Jack Goodman

"Life mocks me even in death!"

- Jack

Biography
Jack Goodman was a young hitchhiker who was backpacking across Europe with his friend David Kessler. In 1981, the two were trekking through Northern England, but Jack had little interest in this leg of their journey and couldn't wait until they were in Italy, where he was scheduled to meet up with a woman that he liked named Debbie Klein. Jack and David hitched a ride with a sheep herder who drove them part way through the country side. They were forced to sit in the back of the truck with the man's sheep - an experience that neither man found particularly pleasurable. When the driver dropped them off, he warned them to keep to the road and avoid the moors.

Jack and David continued walking straight on into the night. When it became increasingly cold out, they sought shelter at an isolated pub called The Slaughtered Lamb. Entering the establishment, they were greeted with cold stares. They tried to order some food to warm them up, but all the bartender could offer them was tea. Jack took note of a red pentacle painted across the wall above the hearth. He immediately grew suspicious and wondered if the bar patrons were part of some type of satanic cult. Before long, they sent Jack and David on their way, but repeated the warning as first spoken to them by the sheep herder: Stay on the road and stay clear of the moors. One man added, "Beware the moon".

As they walked, it grew increasingly dark and began to rain. They failed to heed the bar patrons' warnings and wandered off the highway. Lost in the moors, they began to hear the growl of a wild animal that had been hunting them. They tried to run back towards the road, but David stumbled and fell over. Jack leaned over to help him up and as he did so, a werewolf sprang from the fog and pounced on him. The beast completely eviscerated Jack and he died within seconds. David was attacked as well. Although he survived, he had become infected with the curse of the werewolf.

Jack's spirit lived on beyond his death though. As he had died in an "unnatural" way, his soul was bound to limbo until the curse of the werewolf could be lifted. This required destroying any and all of those who had been infected by the curse, including David. Jack's ghost appeared in David's hospital room to tell him about the nature of the curse. David was eventually killed and Jack's soul was able to find peace.