Dead Zone, The
First published: 1979
Characters
Waking up from a five-year coma after a car accident, former schoolteacher Johnny Smith discovers that he can see people's futures and pasts when he touches them. Many consider his talent a gift; Johnny feels cursed. His fiance married another man during his coma and people clamor for him to solve their problems. When Johnny has a disturbing vision after he shakes the hand of an ambitious and amoral politician, he must decide if he should take drastic action to change the future.
Characters
| ?, Beth Alma | Chuck Chatsworth's girlfriend |
| ?, Burt | Eileen Magown's next door neighbour |
| ?, Casey | Was at Cathy's Roadhouse when it burned down |
| ?, Clarice | At Timmesdale Pub |
| ?, Dan | Sarah Bracknell 's boyfriend before John Smith |
| ?, Erwin | A Politician |
| ?, Germaine | John Smith's aunt |
| ?, Hans | John Smith mentioned him when in a trance |
| ?, Janice | Eileen Magown's next door neighbour |
| ?, Mike | Was at Cathy's Roadhouse when it burned down |
| ?, Nellie | John Smith's grandmother |
| ?, Ray | Was at Cathy's Roadhouse when it burned down |
| ?, Richard | Chuck Chatsworth's grandfather |
| ?, Sean | Was in the hall when John Smith shot at Greg Stillson |
| ?, Shannon | Was at Cathy's Roadhouse when it burned down |
| Ablanap, Mrs | Sarah Hazlett's kids' baby sitter |
| Allen, Mel | Portland Sunday Telegram Journalist |
| Alvarez, Bonita | Worked for Phoenix Amtrak, sold John Smith a ticket from Phoenix to New York |
| Baker, Howard | Might follow Carter as President |
| Bannerman, George F | Castle Rock Sheriff who asked John Smith to find the killer |
| Bannerman, Katrina | George Bannerman's daughter |
| Bass, ? | Trimbull Chief of Police |
| Benedix, Timmy | Admired by a young John Smith for his ability to skate backwards |
| Bernhardt, Steve | Construction worker at the fair, watched John win on the Wheel of Fortune |
| Bolles, Don | Reporter killed in an explosion in 1976 when a bomb was wired to his car's ignition |
| Borentz, Helmut | Johanna Borentz's now-dead husband, Sam Weizak's father |
| Borentz, Johanna | Sam Weizak's mother, Helmut Borentz's wife. |
| Bowden, ? | Name seen in the Birches Cemetery |
| Bowes, David | Democratic candidate for the third district |
| Bright, David | Bangor Daily News journalist, did an interview with John Smith |
| Brown, Danny | Was on a bus and commented on the sick John Smith |
| Brown, James | Neurologist, worked with John Smith |
| Brown, Jerry | Mentioned that he could run for president after Carter |
| Brown, Julie | Danny Brown's mother |
| Burke, Henry | Ran The Bucket Tavern |
| Butz, Earl | Tim said he'd had a flash that Earl Butz was going to be forced to resign next year |
| Carrick, Bruce | Cathy's Roadhouse owner |
| Carsleigh, Stephanie (nee Constantine) | Sarah Bracknell's friend |
| Chancellor, John | TV News host |
| Chatsworth, Chuck Murphy | 17 year old boy whom John Smith tutored and warned not to go to a party at Cathy's roadhouse. He did not go, thus his life was saved. |
| Chatsworth, Roger | Chuck's father and owner of Chatsworth Mills and Weaving |
| Chatsworth, Shelley (nee Murphy) | Chuck's mother Roger's wife |
| Chen, Ruth | Ngo Phat's friend |
| Clark, Tim | A psychic |
| Clawson, Stuart | Took the picture of Stillson hiding behind the young boy when John Smith shot at him |
| Clay, Dean | Office supply salesman in Phoenix |
| Clements, George | Taxi Driver |
| Cohen, William | Senator who ran for Bill Hathaway's seat, also chaired the Stillson Committee |
| Coltsmore, Freddy | Reverend, blessed a cloth that Vera Smith purchased |
| Conover, Allison | Eastern Maine Medical Centre aid worker |
| Cooney, Leighton | A Politician |
| Curry, Elton | Train Conductor on the Phoenix to Salt Lake run |
| Darrow, Clarence | Mentioned in passing |
| Dean, John | "A rat deserting a sinking ship" |
| Dees, Richard | Inside View magazine journalist |
| Desalvo, Albert | The Boston Strangler |
| Dodd, Frank | Deputy in Castle Rock, turned out to be the Castle Rock Strangler - he committed suicide |
| Dodd, Henrietta | Frank Dodd's mother, knew about him being the Castle Rock Strangler |
| Dohay, Andrew | Lightning rods salesman |
| Drummore, Sol | Owner of the Wheel Of Fortune from which John Smith won money at the carnival |
| Dunbarger, Carol (d) | 17 year old girl, fourth victim of the Castle Rock Strangler and found by Charlie Norton and Norm Lawson in the snow in November, 1974 |
| Dussault, Anne (Terry) | Roger's sister |
