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.
You can read more ghost stories in Spooky Campfire Tales by S.E. Schlosser.
Comments? Email us at
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
the scary thing about is it, if not completly, part true. ive heard lots of versions.
Posted by: Anonymous | December 22, 2009 10:03 PM
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
so scared right now honestly
Posted by: Anonymous | March 13, 2010 01:42 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
love the end!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Angelina | March 20, 2010 06:30 PM
omg, that is so scary!
Posted by: paris jackson | March 22, 2010 02:19 PM
ok dats kind of dumb i wish sumone died
Posted by: sugamama | March 23, 2010 11:41 AM
i never heard of this story before. today was my first time hearing it .i give it a thumbs up , this story is the best one out of any other i story i've heard. greatest story eva!!!!!!
Posted by: mikayla | March 23, 2010 07:26 PM
wow that was spooky
Posted by: Anonymous | March 23, 2010 09:37 PM
Well. All of you who think this is retarded,its not. This is a very good story in my opinion. It starts out casual...and the Suspense builds.
Posted by: Makenna | March 26, 2010 10:26 PM
It may not of been all that spooky but its one of the best by far..
Posted by: Jessie | March 27, 2010 02:38 PM
i liked it .. not all stories need to be blood and guts to be scary :)
Posted by: Kable | March 27, 2010 08:59 PM
lame
Posted by: ashley | March 28, 2010 03:05 PM
its not scary its a OKAY story though
Posted by: werewolf | March 28, 2010 03:15 PM
wow tht was so dumb i mean u could have finished tha story u left us hanging
Posted by: anelo | March 29, 2010 08:56 AM
WOW
Posted by: .... | March 29, 2010 01:05 PM
I LOVE THE STORY
Posted by: EMILY | March 30, 2010 02:03 PM
that was so expected.
Posted by: lindsey | March 30, 2010 06:38 PM
bad boy frind
Posted by: Anonymous | April 1, 2010 06:01 PM
lol.. my english teacher told us this story but they where going to prom.
Posted by: Anonymous | April 2, 2010 03:34 PM
LAMOS IT IS SOOOOOO SHORT MAKE IT LONGER U DANG CREATOR! *SCREAMS MADLY*
Posted by: tori | April 4, 2010 01:22 PM
Sucks!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 6, 2010 11:20 AM
what did the ending mean didnt get it
Posted by: Sally | April 11, 2010 04:50 PM
i preferd the vesion where he cuts the boyfreinds face of wears it and kills the girl
Posted by: mr birthdy | April 17, 2010 06:03 PM
It was'nt all that great but it was still spooky
Posted by: faith | April 19, 2010 09:55 AM
um.. not what I was expecting.. of what I heard from one of my friends. THAT one was cool. It was where instead of them getting away, the girl got mad and she got out of the car and screamed. She was dead. The boyfriend heard her and went out to inspect. He got killed. They found the bodies in the morning. Like I said, mucha coolness than this one.
Posted by: HI | April 21, 2010 04:29 PM
this story is so cool but it needs more work
Posted by: riana | April 26, 2010 01:11 PM
Creeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy!
Posted by: Anonymous | April 27, 2010 05:35 PM
wow!!!!!!!!!! this is a good story. i just wish it was more 2 it.who ever wrote this should make a movie about it.!!!:)
Posted by: shay | April 29, 2010 11:12 AM
realistic story,creepy,and entertainig
Posted by: nicole | April 29, 2010 04:18 PM
Ive heard this story before but now it makes me change my mind because its so different
Posted by: Anonymous | May 1, 2010 02:20 PM
you might need to change the end because A LOT of people dont get it but i do. the hook was yanked of after he killed someone and there was left over blood or the blood of his hand was on it
Posted by: randy | May 5, 2010 06:05 PM
i am goin to use it 4 school
Posted by: steve | May 6, 2010 09:21 PM
Lol feel bad for hook man can't open doors lol
Posted by: Anonymous | May 10, 2010 01:33 PM
you call that scary seriously!!!!!
Posted by: Faffie | May 13, 2010 09:26 AM
Shay... There is a movie about this story. It's called "Urban Legends" and was released in 1998.
Posted by: Matt | May 14, 2010 07:30 AM
the t.v.show supernaterule copyed that but thats a goo storie ahhhhhhh
Posted by: coco | May 16, 2010 05:42 AM
Better: the guy gets out to "check" and says 3 knocks = safe and she hears 3 knocks, looks up, hears 9 more knocks, gets out, and the guy has been hanged and is bumping against the car. (100,000,000 times better) This was way worse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous | May 22, 2010 05:56 PM
Some of you are must be really dumb. How could you not understand the ending? The girl was scared something pushed on the car the guy sped off with the car ripping the killer's hook off because he had just made his way around the car to her door and was opening it as the boyfriend took off!
