In Supernatural, the spirit was a man named Jacob Karns, a preacher in 1862, who was so angry about the red-light district that he went there one night and killed 13 prostitutes with a hook. The "Hook Man" legend in this episode is actually a combination of 3 urban legends: "The Hook Man", "The Dead Boyfriend", and "Aren't You Glad You Didn't Turn on the Lights." Sam and Dean investigate an age-old urban legend known only as the Hook-Man, the spirit of a 19th century pastor with a twisted sense of morals that is unknowingly being … The title of the episode, "Hook Man" refers to the urban legend known as "The Hook" or "Hook Man. Sam and Dean learn that all the victims are connected to the daughter of a local minister and race to find and destroy the Hook Man's … The infamous "Hook Man," a vengeful spirit who kills his victims with a shiny hook that serves as his hand, terrorizes a small college town in Iowa. Jacob was later sentenced to death and was hanged.