Description
A strange store opens in Castle Rock, and begins to do a good trade. Its proprietor is an unusual person, but people do not notice, and shortly after, people start behaving rather strangely.People begin to do things that are totally out of character, and this builds as things get worse, and a murder is committed. The local Sheriff tries to keep order, but soon finds out that Mr Gaunt, the proprietor has other things on his mind besides selling his stock... More evil things...
Published
1991 VikingDedication
This is for Chris Lavin, who doesn't have all the answers - just the ones that matterPeople
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| ?, Felicia | Took the Photo of Lester Pratt and Judy Libby |
| ?, Irvina | Kid at school |
| ?, Sarah | Aunt of Polly Chalmers |
| ?, Timmy (Too-Tall) | Driver for the Flying Corson Brothers |
| Bannerman, George | Retired sheriff |
| Bates, Norville | Short order cook at Yor Best Diner. Polly Chalmers liked him |
| Beaufort, Henry | Owner & Bartender of the Mellow Tiger bar |
| Beaulieu, Donna | Best Friend of Erin McAvoy |
| Beaumont, Thaddeus (Thad) | Mentioned by Alan Pangborn. He was a novelist who's house burnt down |
| Bellingham, ? | Boy Brian Rusk''s age |
| Bissette, Antonia | Died of a Broken neck |
| Bissonette, Ricky | Worked at Sonny''s Sunoco |
| Bonsaint, Mr | Husband of Stephanie |
| Bonsaint, Stephanie | Visited Needful Things. Part of the Ash Street Bridge Club |
| Bradford, Deke | Public Works boss. Wanted to buy dynamite for the gravel pit |
| Brigham, John | Local priest |
| Brigham, Sheila | Sheriff''s dispatcher |
| Brooks, ? | State Police officer |
| Burgermeyer, Phil | In Church Fight |
| Burgmeyer, Helen | Had a seizure through the night |
| Camber, Charity | Wife of Joe Camber |
| Camber, Joe | Killed by Cujo |
| Catlin, Jimmy | Computer whiz that went to school with Al Pangborn |
| Chalmers, Evelyn (Aunt Evvie) | Great Aunt of Polly, who gave her inheritance to Polly on her death |
| Chalmers, Kelton | Son of Polly Chalmers. She told people he died of SIDS, but was killed in a fire. Named after Paternal Grandfather |
| Chalmers, Lorraine | Mother of Polly. Died of a heart attack |
| Chalmers, Newton | Father of Polly Chalmers |
| Chalmers, Patricia (Polly) | Runs "You Sew and Sew" in Castle rock. Girlfriend of Alan Pangborn. Left town after becoming pregnant to Duke Sheehan, then returned without the baby. Suffers bad from Arthritis, and a close friend of Annie Pangborn |
| Chambers, Chris | Once terrorised by Ace Merrill (In The Body) |
| Chung, Martin D | Chief legal council for San Francisco Department of Child Welfare |
| Clooney, ? | Broke the Jerzyck''s window playing baseball |
| Clutterbuck, Andy | Police officer in Castle Rock. Husband of Melissa |
| Clutterbuck, Melissa | Town Treasurer. Wife of Andy |
| Cobb, Albion | Husband of Nettie. Was murdered by Nettie |
| Cobb, Netitia (Nettie) | House keeper for Polly Chalmers. Killed her abusive husband and spent 5 years in Juniper Hill Asylum |
| Constatine, Mr | Pharmacist at LaVerdiere''s super drug |
| Copeland, Nat | In jail with Ace Merrill |
| Corson, Dave | Firearms and drug dealers. Brother of Mike |
| Corson, Mike | Firearms and drug dealers. Brother of Dave |
| Crompton, George | Cop who drank at the Blue Door Bar |
| Cross, Harry | Cop who drank at the Blue Door Bar |
| Cujo | The dog who went rabid |
| Dawson, Stanley | Friend of Brian Rusk |
| Delkey, Kevin | Friend of Sean Rusk |
| DeLois, ? | Boy Brian Rusk''s age |
| DeWeese, Mrs | Teacher |
| Dodd, Frank | Castle Rock Police officer and murderer |
| Dodd, Mrs | Mother of Slopey Dodd |
| Dodd, Slopey | In School with Brian Rusk. Had a stutter |
| Dorfman, Carl | Roommate of Al Pangborn |
| Doyon, Peter | Friend of Hugh Priest |
| Drake, Rosalie | Spoke to Alan Pangborn about Needful things. Works with Polly Chalmers |
| Duchamp, Teddy | Once terrorised by Ace Merrill (In The Body) |
| Dugas, Bobby | Works at the Public Works Department |
| Dunham, Lucille | Waitress at Nan''s diner |
| Edwards, Steve | Friend of Lester Pratt |
