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September 18

On this day in 1973, the Lawnmower Man - identified by FBI agents as one George Stark - was indicted on multiple murder charges in a Las Vegas courtroom.

Watching the news coverage of Stark's indictment, a friend of author Stephen King was moved to observe that Stark looked like "the dark half of Thad Beaumont", a comment that would later provide the inspiration for King's fifth book, "The Dark Half".

- Stephen King
Stephen King

Variant entry posted by Guest Historian Chris Oakley Email the AuthorVisit the Authors Web Site original content has been repurposed to celebrate the author's genius © Stephen King, Salem's Lot, 1976.
Story Tags Click on the hyperlinked metadata to surf the site! Permalinks: Post, Day. Browse Thread: Salem50 Source: Internet Movie Database Labels: Salems Lot, Maine, Murder, Stephen King, America.



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