The VERY Messed Up Origins of THE HOOKMAN | Urban Legends Explained

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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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» 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/or...
» The Hook by Barbara Mikkelson: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the...
» The Boyfriend's Death by Barbara Mikkelson: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the...
» The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends and their Meanings: https://amzn.to/4d4vkGh
» FBI Records - Texarkana Phantom Moonlight Attacks: https://vault.fbi.gov/texarkana-phant...
» Phantom K***** Attacks: PART II https://www.texarkanagazette.com/news...
» 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/...
» Pictures of the Texarkana Crimes: https://curator135.com/2022/09/29/tex...
» Prosthetics Through the Ages: https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/arti...
» Make Out Point Trope: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...
» Ambroise Paré IV: The early history of artificial limbs (from robotic to prostheses): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
» Body-Powered Hooks: https://www.armdynamics.com/upper-lim...

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