| Emerson, Mr | Bought a gun off Gaunt |
| Evans, Chuck | Husband of Myra |
| Evans, Mrs | Nurse at the Northern Cumberland Hospital |
| Evans, Myra Josephine | Best friend of Cora Rusk |
| Fortin, Charlie | Drinks in the Mellow Tiger bar |
| Frankel, Donny | In School with Brian Rusk |
| Frankel, Everett | Physicians assistant working with Dr Van Allen |
| Frazier, Steve | Had been Castle Rock Head Selectman before Danforth Keeton |
| Friedman, David | Ballistics Expert for State Police |
| Fullerton, Bill | Second Selectman of Castle Rock, and the town barber |
| Gagnon, Timmy | Owner of Riverside BBQ Delish |
| Gamache, Homer | Beaten to death with his artificial arm near Homeland Cemetery |
| Garfield | Cat of Myra Evans |
| Garson, Scott | Castle Rock barber |
| Gaunt, Leland | Proprietor of Needful Things |
| Gavineaux, June | Wife of a dairy farmer. Played a prank on Father Brigham |
| Gendron, Albert | Dentist in Castle Rock - Huge man |
| Gendron, Henry | Customer of Needful Things. Husband of Yvette |
| Gendron, Yvette | Wife of Henry. Bought a teddy bear from Needful Things for their Daughter |
| Hanlon, Jay | One of the Hanlon twins |
| Harper, Norman | Friend of Reverend Rose |
| Haverhill, Mrs | Lived next door to the Jerzyck''s |
| Hemphill, Don | On the Republican State Committee |
| Hemphill, Wanda | Wife of Don Hemphill |
| Hendrie, Miss | Nurse at the Northern Cumberland Hospital |
| Higgins, Naomi Sarah | Maiden name of Naomi Peebles |
| Hopewell, Mark | Real Estate agent |
| Horton, Mike | Journalist from Norway's "Journal-Register" |
| Jackett, Sonny | Mechanic |
| Jerzyck, Peter Michael | Husband of Wilma. Real estate agent |
| Jerzyck, Wilma Wadlowski | The woman who Brian Rusk had to upset |
| Jessup, Naomi | In the Church |
| Jewett, Frank M | Principal |
| Johnstone, Deborah | In the Baptist church |
| Keeton, Bill | Uncle of Danforth, and Brother of Ronald. Tried to kill his wife and was placed in Juniper Hill Asylum |
| Keeton, Danforth (Buster) | Castle Rock Head Selectman |
| Keeton, Myrtle | Wife of Danforth |
| Keeton, Ronald | Father of Danforth Keeton. He spent 4 years in a V.A. mental hospital. Ran a car yard |
| Killingsworth, Reverend Tom | Methodist Minister |
| Lachance, Gordon (Gordie) | Was picked on by Ace Merrill |
| LaPointe, John | Police officer in Castle Rock |
| Laurence, Shirley | Danforth Keeton''s secretary |
| Lawes, ? | One of the Lawes Boys |
| Lawless, Mona | Teacher. Friend of Sally Rutcliffe |
| Libby, Judy | In a photo with Lester Pratt. His ex-girlfriend |
| Longman, Henrietta | Owned and operated the Beauty Rest on Castle Hill |
| Lutjens, Irene | Friend of Sally Rutcliffe |
| MacFarland, Bill | Friend of Lester Pratt |
| Marchant, Billy | Student at School |
| Martin, Albert | Lawyer husband of Cynthia Martin. Does a lot of Castle Rock''s legal work |
| Martin, Cynthia Rose | Visited Needful Things. Part of the Ash Street Bridge Club |
| Martin, Nonie | In School with Brian Rusk |
| McAvoy, Erin | 8th Grader who seen dirty books in Jewett''s office |
| McDonald, John D | Writer |
| McEntire, Reba | Drinks in the Mellow Tiger bar |
| McGinley, Brion | School Geography teacher |
| McMillan, Sandra | Part time police Dispatcher |
| Mellon, Fred | Baptist Deacon |
| Merrill, John (Ace) | Childhood boyfriend of Myra Evans.Came back to town to work at Needful Things. Spent some time in Shawshank prison |
| Merrill, Reginald Marion (Pop) | Used to run The Emporium Galorium, a junkshop and died in the fire that destroyed the shop. Uncle of Ace Merrill. Was rumoured to have buried his savings, and Ace Merrill was given a book by Gaunt showing the places |
| Meyers, Sally | In School with Brian Rusk |
| Miller, Barbara (Babs) | Visited Needful Things. Part of the Ash Street Bridge Club |
| Milliken, Len | In Church Fight |
| Milliken, Miss | Bought a gun off Gaunt |
| Mislaburski, Jillian | Next door neighbour of the Jerzyck''s |
| Morin, Ducky | Supplier of drugs to Ace Merrill |
| Morris, Trooper | State Trooper |
| Morrison, ? | State Police Officer |
| Myers, Rose Ellen | Friend of Lucille Dunham |
