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Franklin "Frank" Dodd is the main antagonist of the Castle Rock Saga of the Stephen King mythos.

He is a psychopathic senior police deputy at the town of Castle Rock who had been revealed as a serial killer, known as The Castle Rock Strangler.

In the film, he was portrayed by Nicholas Campbell.

Biography[]

He is a police deputy, who also is in fact a serial killer and a rapist in Castle Rock, Maine who was responsible for several rape-murders of various women in the town for a number of years, being known as ‘The Castle Rock Strangler’. Prior before his murders, he was abused by his mother, Henrietta Dodd, when he was a little boy.

After the previous Castle Rock sheriff, Carl M. Kelso was voted out by the town, instead assisting Sheriff George Bannerman in the investigation. As Bannerman’s deputy, allowing Dodd to keep track of the investigation's progress and deflect attention from himself. His victims varied in age and background, but were always raped prior to them being strangled.

Dodd had committed six murders. In 1970, the first was Alma Frechette, a young woman who Dodd dated. A year later in 1971, Dodd then murders an elderly woman in an apartment, a month later, he would then kill a Junior high schooler. Two years later in 1974, Dodd would then murder Carol Dunbarger, a high school girl, who went missing. Her body would later be found in 1975 by two young boys in the Castle Rock border. Later on in the fall 1975, Dodd murders Etta Ringgold, an elementary school teacher. Dodd’s final victim was a nine-year old girl, Mary Kate Henderson, her body was found around in the same place as Dodd’s first victim, Alma was.

After the nine-year old girl was found, Bannerman turned in desperation to a local psychic, Johnny Smith, to assist with the matter if possible. Smith had declined to help at first, due to denial of his powers, but after hearing about the nine-year old victim, he finally decided to help, as he heads to Castle Rock. Smith met with Bannerman and Dodd, as after examining the crime scene and some evidence, he discovered that Dodd was the killer, determining a further pattern by confirming that, during the only year where no murders were committed in Castle Rock at his usual killing time, Dodd was on a gap year in another city, allowing them to determine that he had killed in that location instead. Convincing a reluctant Bannerman to go question Dodd about it, they headed to his house in the middle of the night. Dodd was found in an upstairs bathroom, having slashed his throat, half-naked and around his neck was a sign lettered in lipstick: I CONFESS.

Cujo (novel)[]

Dodd is mentioned serval times in Cujo, were his serial killings were a shocking blow to the town Castle Rock, as it haunts people for how much Dodd has murdered, becoming a local boogeyman to the children of Castle Rock. He also seems to be responsible by having the St. Bernard dog, Cujo to get rabies from bats, (implications of Dodd had possessed Cujo), as a presumed evil ghost spirit reflecting as Frank Dodd, encounters Tad Trenton’s closest and threatens to kill the boy. The ghost later appears before the boy's father Vic while he sits in Tad's room.

IT (novel)[]

Dodd doesn’t appear in the novel IT, but he was mentioned by Beverly Marsh, one of the members of the Losers Club. She despises and alludes Frank Dodd as the crazy cop who killed all those women in Castle Rock.

Needful Things (novel)[]

Despite being long dead, Dodd isn’t forgotten by the town of Castle Rock. Despite the town’s fear of him, some label him as a coward for not standing up for himself and went on a suicide plan. There would have been indications that his abandoned home resident was ever destroyed when chaos happened in the town by the Needful Things shop owner Leland Gaunt, and his assistants Ace Merrill and Buster Keeton.

Premium Harmony (short story)[]

Ray Burkett, an addictive smoker in Castle Rock comes across his thoughts after his wife Mary and dog Bizenzz dies, as he considers to smoke whatever wants. Despite Ray living in Castle Rock, the town is almost abandoned and run-down, which was due to the events led by the proprietor shop owner Leland Gaunt. Many of the Castle Rock residents had left the town, but they have yet not forgotten about Dodd’s crimes.

Elevation (novella)[]

In Castle Rock, Bannerman Road was a portion of Route 119 that ran through the town. Bannerman Road was named after George Bannerman the former sheriff of the town who was murdered and mutilated by the rapid dog Cujo in 1980. He was named a good man alongside Johnny Smith for finding out that Frank Dodd was the killer. While Dodd is still a well known figure in the town, he is arguably the most infamous.

Film[]

Beginnings[]

At the film adaptation from 1983, Dodd is depicted as a mentally unstable senior police deputy at the town of Castle Rock. He secretly committed series of several killings including of a child, and the police were convinced that because of the reason that the killer is mentally unstable, they were convinced that this is the reason that he carried out the killings.