Posted by: Travis | May 23, 2010 07:58 PM
ive heard of it but scaryer
Posted by: Anonymous | May 24, 2010 01:05 PM
I was speechless after reading this story, nice. This is going on my calss project.
Posted by: CJ | June 1, 2010 11:57 AM
cute and its okey
Posted by: fiffy 4m brunei | June 5, 2010 09:40 AM
This storie was spoooooooooooooky!!!!! I was litterly shaking after I read this story!!
Posted by: Anonymous | June 6, 2010 04:37 PM
gayest storie ive ever heards
Posted by: nonya | June 12, 2010 03:45 PM
wow...... thats not how that story goes
Posted by: starr | June 12, 2010 04:07 PM
nice wonder how it ends lol :)
Posted by: kenya williams | June 13, 2010 06:28 PM
I don't think the people on here get it. This story wasn't one meant to be horror story: it's about something else. The moral of the story? Had she not persisted to leave and let her boyfriend have his way with her, they would have been met with dire consequences. Plus, this tale is as old as lovers lanes themselves.
Posted by: fanofurbanlegends | June 15, 2010 02:27 PM
that was pretty scary. Thats the one I'm going to tell my little sisters.
Posted by: Rebekah | June 15, 2010 06:24 PM
wow guys be nice its hard to make up stories
Posted by: Anonymous | June 16, 2010 05:29 PM
B-O-R-I-N-G
Posted by: Anonymous | June 18, 2010 02:19 PM
ive heard so many differient versions of that story i dont no wich one i should believe... but its not scary when a story scares me i just tell myself that its just something that someone made up a long time ago
Posted by: amy marteniz | June 18, 2010 04:38 PM
The best story I've ever heard . It's freaky how the simplest stories can scare us . BOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA I Scared you . LOL
Posted by: annonymus | June 20, 2010 04:30 AM
i heard a version where the guy got out to investigate something, the lady felt a bump on top of the car she gets out and theres the boy hanging by a bloody hook from the tree down on the car
Posted by: steam acount: cats715 | June 23, 2010 06:30 AM
LLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: jordan | June 23, 2010 11:37 AM
I'm not easily scared, because I've watched a thousand horror movies and I've read a bazillion stories 10 times scarier than this. Honestly, I had a straight expression on my face while reading this! I wasnt a bit scared! But still, it was interesting though...
Posted by: Anonymous | June 27, 2010 06:59 AM
its ok but I have heard it like 50 times
Posted by: Anonymous | June 27, 2010 01:16 PM
i like this story and people out their that say it is lame you are lame people haterz
Posted by: alaijah | June 28, 2010 11:46 AM
That was so cool,but not scary for a nine year older like me >w<
Posted by: Kailyn | July 2, 2010 03:18 PM
My teacher shared this story with my class! It's so lame, but I bet when your in a car with your boy/girlfriend sitting somewhere you'll remember it and get alittle freaked out!
Posted by: Alison | July 6, 2010 12:44 PM
scaeryyyyyyyyyy
Posted by: Anonymous | July 7, 2010 04:52 AM
awesome
Posted by: bob | July 13, 2010 05:29 PM
this was the story in the movie i know what you did last summer.... i like the movie better
Posted by: megan | July 14, 2010 05:10 PM
I would have added something like "The neighbor then saw two bodies in a pool of blood the next morning in the driveway." The story was okay.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 15, 2010 12:45 PM
Of course you have heard it sooooo many times, thus, urban legend. Get it? This is only an excerpt of the book being offered, which is more interesting. For those of you who did not get the ending, the bloody hand hanging from the passenger side door indicates that the horny boyfriend left just in the nick of time, before the hook guy could open the door and kill them both. The hook was ripped from his arm as the car sped away. Maybe it wasn't so scary to you because you are so lame brained and thick, you can't get the punch line.
Posted by: GG | July 17, 2010 12:31 PM
my 15 yr old sister freaked out cause its 3 in the morning
Posted by: Anonymous | July 19, 2010 04:02 AM
this story needs some killing ;)
Posted by: twix | July 19, 2010 10:35 PM
WOW. boring. its a good bedtime story if you catch my drift
Posted by: Cody | July 20, 2010 06:01 AM
that was lame
Posted by: katie-louise | July 23, 2010 10:16 AM
wow not so scary but its alright
Posted by: michaela | July 23, 2010 01:13 PM
word
Posted by: Johnathan | July 26, 2010 10:49 PM