| Dussault, Roger | Lewiston Sun reporter |
| Edwards, Dawn | One of John Smith's students, had a crush on him and visited him in the hospital after his accident |
| Elliman, Sonny | Greg Stillson's right hand man |
| Erwin, James | A Politician |
| Farnham, Fearless | A teacher |
| Finegold, Irving | A teacher, worked with Dave Pelson |
| Firegold, Irvina | A teacher |
| Fisher, Deenbie | Roscoe's wife |
| Fisher, Harrison | New Hampshire District's 3rd district congressman |
| Fisher, Roscoe | Castle Rock Deputy Sheriff |
| Flarhaty, Susan | Went to school with Mary Kate Hendrason |
| Frechette, Alma | The Castle Rock Strangler's first victim,she worked at the Coffee Pot and was killed on November 12, 1970, at 3pm |
| Freneau, Brad | Mary Thibault 's boyfriend and the driver of the car that hit John Smith's taxi, he died |
| Gedreau, Lottie | Mother of twins and Herb Smith's neighbour |
| Gendron, Bill | Was there when John Smith hit his head on the ice as a child |
| Gendron, Charles (Chuck) | Banker, President of Lions Club |
| Gurney, Edward | Mentioned in passing |
| Hackman, Bettye | Sarah Bracknell's friend who joined the Peace Corps in Africa |
| Haggar, Donny | Frank Dodd 's boss for a while |
| Harrington, Peter | Went to school with Mary Kate Hendrason |
| Harrison, Tom | Went on a University course on Rural Law Enforcement with Frank Dodd, at the University of Colorado, from 15 October 1972 until 25 December 1972. Chief of police in Gates Falls |
| Harvey, George | Uncle of boy threatened by Greg Stillson, also on the town council |
| Hawes, Cotton | Fictional 87th precinct detective |
| Hayden, Tom | Mentioned in passing. |
| Hazlett, Dennis Edward | Walter and Sarah Hazlett's son who was born on Halloween |
| Hazlett, Janis | Daughter of Sarah and Walter Hazlett. |
| Hazlett, Sarah (nee Bracknell) | Johnny's girlfriend before the accident, a teacher at Cleaves Mill High School, married when she thought John would never recover. Walter 's wife and mother to Dennis and Janis |
| Hazlett, Walter | Sarah's husband whom she met at a New Years Eve party. Father to Dennis and Janis Hazlett |
| Hendrasen, Mary Kate | The Castle Rock Strangler's sixth victim, only nine years old, killed on 17 December, 1975 |
| Herman, George | CBS reporter |
| Hovey, Milton | Fire Chief of Somersworth |
| Humbarr, Billy | TV Evangelist, watched by Vera Smith |
| Humphrey, Hubert | Politician who's election was lost with the help of the police |
| Hurkos, Peter | A psychic mentioned by Dr Weizak who had "Second Sight" |
| Jackson, Henry | Politician, shook John Smith's hand |
| Jackson, Michael Carey | Reading specialist from the University of California |
| Jamieson, Hake | Owned property in Trimbull where a concert was held |
| Jarvis, Mrs | Quick-Pik owner |
| Joellyn, Herman | Worked on the road crew with John Smith |
| Jurgens, Rachel | Sarah Bracknell's friend who lived in Massachusetts |
| Kelso, Carl M. | Sheriff of Castle Rock before Bannerman - got voted out |
| Kirban, Salem | Mentioned in one of the Tracks magazines that Vera gave John Smith |
| Labelle, Mrs | Denny Hazlett's babysitter |
| Lancte, Edgar | Boston FBI agent killed in a car explosion who didn't like Stillson |
| Lawson, Norman | A nine year old who played with Charlie Norton |
| Loeb, William | Union Leader Editor |
| Logan, ? | A camper |
| Loggins, Melissa | Went to school with Mary Kate Hendrason |
| Longely, James | Maine's Independent Governor |
| Mackenzie/Smith, Charlene | Widow, hired Herb Smith to do some work then married him on January 2, 1977 |
| Mackenzie, Hector | Charlene Mackenzie's father |
| Mackenzie, Joe (Buddy) | Charlene Mackenzie;s brother who died in 1944, not that far from Belleau Wood |
| Mackin, Cassie | NBC reporter |
| Magown, Eileen | John Smith's physical therapist after his accident |
| Marsten, ? | Name found in the Birches Cemetery |
| McNaughton, Larry | Worked at the Phoenix Public Works, also a drug dealer |
| Meggs, ? | State Police Sergeant for Orono who told Herb Smith about John's accident |
| Michaud, Marie | Nurse who found John Smith awake after his coma |
| Michaud, Mark | Marie's son who lost an eye in fire cracker accident |
| Moochie | One of Greg Stillson's bodyguards |
| Moody, Cheryl | Third victim of the castle rock strangler. Murdered at 2pm on 16 December 1972 |
| Murphy, Shelly | Maiden name of Shelly Chatsworth |
| Muskie, Edmund | Senator in 1972 |
| Nason, Vera | Vera Smith's Maiden name |
