The VERY Messed Up Origins of THE HOOK

Jon Solo's Messed Up Origins™ Podcast

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» 0:00 - Do you like scary stories?

» 3:02 - The Hook

» 9:57 - Prosthetics: Past and Present

» 12:21 - An Unexpected Origin

» 15:39 - True Crimes

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▼ Resources ▼

» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books

» Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz: https://amzn.to/3Ikvsoa

» Dear Abby - November 8th, 1960: https://www.newspapers.com/article/orlando-evening-star-the-hook-urban-lege/13696103/

» The Hook by Barbara Mikkelson: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-hook/

» The Boyfriend's Death by Barbara Mikkelson: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-boyfriends-death/

» The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and their Meanings: https://amzn.to/4d4vkGh

» FBI Records - Texarkana Phantom Moonlight Attacks: https://vault.fbi.gov/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders/texarkana-phantom-moonlight-murders-part-01-of-02/view

» Phantom K***** Attacks: PART II https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/2016/apr/14/phantom-killer-attacks-part-ii/

» Newton, Michael (2004). The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes ISBN 978-0-816-06988-0.

» Newton, Michael (2013). The Texarkana Moonlight M*****s: The Unsolved Case of the 1946 Phantom Killer. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Texarkana_Moonlight_Murders/mg6s_ipzAKgC?hl=en&gbpv=0

» Pictures of the Texarkana Crimes: https://curator135.com/2022/09/29/texarkana-moonlight-murders-photos/

» Prosthetics Through the Ages: https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/prosthetics-through-the-ages

» Make Out Point Trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MakeOutPoint

» Ambroise Paré IV: The early history of artificial limbs (from robotic to prostheses): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3664166/

» Body-Powered Hooks: https://www.armdynamics.com/upper-limb-library/introduction-to-body-powered-hooks

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