Killer in the Backseat | Urban Legend Analysis

Download at Archive.org Is there really a killer lurking in your backseat? We look at this popular urban legend and what it says about our culture and traditions. Works Discussed: ► Urban Legend (1998) ► The Twilight Zone (1960) episode The Hitchhiker ► Carnival of Souls (1962) ► Assault on Precinct 13 (1976 and 2005) ► The Incredible Melting Man (1977) ► Halloween (1978) ► Heavy Metal (1981) ► Night School (1981) ► The Howling (1981) ► Nightmares (1983) ► Children of the Corn (1984) ► A View to a Kill (1985) ► Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) ► Slumber Party Massacre III (1990) ► The Simpsons (1992) "The Otto Show" ► The Crow (1994) ► Suspicious (1995) ► Homicide (1995) “Thrill of the Kill” ► Practical Magic (1998) ► Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1998) “Bright Lights” ► Millennium (1998) "The Pest House" ► Dog Soldiers (2002) ► The Matrix Reloaded (2003) ► Jonathan Creek (2003) "The Coonskin Cap" ► Wolf Creek (2005) ► Sin City (2005) ► Midsomer Murders (2005) "The House in the Woods" ► The Deader the Better (2005) ► Lucky Number Slevin (2006) ► The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) ► Hot Fuzz (2007) ► The Strangers (2008) ► Zombieland (2009) ► I Spit on Your Grave (2010) ► Machete (2010) ► Let Me In (2010) ► New Tricks episode (2011) "Only The Brave" ► CSI: Miami (2011) "Special Delivery" ► Julia X (2011) ► Scream 4 (2011) ► Rizzoli & Isles (2012) "Over/Under" ► Curse of Chucky (2013) ► Castle (2013) "Significant Others" ► NCIS (2014) "Crescent City" ► Scream Queens (2015-2016) "Pilot" and “Ghost Stories” ► Ash vs Evil Dead (2015–2018) LIKE, COMMENT, SUBSCRIBE!! ----------------------------------------­­--- Merchandise ► https://www.redbubble.com/people/afterdarkanalys/ Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/AfterDarkAnalysis Ko-fi ► https://ko-fi.com/afterdarkanalysis Social Media Links Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/pg/AfterDarkAnalysis Twitter ► https://twitter.com/AfterDarkAnalys instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/after_dark_analysis/ Google+ ► https://plus.google.com/u/1/102635285505884780395 Imgur ► https://imgur.com/user/bloodgutssc/posts Pinterest ► https://www.pinterest.com/afterdarkanalysis/ Tumblr ► https://www.tumblr.com/blog/afterdarkanalysisyt ----------------------------------------­­--- Sources: ► Study: A Lack of American Infrastructure Investment Is Costing Billions: https://www.govtech.com/fs/infrastructure/Study-A-Lack-of-American-Infrastructure-Investment-Is-Costing-Billions.html ► Personal Space around the World: https://cil.berkeley.edu/close-talker-personal-space/ ► Killer in the Backseat Urban Legend: https://www.halloween-website.com/backseat.htm ► Tale Of Backseat Killer Is Similar To News Stories: https://www.deseret.com/1991/12/13/18957193/tale-of-backseat-killer-is-similar-to-news-stories ► Man warns drivers of 'fake' car accidents. Raleigh NC: https://abc7chicago.com/traffic/man-warns-drivers-of-fake-car-accidents/1767292/ ►Robbers Fake Accident, Attack Woman: Cops. Philadelphia: https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Robbers-Fake-Accident-Attack-Woman-Cops--148480935.html ► Killer in the backseat: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_in_the_backseat ► Danger Takes a Backseat: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DangerTakesABackseat ► The Killer in the Backseat: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-killer-in-the-backseat/ ► “The Killer in the Backseat.” Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand, ABC-CLIO, 2012, pp. 229–230. ► “The Killer in the Backseat.” Too Good to Be True: the Colossal Book of Urban Legends, by Jan Harold. Brunvand, W.W. Norton & Company, 2014, pp. 97. ----------------------------------------­­--- Music There's Probably No Time by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/uvp/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/