Gauge Illumination - Horror, folklore, and strange signals from the road.
Oct 15, 2026 · 38 min · 16 segments
Some ghosts haunt houses, some haunt people, but are there ghosts that haunt the places where America was built? Outside Fayetteville, North Carolina, the Vander Light is said to be the lantern of…
It's a vibrant community.
It's a military community.
It's a lot of fun as a community.
Vander has actually gotten closer to Fayetteville than it used to be.
You know what I'm talking about? If you go to Atlanta, I used to go to the University of Georgia.
The problem is, if you go there now, between is a lot closer to Atlanta and not so much in between anymore.
Fayetteville is a growing community.
The combination of military, technology, and just a great place to live means that Vander has gotten a little bit closer.
But Vander is still isolated.
And those railroad tracks out there are still isolated.
And there still is enough space out there for people.
an urban legend to kind of come into existence, as it were.
You know, North Carolina, of course, has all four seasons, which means when it gets cold, there's a lot of, you know, mist off the ground at night.
There's a lot of stuff going on out there.
There's noise in the distance, but there's just enough civilization not close enough to still make the place kind of incredibly spooky.
And as you can see, that legend's been there for a long time, so...
It's a pretty terrific space to kind of make that happen.
Those rail yards, nothing stops there anymore.
The train doesn't stop there.
It used to be a station.
It's not there anymore, which means it's lonely, it's open, and it's unpopulated.
And yes, there is now light pollution coming in the distance, but it's still one hell of a place to kind of craft an urban legend into existence.
It's a vibrant community.
It's a military community.
It's a lot of fun as a community.
Vander has actually gotten closer to Fayetteville than it used to be.
You know what I'm talking about? If you go to Atlanta, I used to go to the University of Georgia.
The problem is, if you go there now, between is a lot closer to Atlanta and not so much in between anymore.
Fayetteville is a growing community.
The combination of military, technology, and just a great place to live means that Vander has gotten a little bit closer.
But Vander is still isolated.
And those railroad tracks out there are still isolated.
And there still is enough space out there for people.
an urban legend to kind of come into existence, as it were.
You know, North Carolina, of course, has all four seasons, which means when it gets cold, there's a lot of, you know, mist off the ground at night.
There's a lot of stuff going on out there.
There's noise in the distance, but there's just enough civilization not close enough to still make the place kind of incredibly spooky.
And as you can see, that legend's been there for a long time, so...
It's a pretty terrific space to kind of make that happen.
Those rail yards, nothing stops there anymore.
The train doesn't stop there.
It used to be a station.
It's not there anymore, which means it's lonely, it's open, and it's unpopulated.
And yes, there is now light pollution coming in the distance, but it's still one hell of a place to kind of craft an urban legend into existence.
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