The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TALE

A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEPLACE IN MICHIGAN, A BOY AND A GIRL WERE PARKED
OUT NEAR A DESERTED FARM HOUSE. WHILE THEY WERE LISTENING TO THE
RADIO THE NEWS FLASH ANNOUNCED THAT A DESPERATE KILLER HAD ESCAPED
FROM A NEARBY PENITENTIARY. ONE OF THE ITEMS IN HIS DESCRIPTION WAS
THAT HE HAD A HOOK FOR A RIGHT HAND. THE GIRL GOT SCARED AND THEY
LEFT FOR HOME. WHEN THE BOY WENT TO LET THE GIRL OUT AT HOME HE
FOUND THE HOOK ON THE DOOR HANDLE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Date learned: NOT RECORDED