| Neadeau, Butch | Castle Rock Overseer of County and Social Services |
| Nelson, George T | Gay Woodshop teacher |
| O''Neal, Father | Castle Rock Priest |
| Palin, John | Vet in South Portland |
| Pangborn, Al | Son of Alan and Annie |
| Pangborn, Alan J | Sheriff. Boyfriend of Polly Chalmers |
| Pangborn, Annie | Wife of Alan. Died |
| Pangborn, Todd | Son of Alan. Died |
| Partridge, Lenny | Oldest man in Castle Rock. Bit of a busy body |
| Payton, Henry | Head of Oxford Barracks |
| Peebles, Naomi Sarah | Wife of Sam Peebles |
| Peebles, Sam | Owner of the store where Needful Things opened |
| Pelletier, Francine | Visited Needful Things. Part of the Ash Street Bridge Club |
| Perlmutter, John L | Deputy director of San Francisco Department of Child Welfare |
| Pervier, Gary | Killed by Cujo |
| Pollard, ? | Neighbour of Nettie Cobb |
| Potter, Howard | Friend of Albert Martin |
| Potter, Lenore | Bought Howdy Doodie puppet |
| Potter, Mr | Husband of Lenore. Boss of Mr Bonsaint |
| Pratt, Lester Ivanhoe | Fiancee of Sally Rutcliffe. School physical education teacher |
| Price, Joe | State Policeman |
| Priest, Hugh Albert | Worst temper in Castle Rock. Works for the Public Works department. He killed Raider (The dog) |
| Priest, Natalie | Best friend of Darlene Vickery |
| Pulaski, Frieda | Friend of Wilma Jerzyck. Wife of Jake |
| Pulaski, Jake | Friend of Pete Jerzyck. Husband of Frieda |
| Raider | Nettie Cobbs Dog |
| Ramage, Nancy | Head Nurse at Castle Rock family Practice |
| Ratcliffe, Sally | Brian Rusk''s speech therapy teacher |
| Ridgewick, Henry | Father of Norris |
| Ridgewick, Norris | Castle Rock Sheriff |
| Ridgewick, Phil | Brother of Henry |
| Roberts, Nan | Owner of Nan''s luncheonette |
| Rose, William | Castle Rock Reverend |
| Rossignoi, Meade | Threw up on Gendron |
| Rubin, Fred | Friend of George T Nelson |
| Rusk, Brian | Gaunt''s first customer |
| Rusk, Cora | Mother of Brian |
| Rusk, Mr | Father of Brian. Works for the Dick Perry Siding and Door Company in South Paris |
| Rusk, Sean | Brother of Brian |
| Ryan, Dr Henry | State chief medical examiner |
| Samuels, Harry | Only Mortician in Castle Rock and Castle Rock Selectman |
| Sayers, Bill | Worked at Western Auto |
| Scopes, Dr | Neurologist from Portland |
| Seguin, Brian | Boy who asked Sandy Koufox to sign his baseball card, which was sold to Brian Rusk by Gaunt |
| Sheehan, Paul (Duke) | Old Boyfriend of Polly Chalmers |
| Skillins, Irma | Principal of Junction City High School |
| Smith, Johnny | Discovered the identity of Frank Dodd |
| Smokey | Castle Rock Trout |
| Sparrows, The | Thought about by Alan Pangborn (From the Dark Half) |
| Stark, George | Character in Alan Pangborn''s dream. He drove a Black Toronado with a sticker "High-toned son of a Bitch" (From the Dark Half) |
| StClare, Ariadne | Full time secretary for council selectmen |
| Tammy Faye | George T Nelson''s pet parakeet |
| Tanner, Alice | School Secretary |
| Tessio, Vern (Penny) | Once terrorised by Ace Merrill (In The Body) |
| Thomas, Seaton (Seat) | Police officer in Castle Rock |
| Tierney, Tim | State Attorney General |
| Treblehorn, ? | Old man who''s land was given to Pop Merrill as payment for a loan |
| Tremayne, Vic | Friend of Lester Pratt |
| Trenton, Donna | Attacked by Cujo. Mother of Tad |
| Trenton, Theodore (Tad) | Indirectly killed by Cujo |
| Tucker, Preston | Owner of Tuckers Automobiles. Made the "Tucker Torpedo" and "Tucker Talisman" (Only 2 Talisman''s made and Gaunt has one of them) |
| Tupper, William (Billy) | Cleaner at the Mellow Tiger bar |
| Van Allen, Ray | The only family doctor in Castle Rock |
| Vickery, Darlene | 8th Grader who seen dirty books in Jewett''s office |
| Vigue, Betsy | Daughters of Isabella Activities chairwoman |
| Warburton, Eddie | Head custodian of Municipal building |
| Whitman, Charles | Eagle scout who climbed to the top of the Texas tower and killed over 24 people |
| Williams, Amanda (Mandy) | One of the board of selectmen of Castle Rock. Friend of Myrtle Keeton |
| Williams, Tansy | Daughter of Amanda Williams |