'Salem's Lot
First published: 1975
Characters
'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror.
A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved.
All would be changed forever--Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad priest who put his eroded faith to one last test; and Mark, a young boy who sees his fantasy world become reality and ironically proves the best equipped to handle the relentless nightmare of 'Salem's Lot.
Characters
| Chopper | Mark Petrie's dog |
| Doc | Irwin Purinton's dog |
| Evvie | Person on the phone |
| Horris | Old man with intestinal cancer that spoke to Father Callahan |
| Jerusalem | Pig owned by Charles Tanner. The town was named after the pig |
| Kali | Hindu Godess mentioned in passing |
| Roddy | Boy in the Park in Salems Lot pushing his sister in a swing. |
| Shirley | Worked at Dell's bar |
| Toni | Worked at Dell's bar |
| Wolfman Jack | Disk Jockey on a Monterey radio station |
| Albee, Edward | Spoke about monkey nipples |
| Anderson, Sherwood | American writer mentioned by Ann Norton |
| Ashford, ? | Maiden name of ? Mears, mother of Ben Mears. |
| Astaire, Fred | Dancer imagined by Father Callahan. |
| Bannock, John | Betrothed to a girl, but was accused of killing her. He was supposed to be an Incubus. |
| Barclay, Davie | Childhood friend of Ben Mears |
| Barlow, Kurt | Antiques expert. Vampire. Born as Kurt Breichen in Germany, and told about Salems Lot by Hubert Marsten. |
| Bascomb, Buddy | Morgue attendant in Portland |
| Bergeron, ? | Priest |
| Bissonette, Raymond | Father Good friend of Father Callahan. |
| Boddin, Derek | Father of Richie. Brother of Franklin |
| Boddin, Franklin | Brother of Derrick. A friend of Virgil Rathburn that drove a 57 Chevrolet pickup |
| Boddin, Marie | Richie's mother. Spilt fat on her arm |
| Boddin, Richie | 11 year old school bully at Stanley Street elementary school. Son of Marie Boddin |
| Bowie, ? | Son of Claude. He came back from Vietnam with a mechanical foot. |
| Bowie, Claude | Lived in Salems Lot. His son lost a foot in Vietnam |
| Bowie, Sandy | Maiden name of Sandy McDougall |
| Boyer, George | Worked at Gates mill on the 3 to 11 shift. |
| Breichen, Kurt | Kurt Barlow's birth name |
| Bryant, Corey | 22 year old who worked for the telephone company and was having an affair with Bonnie Sawyer until Reggie Sawyer found out. Son of Pete |
| Bryant, Pete | Corey's father |
| Burke, Matthew (Matt) | 63 year old English teacher |
| Butts, Pearl Ann | Ran off to New York City to become a Zigfield girl in 1907 |
| Buzzey, Frank | Convict in Ben Mears' book "Air Dance" |
| Callahan, Donald | Parish Priest of St Andrews Catholic Church. |
| Campion, Brad | Friend of Ben. Works at Yarmouth Liquor store |
| Carlyle, ? | Author quoted by Matt Burke |
| Carty, ? | Morgue attendant in Portland |
| Carver, George Washington | Author mentioned by Matt Burke |
| Cobham, Mrs. | Character in a movie |
| Cody, Ben | Name used by Ben Mears in a New Hampshire Motel |
| Cody, Jimmy | A young doctor in Salems Lot. |
| Coggins, Fiona | Missing widow in Salems Lot. Aunt of Gertrude Hersey. Reported missing 14 February, 1976 |
| Coleman, Gary | Went blind from a mysterious optic nerve degeneration. Student of Matt Burke |
| Coogan, Miss | Works at Spencer's Drugstore |
| Cook, Pete | Worked at Sonny's Exxon garage |
| Corey, Minella | Birdie Marsten's sister |
| Corliss, Aggie | Often wrote the local paper about drinking and other 'evils'. |
