The Hook
Excerpted from Spooky Campfire Tales
retold by S.E. Schlosser
The reports had been on the radio all day, though she hadn't paid much attention to them. Some crazy man had escaped from the state asylum. They were calling him the Hook Man since he had lost his right arm and had it replaced with a hook. He was a killer, and everyone in the region was warned to keep watch and report anything suspicious. But this didn't interest her. She was more worried about what to wear on her date.
After several consultation calls with friends, she chose a blue outfit in the very latest style and was ready and waiting on the porch when her boyfriend came to pick her up in his car. They went to a drive-in movie with another couple, then dropped them off and went parking in the local lover's lane. The blue outfit was a hit, and she cuddled close to her boyfriend as they kissed to the sound of romantic music on the radio.
Then the announcer came on and repeated the warning she had heard that afternoon. An insane killer with a hook in place of his right hand was loose in the area. Suddenly, the dark, moonless night didn't seem so romantic to her. The lover's lane was secluded and off the beaten track. A perfect spot for a deranged mad-man to lurk, she thought, pushing her amorous boyfriend away.
"Maybe we should get out of here," she said. "That Hook Man sounds dangerous."
"Awe, c'mon babe, it's nothing," her boyfriend said, trying to get in another kiss. She pushed him away again.
"No, really. We're all alone out here. I'm scared," she said.
They argued for a moment. Then the car shook a bit, as if something…or someone…had touched it. She gave a shriek and said: "Get us out of here now!"
"Jeeze," her boyfriend said in disgust, but he turned the key and went roaring out of the lover's lane with a screeching of his tires.
They drove home in stony silence, and when they pulled into her driveway, he refused to help her out of the car. He was being so unreasonable, she fumed to herself. She opened the door indignantly and stepped into her driveway with her chin up and her lips set. Whirling around, she slammed the door as hard as she could. And then she screamed.
Her boyfriend leapt out of the car and caught her in his arms. "What is it? What's wrong?" he shouted. Then he saw it. A bloody hook hung from the handle of the passenger-side door.
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Comments
the real legend not a story
Posted by: onyx olivia valentine | October 30, 2009 11:27 AM
wow... i've hard this story so many times in so many different ways....
Posted by: Anonymous | October 30, 2009 07:23 PM
That's so L-A-M-E!!!!
Posted by: Sk8er Gurl | October 31, 2009 07:48 PM
Ive heard better stories
Posted by: Anonymous | November 7, 2009 11:07 PM
i liked it,atleast.
Posted by: Rèt | December 9, 2009 09:21 AM
sssccccaaarrrryyy !!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: KEVIN | December 14, 2009 03:01 PM
the best scary story Ive heard in a long long time
Posted by: noah che fick | December 15, 2009 08:40 PM
i like this tale
Posted by: Anonymous | December 16, 2009 01:22 AM
good i guess im gonna use it for mi class project
Posted by: cass | January 5, 2010 08:12 PM
I've heard that sooo many times, and that wasn't even scary!!!
Posted by: A girl you dont know | January 7, 2010 06:38 PM
heard it before.
Posted by: saul | January 8, 2010 10:59 PM
eh i dont get the end bit was the woman dead or not and whos hook was it?
Posted by: megan | January 9, 2010 11:51 AM
I hate this story i've heard better one's than this
Posted by: shaney | January 11, 2010 12:13 PM
that's not even scary! I've heard better ones than that.Can you make a better one than that? I'm six yrs.old and it takes a little more than that to scare me....Destiny
Posted by: destiny | January 13, 2010 06:48 PM
this is so f***ing lame
Posted by: dabeast | January 15, 2010 10:06 AM
wow
Posted by: Anonymous | January 15, 2010 02:51 PM
what he tried 2 kill her? did he try 2 open her door? did his hook get snatched off????????
Posted by: Anonymous | January 15, 2010 03:53 PM
This story is, honestly, really kinda lame. I've heard it so many times, and it's never scared me. Not even once. :/
Posted by: ANDiAZ. | January 16, 2010 05:39 AM
This story sucks!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | January 17, 2010 10:36 AM
i didnt get the ending
Posted by: courtney | January 17, 2010 05:55 PM
this was the worst story i have ever heard you shouldn't even bother reading it you might as well watch paint dry
Posted by: Anonymous | January 18, 2010 02:30 PM
that is not even the real story and and that was so "LAME" and "BORING" OH AND THAT WAS SOOOOO SPOOOOKKKKYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | January 22, 2010 05:39 PM
WOW that was sooooooo STUPIDILY DUM!!!!!!!only retards would think that is scary
Posted by: hotty5557 | January 23, 2010 08:46 PM
lame
Posted by: Anonymous | January 24, 2010 02:22 PM
stupid
Posted by: Anonymous | January 24, 2010 09:09 PM
i think it was a good story lol
Posted by: anibel | January 26, 2010 09:40 AM
I've heard this story before
Posted by: scarecrow 127 | January 26, 2010 11:25 AM
ive heard this so many times its not even a "look over your shoulder" story anymore.