| Nolan, Kathleen | A psychic who worked for the Inside View |
| Norton, Charlie | Eight year old who was playing when he found the body of Carol Dunbarger |
| O'Donnell, Dick | Timmesdale Pub owner |
| Ontello, Maureen | Was at Cathy's Roadhouse when it burned down |
| Otis | A pomeranian Dog |
| Parmeleau, Spider | Passed out at a party held by Chuck Chatsworth |
| Pelletier, Ruby | Hired John Smith as a short order cook |
| Pelson, Dave | Assistant Principal |
| Pelson, Maureen | Dave's wife |
| Phat, Ngo | A Roger Chatsworth's employee |
| Pillsbury, ? | Name found in the Birches Cemetery |
| Prescott, Bud | Sold John Smith the rifle he used to shoot Greg Stillson |
| Quinn, Louis | Congressman who had been caught taking kickbacks in a parking-lot scam |
| Remington, Frederick | Photographer |
| Renfrew, Albert | Deputy Councilor for the Stillson Committee |
| Richards, Stanbury (Strawberry) | Dr Vann's brother-in-law, broke his back |
| Richardson, Norma | Warren Richardson's wife |
| Richardson, Sean | Warren and Norma Richardson's son |
| Richardson, Warren | Norma Richardson's husband who sold Real Estate and was threatened by Sonny Elliman |
| Ringgold, Etta | Fifth victim of the Castle Rock Strangler who was a school teacher, killed about 29 October ,1975 |
| Roberts, Oral | TV Preacher |
| Robeson, Matt | The child that Greg Stillson hid behind when he was shot at by John Smith |
| Rocky | A camper |
| Ross, Frank | Psychic |
| Rounds, George | A teacher Sarah Bracknell had dated |
| Ruopp, Raymond | Did surgery on John Smith's ligaments |
| Rusty | George Bannerman's dog who was going blind |
| Schumann, Lisa | John Smith found her class ring for her |
| Sedecki, Gene | Maths teacher Sarah Bracknell had dated |
| Shriver, Sarge | Spoke to John Smith at the Newington Mall |
| Simons, Ann | Twenty-three year old who was raped and strangled on 12 November, 1972, in Colorado and thought to be another of the Castle Rock Strangler victims |
| Smith, Herbert | John's father and Vera's husband who went on to marry Charlene Mackenzie on January 2, 1977 a while after Vera died |
| Smith, John | Came out of a coma after 5 years with his precognitive gift. Was shot and killed |
| Smith, Margaret Chase | Mentioned by Stillson |
| Smith, Vera Helen | John's very religious and dominant mother, who died of a stroke |
| Speedy Tomato | The Hazlett's cat |
| Spier, Chuck | Lost an eye in battery explosion |
| Starret, Mr | Was recovering from heart attack in hospital room 619, next to John Smith |
| Stillson, Gregory Ammas | The presidential candidate who John Smith predicted would one day destroy the world. He started out selling Bibles, then painting houses |
| Stillson, Harry | Greg Stillson's father |
| Stillson, Mary Lou | Greg Stillson's mother |
| Stiv | A camper |
| Stonkers, Harry L. | Ran an farm in Vermont |
| Stonkers, Mrs | Ran an farm in Vermont |
| Strachan, Patty | Chuck Chatsworth's friend |
| Strafford, Anne (nee Beatty) | Spanish teacher who worked with John Smith and told Sarah about the accident |
| Strang, Bobby | Truckstop owner whose waitress was caught in a compromising position with Charles Gendron |
| Strang, Keith | Foreman of the road crew John Smith worked for |
| Strawns, Dr. | John Smith's doctor who died in house fire |
| Stubbs, Deenie | Sarah Bracknell's friend from Grad School |
| Sugerman, Mrs | Worked for the Castle Rock Sheriff's department |
| Sylvester, Mrs | Used a walker |
| Taylor, ? | Female Police officer in Pueblo who was asked by Bannerman about murders while Frank Dodd was in the area |
| Thibault, Mary | Passenger in the car that hit John Smith's taxi, who died |
| Thompson, Hunter | Wrote a book about The Hells Angels |
| Timmons, ? | Walter Hazlett's client |
| Toothaker, Pauline | Second victim of the Castle Rock Strangler who died at 10am on 17 November, 1971 |
| Treaches, Mr | Lawyer? |
| Tremont, Arnie | Mechanic at the Cleaves Mills Chevron who asked Sarah Bracknell out on a date |
| Udall, Morris | Politician who shook hands with John Smith |
| Vann, Dr. Quentin M | Sam Weizak referred John Smith to him - he discovered John had a brain tumour |
| Verizer, Norman D | Chief Councilor of the Stillson Committee |
| Webster, William | FBI Chief |
| Weizak, Dr Sam | Dealt with John Smith's case |
| Whitman, Charles | The Texas Town Sniper |
| Wiggins, ? | Police Chief in Ridgeway |
| Wyman, Stephanie | Chuck Chatsworth's friend |
| Youngman, Henny | Mentioned by Sarah Bracknell |
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