Hangman's Road

Indiana · USA · Execution site

The car broke down. He went for help and she stayed. When he came back she was not there, and then a drop of blood landed on the windscreen.

A young couple were driving home from a date on this road near LaPorte, Indiana when the car broke down.

He went for help. She stayed with the car.

When he came back she was gone, and he assumed she had gone looking for help herself. Then a drop of blood landed on the windscreen, and he looked up.

This is The Boyfriend's Death, and it is the third or fourth appearance of the same story in this archive under different place names. Folklorists have been collecting it since the 1960s and it turns up on lonely roads across the English speaking world, always with the same structure and the same final image.

It is worth knowing how widely it travels, because every town that carries it believes it happened there.

The road is public and rural.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Hangman's Road?

Hangman's Road ligger i Indiana, USA.