| Corliss, Clyde | In Milt Crossens store |
| Corson, Sheldon | Dragged Floyd off Ben when they were fighting. Stayed in Eva Miller's boarding house. |
| Craig, Ed (Weasel) | Ex-lover of Eva Miller, and drunk. Stayed in Eva Miller's boarding house. |
| Crane, Albie | Father of Joe Crane. |
| Crane, Joe | In Milt Crossens store. Son of Albie. |
| Crockett, Lawrence (Larry) | Real estate agent on Salems Lot. Millionaire father or Ruthie Crockett. Second Selectman of Salems Lot. |
| Crockett, Mrs. | Wife of Larry and Mother or Ruthie |
| Crockett, Ruthie | Lead in the school play. Daughter of Lawrence |
| Crossen, Milt | Ran "Crossens Agricultural Market" in Salems Lot. |
| Curless, Dick | Drinks at Dells Bar |
| Curless, Rhoda | Lived in Salems Lot. Moved to Portland and worked for St Matthews Mission. |
| Danles, Kenny | Worked in the post office |
| Danles, Mrs. | Mother of Kenny Danles. |
| Dickens, Pauline | Lived in Salems Lot and worked in the "Excellent Cafe". Moved to L.A. |
| Dickey, James | Author mentioned in passing |
| Dube, LaVerne | Girlfriend of Billy Smith. |
| Durham, ? | Kicked off the school bus for talking too loud |
| Durham, Harriet | Worked at Gates Mill. Wife of Lester |
| Durham, Lester | Worked at Gates Mill. Husband of Harriet |
| Evans, David | Lived in Salems Lot. Was a mechanic in Sears Store at Gates Falls. |
| Evans, Mrs. | Wife of David. |
| Felson, Dave | In charge of bus motor pool and friends with Charlie Rhodes |
| Flip, Mr. | The Boogeyman of Father Callahan, as a child |
| Foreman, Carl | Salems Lot undertaker |
| Forester, Debbie | Her dress caught on fire at the 200 year celebration of Salems Lot. |
| Gardener, Nolly | Deputy Constable in Salems Lot |
| Garvey, Andy | Let air out of bus tires and was caught in the act by Bob Thomas. Suspended. |
| Gaye, Marvin | His song "I heard it through the Grapevine" was mentioned |
| Gendron, Mr. | Sells cheap books in Cumberland |
| Gillespie, Parkins | Salems Lot Constable that moved to Kittery to stay with his sister. |
| Gliccoucchi, ? | Tony Glick's grandfather's surname prior to changing it to Glick |
| Glick, Anthony H (Tony) | Husband of Marjorie and father of Daniel and Ralphie |
| Glick, Daniel Francis | Son of Marjorie and Tony. |
| Glick, Marjorie | Danny and Ralphie's mother. Wife of Tony. |
| Glick, Ralphie | Son of Marjorie and Tony. |
| Gorby, George M. | Danny Glick's doctor when he was admitted to hospital. |
| Gracon, ? | Priest in Los Zapatos. |
| Green, Maury (Moe) | Jewish funeral director in Cumberland, and husband of Rachel Green |
| Green, Rachel | Maury's Green's wife |
| Greenberg, Bob | Morgue attendant in Portland |
| Greer, Sally | Killed by her drunken boyfriend when she wanted to break up with him. |
| Griegson, Mary Kate | Sent note across the bus and was kicked off the bus by Charlie Rhodes for it |
| Griffen, Babs | Hal and Jacks sister. Beautician daughter of Charles. Owned "Babs Beauty Boutique" in Salems Lot. |
| Griffen, Charles | Farmer who owned the largest dairy farm south of Mechanic Falls. Father of Babs |
| Griffen, Doug | Baseball player mentioned in passing |
| Griffen, Hal | 18 year old son of Charles Griffen. |
| Griffen, Jack | 14 year old son of Charles Griffen |
| Groggins, John | Minister of Salems Lot Methodist church |
| Hanrahan, Tom | FBI agent in Portland |
| Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Considered to be conventionally religious by Father Calaghan. |
