Monday, August 5, 2019

4. The Hook (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)


I feel kind of bad, but this won't be the last urban legend to appear on this list. These were my favorite stories growing up and I had to include all of them.

In The Hook, a couple are parked on a hill after their date at the movies. The boy turned the radio on and the couple heard an announcement that a murderer, with a hook for a hand, escaped from a local prison. The girl was scared and wanted to go home, and the boy reluctantly agreed to leave. When they were about to drive away, the girl heard something scratching at her door. Eventually, they arrived at her house and when the boy got out to open the car door for her, he saw a hook hanging on the door handle.

This is a really popular urban legend that's probably been adapted a million times, but there's an episode of Daria called "Legends of the Mall" that parodies it and I recommend it if you're into that sort of thing.

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