The Mystery of the Old Lighthouse
2026 · Complete Story

The Mystery of the Old Lighthouse

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“Recording an urban legend seemed like fun—until the mic picked up footsteps in the abandoned tower.”

In the peaceful coastal town of Bahía Serena, three inseparable best friends decide to cap off their senior year by recording a podcast about the local legend of the abandoned lighthouse. But what starts as a prank filled with laughter and tangled cables takes a chilling turn when their audio equipment captures impossible sounds echoing from the locked tower. To uncover the truth before graduation, they must venture into the dark, entirely unaware of the family secret waiting at the top.

4 Episodes · Short Story
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All Episodes (4)

Episode 01
~7 min

The Fifty-Hertz Frequency

“Nobody fears a dead lighthouse until a deaf machine learns to listen to what the fog prefers to keep quiet.”

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Episode 02
~6 min

Wrought Iron and Old Diesel

“«The sea gives back rotting timber and hollow hulls; family lies are the only things that refuse to float.»”

1,187 words
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Episode 03
~6 min

The Whistle of the Broken Flashlight

“Sometimes guilt does not hide in the gloom out of cowardice, but out of the sheer, terrifying fear of dazzling the eyes of those who still harbor innocence.”

1,064 words
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Episode 04
~8 min

Citrine over the Foam

“My whole life I'd been told the lighthouse was there to save ships from catastrophe, but the catastrophe had always been on land, signed in promissory notes and stored in fruit crates.”

1,512 words
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