The Science of Stephen King

Bunker, Chang, 95, 95

Bunker, Eng, 95, 95

burial grounds, 57

Burlingame, Jessie, 80

butterfly effect, 184–185

byrum, 144–145

C

California Highway Patrol (CHP), 149

Calment, Jeanne, 118

Cameron, Donald Ewen, 213, 213, 214

Canadian Encyclopedia, 59

Canadian Psychiatric Association, 213–214

cancer, 65, 166

cannibalism, 59

capital punishment, 120

beheading, 121

blood eagle, 120–121

crucifixion, 121

drawing and quartering, 121–122

electric chair, 122–123

by elephant, 120

firing squads, 122

guillotine, 121, 121

hanging, 121

lethal injection, 123

ling chi, 121

Captain Trips, 32

carbon emissions, 174

carbon sinks, 176

Carneal, Michael, 29

Carrie (King), ix, 3–9, 16, 50, 116, 135, 217

bullying, 8–9

death, 9

menstruation, 5–7

movie, 4

parenting, 7–8

religion, 7–8

telekinesis, 4, 9

themes, 5

writing of, 3–4

cars

accidents. See Traffic accidents

dehydration, 52

evil, 148–149

fatalities, 151–152

self-driving, 150–153

Castle Rock, 19, 103–104, 130, 133–134

The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger), 29

Catholic Church, 7

CBS Sunday Morning, 215

Cedars Sinai Hospital, 56–57

Cell (King), 147, 154–158, 199

cell phone batteries, 157

foaming at the mouth, 156

inspiration, 154

technology impacting life, 157–158

“The Pulse,” 156

cell phones, 154

batteries, 157

history, 155

prevalence of, 157–158

cells, 56

cemeteries, pet, 58

Cemetery Dance Magazine andPublications, 132, 134–135

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 44, 51, 146

Central Maine Hospital, 159

Chambers, Polly, 104

Chaplin, Charlie, 68

Chapman, Jay, 123

Chapman, Mark David, 29

characters, balancing, 140

chemical-biological warfare, 32–33

Chernobyl disaster, 185–186

Chester’s Mills, Maine, 173

child abuse, 7

“Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came” (Browning), 73

Chizmar, Richard, 130, 132–136

Christine (King), 50, 147

crumpling vehicle special effects, 147

CIA, 212–214

City College of New York Planetarium, 182

clairaudience, 213

clairvoyance, 215–218

Clawson, Frederick, 93–94

climate change, 175

mitigation, 175–177

Clostridium difficile, 42

clowns, 67–68

evil, 69

fear of, 67–68, 70–71

history of, 68–70

medical, 70–71

suspicious sightings, 71–72

CNN, 97

cocaine, 86, 92

Coffey, John, 118–119, 123

coincidence, 131

and personality, 131–132

“Coincidences and the Meaning of Life” (Beck), 131

Cold Mountain Penitentiary, 123

cold weather and health, 127

“The Colour Out of Space” (Lovecraft), 87

Columbia University, 206

Columbine High School, 20, 28–29

coma, 111

Commedia dell’Arte, 68–69

The Conjuring, 86

Connally, John, 187

Connecticut Historical Society, 22

consumption. See Tuberculosis Cooper, Martin, 155

Cornish, Robert E., 55

coronavirus, 32, 37, 146

corpse reanimation, 54–55

Corthron, Kara Lee, 139–142

cosmic strings, 183

coulrophobia, 68, 70–72

exposure therapy, 72

counselors, depictions of, 164

Crandall, Jud, 60

cravings, food, 38–39

and brain, 39

and emotional eating, 39

and hormone imbalance, 39

and nutritional imbalances, 39

Creative Pilgrimages, 169

creek, following, 125

Creepshow, 38

crematoriums, pet, 58

crucifixion, 121

cruelty to animals, 26

CTV, 214

Cujo (King), 47–53, 184

ending, 53

metaphor for addiction, 48, 53

organization, 47

plot, 52

rabies vaccination, 52

writing process and inspiration, 47–48

curses, 62, 65–66

gypsy pie, 66

Ötzi the Ice Man, 62–63, 63

cybersecurity, 198–199, 202

cyberspace, 201

cyberverse, 198–199

Cyrurgia, 81

D

Dallas, Texas, 186

Dandelion Wine (Bradbury), 10

Dansby, Samantha, 160–165

The Dark Half (King), 92–100

auditory hallucinations, 94–95

folklore, 98

inspiration, 92

plot, 92–95, 100

sparrows, 100

twins, 96

Dark Tower, 73–74

Dark Tower Series (King), 19, 78–79, 148, 190, 203

The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower (King), 74, 159

Dawkins, Richard, 7

Dead Sea Scrolls, 107

The Dead Zone (King), 218

Dean, James, 149

de Anghiera, Pietro Martire, 191–192

death

cause of, 56

cell death, 56

harbingers of, 116

near-death experiences, 195

of a pet, 54

and reanimation, 54–55, 55

row, 118, 120

Decker, Charlie, 26, 31

dehydration, 126–127

in a car, 52

in a car, child deaths, 52

de Leon, Ponce, 191–192

Delmore, Dr., 36

delusion, shared, 171

Dengue fever, 145

depression, 8–9, 112

Derin, Jacob, 12

Derry, 19, 72

Deschain, Roland, 80

Diaconis, Persi, 131

Dickens, Charles, 118

Dickinson, Emily, 99

Different Seasons (King), 77, 203

dimension, fourth, 182

Discover, 106

dissociative disorders, 74, 83, 162–163, 193–194

DNA, 206–207, 207

analysis, 206

Doctor Sleep (King), 190–195

astral projection, 193–195

inspiration, 190

plot, 190

dogs, 47

attacks by, 51

cadaver, 208

death of, 50

domestication, 49

early interaction with humans, 49

evolution of into pets, 48–51

as pets, number of, 48

rabies vaccination, 52

reanimation, 55

species, 51

and wolves, 48

“Dollar Baby” policy, 38

domestic abuse, 15–16, 1112

dopamine, 44, 78

doppelganger, 205

Doubleday, 4

Down syndrome, 143

Dracula (Stoker), 18

drawing and quartering, 121–122

The Drawing of Three (King), 73–79

inspiration, 73