The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

AXE-MURDER HOLLOW IN ERIE , PENNSYLVANIA.

A GUY AND HIS GIRL WERE DRIVING ALONG A VERY LONELY
STRETCH OF ROAD WHEN THEY RAN OUT OF GAS. THE GUY GOT
OUT TO WALK TO THE GAS STATION AND TOLD THE GIRL TO
LOCK ALL THE DOORS AND NOT OPEN THEM FOR ANYONE.
QUITE A LONG TIME PASSED, AND SHE WAS GETTING WORRIED
AND SCARED. ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE HEARD A CLAWING NOISE
ON THE ROOF AND WAS FRIGHTENED EVEN MORE, BUT SHE STILL
DID NOT GET OUT. FINALLY, SHE FELL ASLEEP. THE NEXT
MORNING SHE WAS AWAKENED BY THE POLICE, WHO INSTRUCTED
HER TO WALK TO THE SQUAD CAR WITHOUT TURNING AROUND.
BUT SHE WAS CURIOUS AND TURNED AROUND ONLY TO SEE HER
BOYFRIEND DANGLING FROM HIS FEET ABOVE THE CAR WITH
HIS HANDS ON THE ROOF MAKING A CLAWING SOUND AND HIS
HEAD HAD BEEN CHOPPED OFF WITH AN AXE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 03-01-1972