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Licked hand, Sullivan County, Indiana

Description: John Gianottis typewritten variant of The Licked Hand urban legend as collected by Chadwanna Jukes. In this variant, two girls are sleeping over with one another when they hear a murderer has escaped from a nearby asylum. That night, the murderer kills one of the girls and later sends the other one a note informing her that he is coming back for her.
Origin: 1967-12-17
Source: http://indstate.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/folklore/id/1719
Collection: Indiana State University Folklore Archives
Subjects: Fugitives from justice
Homicides
Dogs
Folklore

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