| Hersey, Audrey | Town gossip in Salems Lot, and member of the Ladies Auxiliary. Sister of Jackson Hersey. |
| Hersey, Gertrude | Niece of Fiona Coggins that reported her missing. |
| Hersey, Jackson | Audrey Jackson's brother |
| Holcomb, Miss | Playground monitor at Stanley Street Elementary School. |
| Holloway, Daniel | Missing in Salems Lot on May 29, 1976. Reported by Daniel's Grandfather. |
| Holloway Family | Reported missing on May 29, 1976 by Daniel Holloway's grandfather |
| Holly, Buddy | Singer, liked by Matt Burke |
| Holmwood, Arthur | Actor in the film "Dracula" |
| Hooker, ? | Local judge that fined Frank Kilby $50 for posession of drugs. |
| Houdini, Harry | Magician mentioned in passing |
| Hume, ? | Old priest that was replaced by Father Callahan |
| Jackson, Shirley | Wrote "The Haunting of Hill House" |
| James, Audie | Charlie Rhodes thought he was one of the people that let the air out of the bus tires |
| James, Charles (Sonny) | Owner of Sonny's Exxon gas station in Salems Lot. Moved to Cumberland to open a repair shop. Childhood friend of Ben Mears. |
| Jointner, Elias | Jointner Avenue (The main street of Salems Lot) was named after him in 1896. Member of the State House of Representatives. The road was previously Portland Post Road. |
| Kelly, John | The person Crockett thought was playing a joke on him when the Marsten house was bought |
| Kilby, Frank | Used dope and was fined $50 when caught. Local paperboy. Son of Horace Kilby |
| Kilby, Horace | Father of Frank Kilby. |
| Kingfield, Jerry | Disappeared in the marshes while fishing when he was 10 years old. |
| Kurtin, Peter | The Monster of Dusseldorf |
| Labree, Mr. | Works in Spencer's drug store |
| Lee, Christopher | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Lewis, John | Press-Herald features editor who wrote about Salems Lot being a ghost town. |
| Lovecraft, H.P. | Writer and atheist mentioned in passing. |
| Lubert, ? | Wrote about the Lot and Hubert Marsten |
| Markey, Delbert | Owner of Dells bar in Salems Lot |
| Marshall, Peter | Host of "The Hollywood Squares" on TV |
| Marsten, Birdie | Hubert Marsten's wife. Sister of Minella Corey. Murdered by her husband August 1939. |
| Marsten, Hubert Barclay | Owner of the Marsten House that Kurt Barlow eventually bought. Committed suicide (hung himself) on 12 August 1939 after killing his wife. Born 6 October 1889 and arrived in Salems Lot in 1928 after retiring from being president of a large trucking firm. Really a mobster. |
| Mayberry, Buddy | Brother of Doug and friend of Royce McDougall |
| Mayberry, Doug | Brother of Buddy. Student of Matt Burke. |
| Mayberry, Glynnis | Spoke on the phone to Harriet Durham. Wife of Paul Mayberry. |
| Mayberry, Paul | Husband of Glynis Mayberry |
| McCaslin, Homer | County Sheriff |
| McCaslin, Mrs. | Wife of Homer McCaslin |
| McDougall, Randall (Randy) | 10 month old son of Sandy and Royce. |
| McDougall, Royce (Roy) | Lived in Salems Lot. Husband of Sandy and father of Randy. |
| McDougall, Sandy | 17 year old wife of Royce and mother of Randall. Married name of Sandy Bowie. She beat her son, and said that he had fallen by accident. |
| McFee, Peter | State Police chief who looked into some of the people who had disappeared in Salems Lot |
| McGee, Travis | Writer mentioned by Royce McDougall. |
| McLeod, Larry | Mailman in the 1920's and 1930's. Found the dead Marstens |
