Unsolved:Haunted vehicles
Haunted vehicles, also known as ghost vehicles or cursed vehicles are vehicles which are believed to be supernaturally afflicted, potentially holding curses or being inhabitated by spirits.
Haunted vehicles can be based on real life vehicles, or urban legends detailing them. The use of haunted vehicles is a common trope in horror media.
Types
Ships
Trains
Planes
Following the crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, reported sightings of deceased crew members sitting aboard other L-1011s, with speculation around the refitting of salvaged parts of the flight onto other planes causing these apparitions.;[1][2][3] A 1976 book and 1978 television film, both named The Ghost of Flight 401, were released.
The TV series Ghost Whisperer had a two-part episode featuring ghosts that died on board an airplane.
Automobiles
James Dean's car, a Porsche 550 known as "Little Bastard" is a well known case of a "haunted car". James Dean himself died in the vehicle, and it is said to have caught fire years after his death, and it is claimed that parts taken from the car have caused crashes and accidents. The transaxle was salvaged from the car and bought by Zak Bagans in May 2021. He spent $382,000 on the item, which he planned to showcase at his Haunted Museum in Las Vegas.[4][5][6]
Vehicles which have the been the place of assassinations or other violent deaths are often deemed haunted, such as Archduke Franz Ferdinand's 1911 Graf, and J.F.K.'s Kennedy Lincoln Continental. The term "death car" has been given to vehicles such as Jack Kerkovian's 1968 Volkswagen Type 2 that he used for assisted suicide of his patients,[7] and the 1934 Ford in which notorious criminals Bonnie and Clyde were killed.[6][8]
Urban legends
The Black Volga is an urban legend originating in Eastern Europe, detailing a black GAZ-21 Volga used to abduct and murder people.[6][9]
Other notable urban legends include a double-decker in London[6][10] and a phantom car wreck in Surrey.[11] A 1964 Dodge 330 dubbed "The Golden Eagle" has been rumoured to be the inspiration behind Stephen King's 1983 novel Christine, and to have been the cause of a number of deaths.[6]
In popular culture
The concept of haunted vehicles have been used in different forms of media, being classified as techno-horror. Stephen King's first wrote about a haunted vehicle in the 1973 short story Trucks. Following this was his most notable work on the subject, the 1983 novel Christine, and the 1983 film of the same name. He revisited this concept with his 1986 film Maximum Overdrive, 1997 film Trucks, and 2002 novel From a Buick 8.[12][13]
Examples[14]
- Trucks (1973 short story)
- Killdozer (film) (1974 film)
- The Car (1977 film)
- The Hearse (1980 film)
- Upír z Feratu/Ferat Vampire (1982 film)
- Christine (1983 novel)
- Christine (1983 film)
- Repo Man (1984 film)
- Maximum Overdrive (1986 film)
- The Wraith (1986 film)
- Trucks (1997 film)
- The Haunted Car (1999 novel)
- The Honking (2000 TV episode)
- From a Buick 8 (2002 novel)
- It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine (2002 TV episode)
- Taarzan: The Wonder Car (2004 film)
- The Secret of the Ghost Rig (2010 TV episode)
- Super Hybrid (2011 film)
- Scarlett (2018 film)
American paranormal investigator Zak Bagans, the host of Ghost Adventures has purchased multiple supposedly haunted vehicles, including James Dean's car's transaxle, Jack Kerkovian's minibus, and David Koresh's 1968 Chevrolet Camaro.[7][15][16][17]
See also
- A75 road - a supposedly haunted road
- Route 66 - a supposedly haunted highway
- List of allegedly cursed objects
- Unidentified flying object
- The Phantom Carriage
- Ghost Rider
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References
- ↑ Jenkins, Greg (2005). Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore. 1. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press. pp. 35–40.
- ↑ Floyd, E. Randall. (2002). In the Realm of Ghosts and Hauntings. Boyne City, Michigan: Harbor House. pp. 64–67.
- ↑ Hauck, Dennis William (2002). Haunted Places. London: Penguin.
- ↑ Gutoskey, Ellen; Puchko, Kristy (2023-01-23). "16 Supposedly Cursed Objects and Places" (in en-us). https://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/cursed-objects-places.
- ↑ Mills, James (2020-11-03). "The curse of James Dean's 'Little Bastard' Porsche 550 Spyder" (in en-GB). https://www.hagerty.com/media/automotive-history/the-haunting-story-of-james-deans-little-bastard/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Cataldo, Lou (25 February 2024). "10 Of The Most Haunted Cars In Automotive History". CarBuzz. https://carbuzz.com/features/10-of-the-most-haunted-cars-in-automotive-history/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Infamous Kevorkian van sold to ghost hunter". https://eu.freep.com/story/news/local/2015/08/29/kevorkian-van-sold-zak-bagans-seth-gold/71387240/.
- ↑ Morgan, Amber (25 June 2024). "Bonnie And Clyde's 'Death Car': The Ford That Was Left With 120 Bullet Holes After Police Ambushed The Couple". All That's Interesting. https://allthatsinteresting.com/bonnie-and-clyde-car.
- ↑ Brunvand, J.H. (2001). Encyclopedia of Urban Legends. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781576070765. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofur0000brun.
- ↑ Craig, Zoe (26 October 2016). "London's Phantom Double-Decker Bus". Londonist. https://londonist.com/2016/10/londons-phantom-double-decker-bus.
- ↑ O'Brien, Christy (29 October 2022). "Looking back at the infamous A3 'ghost crash' near Guildford that led to a grim discovery nearly 20 years ago". Get Surrey. https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/looking-back-infamous-a3-ghost-25385369.
- ↑ Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew; Findley, Mary (2004). Spectral America: phantoms and the national imagination. Madison London: University of Wisconsin Press/Popular Press. p. 207. ISBN 0299199541.
- ↑ Deininger, Keith (23 August 2020). "Every Killer Car In Stephen King Books & Short Stories". ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/every-killer-car-stephen-king-books-short-stories/.
- ↑ Etemesi, Phillip (21 August 2023). "Best Haunted Vehicle Movies of All Time". Movie Web. https://movieweb.com/best-haunted-vehicle-movies/.
- ↑ "James Dean's Infamous 'Little Bastard' Porsche Transaxle Sells for $382,000". TheDrive. June 2021. https://www.thedrive.com/news/40862/james-deans-infamous-little-bastard-porsche-transaxle-sells-for-382000.
- ↑ "Waco Cult Leader David Koresh '68 Camaro From Deadly Siege ... Zak Bagans Selling Creepy Artifact". TMZ. 2 February 2023. https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/02/waco-cult-leader-david-koresh-68-chevy-camaro-sale-zak-bagans/.
- ↑ Charles, Rob (15 December 2021). "The Strange Story Behind American Cult Leader David Koresh's Camaro: 'Armageddon's Relic'". Hot Cars. https://www.hotcars.com/american-cult-leader-david-koresh-camaro-armageddons-relic/.
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