phone. The announcer chuckled softly—a sound like dry leaves skittering across pavement—and returned to the lonely jazz.
Leo didn't need to hear another warning. He scrambled to the radio and ripped the power cord from the wall. The apartment was plunged back into silence, save for the rhythmic tapping of a distant, unseen branch against his window.
He never plugged the radio back in. The next morning, 107.9 FM was static again. But Leo still checks the news every November 1st, just to see if anyone was found near a weeping willow on Route 55. And every year, the silence is almost worse than the broadcast.