The Click of the Lock | Decade of Dread #17

Wrong Station

Science Fiction, Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 708 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Enjoy 31 episodes in 31 days as Wrong Station celebrates a “Decade of Dread”. // TURN THE BOLT. BARRICADE THE DOOR. // CLOSE YOUR EYES UP TIGHT. // WHAT WILL YOU DO WHEN YOU HEAR IT? "The Click of the Lock," a good ol' fashioned spooky story from Wrong Station. Written by Alexander Saxton and performed by Anthony Botelho. Celebrate 10 seasons of Wrong Station by subscribing to our Patreon at ⁠www.patreon.com/thewrongstation⁠. Explore brand new benefits, hundreds of hours of bonus content, and help ensure Wrong Station stays on the air for another 10 years. The Wrong Station contains explicit content and mature themes. Episode-specific warnings can be found at ⁠www.wrongstation.com/c-w. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.7	Today's episode, The Click of the Lock, is written by Alexander Saxton and performed by Anthony Betel. I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm On their second anniversary, they took the day off and ate French toast in the morning,
1:48.5	and then went to the beach and caught in a thunderstorm while biking back,
1:53.9	and went out to dinner and walked home eating gelato, and made love, and went to sleep afterward.
2:05.2	Neither of them had ever been so intensely happy.
2:14.7	It was like being filled with a warm light. But that night, he was awakened at some point by the sound of a click in the hallway outside.
2:18.3	He was sure it was nothing.
2:20.3	There were five other units in their little brick building, and someone was always awake
2:24.3	somewhere.
2:25.3	But when he stepped out of the air-conditioned cool of their bedroom, he became unsettled.
2:32.3	The back door was unlocked. He had thought he'd locked it that night. Hadn't he?
2:39.3	They usually checked. If he didn't, she usually did. He turned the latch and the deadbolt
2:45.1	thunked home. He stopped and listened. His wife breathed gently in the bedroom behind.
2:52.7	He checked the hall closet and flipped the bathroom light and checked behind the shower curtain.
2:58.0	The middle room was empty, and its closet only full of winter clothes.
3:02.2	He went down to the kitchen and living room.
3:05.1	Empty.
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