| Mears, ? | Mother of Ben who had a nervous breakdown when her husband. She committed suicide when Ben was 14. Her maiden name was Ashford |
| Mears, ? | Merton Ben Mears's father. |
| Mears, Benjaman | Writer who discovered the truth about Jerusalem's Lot. He wrote "Air Dance", "Conway's Daughter" and "Billy said keep going". His wife died in a motorcycle accident where Ben was not injured at all. |
| Mears, Miranda | Ben's wife. Was killed when hit by a truck after a motorcycle accident in New York in May 1973 |
| Mephisto, Mr. | Hypnotist at Topsham Fair |
| Middler, George | Worked at the hardware store and sells ammunition. Secretly wears Woman's clothing. |
| Middler, Pat | Often sat in Crossen's store. |
| Miller, Eva | Ran a boarding house in Salems Lot where Ben Mears stayed. |
| Miller, Ralph | Eva's husband. Was killed when he fell into a shredder at a sawmill in 1959 |
| Mullican, Mabe | Lived in Eva Millers boarding house in Salems Lot |
| Munoz, Jesus de la rey | Father Gracon's interpreter |
| Norbert, Brenton | County examiners assistant |
| Norton, Ann | Mother of Susan Norton. Died. |
| Norton, Susan | Love interest of Ben Mears who became a vampire, but was killed. |
| Norton, William (Bill) | Susan Norton's father. Salems Lot first selectman. Worked at the Portland Docks. |
| Overlock, Freddy | Father of Judy |
| Overlock, Judy | Daughter of Freddy. Ran off with Saladmaster salesman from New York in 1957 or 1958. |
| Patterson, ? | Minister of the Church of Latter Day Saints and Followers of the Cross. |
| Perkins, Mrs. | Ben Mears first grade teacher |
| Peters, Hank | Worked for Larry Crockett and did odd jobs. Friend of Jackie Talbert and got a dishonorable discharge. |
| Petrie, Henry | Prudential Insurance Company executive. Father of Mark and husband of June. |
| Petrie, June | Wife of Henry and mother of Mark. |
| Petrie, Mark | The young boy who helps Ben Mears destroy the Vampires. Son of Henry and June |
| Philbrook, Mike | Charlie Rhodes thought he was one of the people that let the air out of the bus tires |
| Phillips, Gordon | Had a car accident in Salems Lot 4 January 1976 and was reported missing. |
| Plowman, Dr. | Local doctor in Salems Lot |
| Poe, Edgar Allan | Poet mentioned in passing |
| Potter, ? | Salems Lot resident that died in Vietnam |
| Poulin, Romeo | Builder of a supermarket in Auburn. Silent partner of Larry Crockett |
| Prine, David | Doctor at John Hopkins hospital |
| Pritchett, Amanda | Wife of Charles Pritchett |
| Pritchett, Charles V | Owners of a farm in Salems Lot. Bought Charles Griffin's farm, but moved out quickly after hearing strange things in the night. Husband of Amanda Pritchett |
| Pruitt, Upton | Deputy Game Warden |
| Purinton, Elsie | Irwin's dead wife. Wicked lady who died in 1973 by falling down the stairs and broke her neck. |
| Purinton, Irwin (Win) | Milkman in West Salem. 60 years old and about to retire. Owner of the dog Doc who was killed. |
| Rangers, The | Band who played at Dell's |
| Rathburn, Tommy | Died when he fell over a cliff drunk. Brother of Virge |
| Rathburn, Virgil | Brother of Tommy. Friend of Franklin Boddin. |
| Rauberson, Harold | Childhood friend of Ben Mears. Died of Leukemia |
| Rawcliffe, Amy | Friend of Susan Norton. |
| Reardon, Dr. | Tony Glick's doctor |
| Rhodes, Charlie | Driver of the school bus. |
| Rice, David | County Medical examiner |
| Robinson, Edward | Arlington Writer mentioned by Ann Norton |
