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Franklin Dodd is a major antagonist of the Stephen King multiverse.

Serving as the secondary antagonist of the novel The Dead Zone, its 1983 film adaptation, and its TV series adaptation of the same name, the posthumous overarching antagonist of the novel Cujo, a mentioned antagonist of Needful Things, Uncle Otto's Truck, and It, and a posthumous antagonist of the Castle Rock TV series.

He was the son of Henrietta Dodd and Billy Dodd. He is a psychopathic senior police deputy at the town of Castle Rock, Maine who had been revealed as a serial killer.

About[]

He is a serial killer and a rapist, who was responsible for several rape-strangling of various women in the town for a number of years, simultaneously assisting the Sheriff, George Bannerman, in the investigation, allowing him 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. After a nine-year-old girl was found, Bannerman turned in desperation to a local psychic, Johnny Smith, to assist with the matter if possible. Smith met with Bannerman and after examining the crime scene and some evidence, he discovered that Dodd was responsible, 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. Around his neck was a sign lettered in lipstick: I CONFESS.

In the film[]

Frank Dodd was portrayed by Nicholas Campbell.

Like in the novel, Johnny Smith assists the sheriff in the solving of several rape-stranglings of various women. He is able to expose him as the serial killer. Before they can arrest him, he commits suicide.

In the TV series[]

Dodd (b. 1978; d. 2001) nearly murdered Allison Connover, but wound up killing Stacey Shephard instead. The next day, he took Johnny Smith's statement when he and Bruce Lewis tried to report Allison Connover missing.

He ultimately committed suicide by shooting himself before he could be arrested by Walt Bannerman.

Dodd was portrayed by Michael Rogers.

Appearances[]

Trivia[]

  • It is heavily implied that Dodd's evil spirit took control over Cujo's mind if true he could be considered the true main antagonist of the novel.
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