Posted by: Anonymous | January 27, 2010 10:23 AM
stupid story
Posted by: Anonymous | January 28, 2010 01:20 PM
I think that was kinda....interesting.
Posted by: b-ball rules | January 28, 2010 08:07 PM
I liked it ,but i have heard it sooooooo many times
Posted by: emma wilson | January 29, 2010 07:54 PM
Read this already. Scary though.
Posted by: Saul | February 1, 2010 06:14 PM
ah! nice but a little borin.
Posted by: saul | February 1, 2010 10:10 PM
good story!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 2, 2010 06:39 PM
Boring.
Posted by: dead girl | February 2, 2010 06:44 PM
that was so crappy it wasnt scary at all it should have been longer and with blood, i luv blood
Posted by: lorna | February 3, 2010 03:27 PM
soo wird
Posted by: Anonymous | February 3, 2010 03:34 PM
I heard a story like this at camp and use to love it, I decided to google it and it was just as I remembered, I thought there were more though?
Posted by: Mac | February 5, 2010 10:28 PM
hmm, yeah it's pretty freaky. But I've heard better.
Posted by: Natasha | February 7, 2010 10:38 PM
it was okay
Posted by: khgfytfg | February 8, 2010 05:31 PM
I liked it i guess...i think its better than most ghost storys.....................
Posted by: Anonymous | February 9, 2010 11:46 AM
this was NOT scary ,dont get the ending , plus like i said b4 mii lil brother did not even move at this story
Posted by: nobody | February 14, 2010 01:03 PM
damn this is gay
or could have a scarier ending
Posted by: George | February 17, 2010 11:03 AM
THAT WAS F****** BORING
Posted by: A55 | February 17, 2010 11:46 AM
weird i wonder wut happened 2 the boyfreind such a lame story
Posted by: Anonymous | February 17, 2010 02:39 PM
theres another ending where they get killed on lovers lane
Posted by: suifwsfiw | February 17, 2010 04:02 PM
wow it's kinda scary !!! thanks for telling it!
Posted by: rebekah | February 19, 2010 07:10 PM
so not a good story bad!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | February 20, 2010 09:56 AM
Dude I mean relly?! Lol LAME
Posted by: Bree | February 20, 2010 11:56 PM
I'm leaving this site right now. This is dumb.
Posted by: Anonymous | February 21, 2010 08:12 PM
how is that scary
Posted by: Anonymous | February 22, 2010 10:04 AM
ending made no sence u lozers who thinks this is scary wtf
Posted by: ur mom | February 22, 2010 10:10 AM
Gay! Didn't understand the ending
Posted by: Anonymous | February 22, 2010 08:55 PM
this story was alrite...i guess....i'v heard it be4 ....but i don't understand did the chick die ...or did the hooker guys hook come off...i dunno!!!
Posted by: huh? wats my name???? lol | February 23, 2010 03:15 AM
i like this stories
Posted by: bob the builder | February 26, 2010 10:50 AM
this storie suck i heard better for 9 years did i menchin i am 9 so is my bffl and her sister is 8 this storie does not scare us
Posted by: rachel | February 26, 2010 02:03 PM
Wow. I didn't get the ending. Kindaa lamee. :l
Posted by: Kathleen | February 26, 2010 09:28 PM
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh scream
Posted by: Joseph | March 1, 2010 12:41 PM
this is scary and cool yo
Posted by: jason | March 1, 2010 06:40 PM
Yea-no. Like Can U Say
L-A-M-E?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Samantha | March 3, 2010 10:22 PM
my baby brother alfies nappis are scarier than this!
Posted by: georgia rose mallory | March 4, 2010 01:31 PM
i dont get it....
can someone explain to me?????
thx
Posted by: libby | March 4, 2010 03:12 PM
Nobody dies!!! This is a LAME ghost story!!!!:(
Posted by: Grace | March 16, 2010 08:25 AM
it was boring what kinda story it that!!!!
Posted by: Brittney | March 17, 2010 12:44 PM