| Rodgers, Ginger | Dancer imagined by Father Callahan. |
| Rodin, Mrs. | (Mrs Rodan) Teacher who was nicknamed Mrs Rodan after the Japanese monster movie Rodan |
| Rogers, Dud | Dump custodian in Salems Lot. Liked shooting rats in the dump. |
| Royko, Billy | Died in Vietnam in a helicopter crash 2 months before cease fire. One of Matt Burke's students. |
| Ryerson, Michael Corey | Cemetery grounds keeper of the 3 cemeteries in Salems Lot |
| Salk, Jonas | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Sawyer, Bonnie | Reg's wife. Having an affair with Corey Bryant. Was Miss Cumberland County in 1973. |
| Sawyer, Reg | Mechanic in Jim Smiths Pontiac in Buxton. Husband of Bonnie. |
| Silvius, Lester | At Crossins store |
| Simons, ? (Jumpin') | Husband of Coretta Simons |
| Simons, Coretta | Dying of intestinal cancer. Forgot about the $30, 000 she had hidden in the wall of her house. |
| Smith, Billy | Killed when driving drunk and he hit a tree. Boyfriend of LaVerne Dube, who was also killed in the car accident. |
| Smith, Carl | Widower who lived in Salems Lot. Wife died in 1957. |
| Smith, Jim | Owned a Pontiac dealership in Buxton where Reg Sawyer worked |
| Smith, Mrs. | Wife of Carl Smith. Died in 1957 |
| Snow, John | One of the Vampires in Eva's basement with Barlow. Had bad arthritis. |
| Snow, Royal | Works for Crockett |
| Spencer, Mr. | Sold root beer in Spencer's Drugstore. He was the pharmacist before Mr Labree. |
| Starcher, Loretta | Librarian in Salems Lot. |
| Stevens, Wallace | Poet mentioned by Parkins Gillespie |
| Stowens, Cynthia (Cindy) | Ben Mears aunt. He lived with the when his dad died. Died in 1972 |
| Straker, Richard Throckett | Bought the Marsten house and Village Washtub. 58 years old |
| Sylvester, Mickey | Worked at Gates Falls Mill, and lived at Eva Miller's boarding house. Told Reggie Sawyer about his wife's affair |
| Talbot, Jackie | Worked at Dell's bar. Good friend of Hank Peters |
| Talbot, Maureen | Mother of Jackie. Used to do the washing for Cynthia Stowens |
| Tanner, Charles | Belknap Pig farmer who owned a pig called Jerusalem. The pig escaped and ate in a wood lot, hence the town name of Jerusalem's Lot |
| Tenny, Brent | Sent note across the bus and was kicked off the bus by Charlie Rhodes for it |
| Thomas, Bob | Teacher who caught Andy Garvey letting the air out of the bus tires. |
| Tibbits, Floyd | Susan Norton's boyfriend and childhood friend of Ben Mears. Worked at Grants and was second in charge of credit. |
| Tremont, Elaine | Died of a heart attack after seeing a face in her window after dark on the 4th of June 1976 |
| Upshaw, Vic | Half brother of Vinnie Upshaw who owned a 39 Packard. |
| Upshaw, Vinnie | Lived in Eva Millers boarding house. |
| Van Helsing, ? | Character in the movie "Dracula" |
| Varney, Norris | Constable when Marsten died in 1939 |
| Verrill, Grover | Worked at Gates Falls Mill and lived at Eva's boarding house. |
| Vickery, Frank | Son in law of John Farrington, who found the dead body of John Farrington |
| Walsh, Francis | Crockett's lawyer in Boston |
| Webber, Jim | Old boss of Reggie Sawyer |
| Welby, Marcus | TV Doctor |
| Werts, Mabel | Fat Widow who is prominent in the church fund raisers. 74 years old. |
| Wilson, Gahan | Cartoonist mentioned by Jimmy Cody |
| Wolfe, Thomas | Author mentioned by Matt Burke |
| Wordsworth, Henry | Poet mentioned in passing |
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