Ep 23: Hookman

One night, on a desolate stretch of road a couple drove towards their favorite make-out spot.

Now where does it go from there? Does their car break down and one of them leave to get help? Do they hear spooky noises and hightail it out of there? There are so many different mixes of this amazing campfire story. On episode 23, you can come hear the basic versions of the stories and get a little insight into where these legends might of come from. From absurd freudian interpretations all the way to the gruesome Texarkana Moonlight Murders, this legend has a bit of everything.

I Know What You Did Last Summer Movie Poster

The hook handed man from Supernatural

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-hookman-92941 Legend of The Hookman

https://www.concordtheatricals.com/p/59188/hookman Hookman

https://www.ranker.com/list/hook-man-backstories/katherine-ripley Creepy Backstories and Versions of the Hook Man Legend

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-hook/ The Hook

https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1006&context=mrr Hook Man (four sonnets)

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-boyfriends-death/ The Boyfriend’s Death

https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/texarkana-moonlight-murders-4478/ Texarkana Moonlight Murders

https://www.scarymommy.com/dna-solves-gruesome-1956-lovers-lane-murder Cold Case Justice: DNA Solves Gruesome 1956 Lover's Lane Murder

https://listverse.com/2015/09/02/10-unsolved-lovers-lane-murders/ 10 Unsolved Lovers’ Lane Murders