Death[]

Right after that Sherriff George Bannerman is asking from Johnny Smith to use his special powers in order to find out who is the killer who stands behind a series of murders, including that of a child, Smith quickly finds out using a corpse of a young woman that the killer is actually Bannerman's deputy; Dodd himself.

Quickly after this reveal, Dodd put himself inside his bathroom, where he let Smith and his commander get into the house. Then, Dodd kills himself by putting scissors in his mouth.

Trivia[]

  • Dodd is considered the most dangerous to the people who live in Castle Rock.
  • It is highly implied that Dodd's evil spirit took control over Cujo's mind. If true he could be considered the overarching antagonist of the titular novel.
  • Dodd’s motivations are unknown, but it was likely because he was abused by his mother that might have contributed to his killing spree.
  • Some of Dodd’s murders in the film appear to happen very differently from the book. As his first murder was Alma Frechette, but in the film, her murder happens very recent, along with the nine-year old girl.
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The Shining: Overlook Hotel | Jack Torrance | Hotel Caretaker | Grady Sisters | Lorraine Massey
Children of the Corn: Children of the Corn (Isaac Chroner & Malachai Boardman) | He Who Walks Behind the Rows
Rage: Charlie Decker | Mr. Decker
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The Long Walk: The Major | Gary Barkovitch
The Dead Zone: Greg Stillson | Frank Dodd
The Mist: Adrian Garff Mrs. Carmody | The Mist
Firestarter: Captain Hollister | Doctor Herman Pynchot | John Rainbird
Roadwork: Barton George Dawes | Sal Magliore
Cujo: Cujo | Joe Camber | Stephen Kemp
The Running Man: Damon Killian | United States of America
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Samuel Norton | Byron Hadley | Sisters (Bogs Diamond) | Elmo Blatch
Apt Pupil: Kurt Dussander | Todd Bowden
The Body: The Cobras (John "Ace" Merrill, Richard "Eyeball" Chambers, Billy Tessio, Charlie Hogan, Vince Desjardins, Jack Mudgett & Norman "Fuzzy" Bracowicz)
Christine: Arnie Cunningham | Christine | Repperton Gang | Roland D. LeBay
Pet Sematary: Wendigo | Church | Gage Creed | Rachel Creed | Timmy Baterman
Cycle of the Werewolf: Lester Lowe
The Tailsman: Morgan Sloat
Thinner: Billy Halleck | Tadzu Lempke | Cary Rossington | Duncan Hopley | Gabe Romani | Gina Lempke | Richie Ginelli
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It: It | Bowers Gang (Belch Huggins, Henry Bowers, Marcia Fadden, Patrick Hockstetter, Peter Gordon & Vic Criss) | Alvin Marsh | Butch Bowers | Richard Macklin | Tom Rogan | Christopher Unwin | Webby Garton
Misery: Annie Wilkes
The Tommyknockers: Tommyknockers | Nancy Voss
The Dark Half: George Stark
Secret Window, Secret Garden: John Shooter
The Langoliers: Craig Toomey | Langoliers | Roger Toomey
Needful Things: Leland Gaunt | John "Ace" Merrill | Danforth Keeton III | Brian Rusk | Wilma Jerzyck | Nettie Cobb | Hugh Preist | Father Brigham (Father Meehan) | Reverend Rose
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Dolores Claiborne: Joe St. George
Insomnia: Atropos | Crimson King
Rose Madder: Norman Daniels
The Green Mile: William Wharton | Percy Wetmore
Desperation: Tak | Sheriff Collie Entragian
The Regulators: Tak
Bag of Bones: Max Devore | Sara Tidwell | Roggete Whitmore
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Dreamcatcher: Byrus | Mr. Gray
Black House: Charles Burnside | The Crow Gorg | Mr. Munshun
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11/22/63: Lee Harvey Oswald | Frank Dunning
In The Tall Grass: Ross Humboldt | Cal Demuth
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Gwendy's Button Box: Richard Farris
The Outsider: The Outsider
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The Boogeyman: The Boogeyman
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Jerusalem's Lot: Philip Boone | James Boon | The Worm
Quitter's Inc.: Mr. Donatti | Quitters Inc.
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The Monkey: The Monkey
The Raft: Lake Blob
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Why We're In Vietnam: Ronnie Malenfant
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A Return to Salem`s Lot: Judge Axle
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Sleepwalkers: Charles Brady | Mary Brady | Sleepwalkers
Pet Sematary 2: Gus Gilbert | Renee Hallow | Clyde Parker | Zowie
The Mangler Trilogy: Bill Gartley | The Mangler | Lin Sue | The Mangler Virus
The Rage: Carrie 2: Rachel Lang | Mark Bing
Creepshow 3: Creepshow Creep | Rachel
The Dark Tower: Randall Flagg
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