Harry Rooker

**Harry Rooker**, also known as **The Milkman**, was a milkman in the early 1950s that became one of Shadyside's enigmatic killers.

## Biography

According to a newspaper clipping, Harry Rooker was a milkman in 1950. One day, a member of the Goode Family, none other than Nicholas Goode's grandfather, decided to use him as a sacrifice to the Devil. Following his possession, Rooker murdered seven housewives while on his normal delivery route before presumably being arrested and executed for his crimes.

28 years later, Rooker became one of the many killers sent after Cindy Berman and Ziggy when they tried to reunite Sarah Fier's hand with her body, and disappeared (alongside the other former killers) after their deaths.

16 years later, again, Rooker was one of the killers to be resurrected as Deena Johnson and her friends attempted to reunite Sarah Fier's hand with her body themselves. After they succeeded, Rooker disappeared alongside the other killers.

## Newspaper Excerpt ⓘ

Yesterday, Milkmen might have been a welcome sight to any members of our neighborhoods. They enter our homes and make idle chat with our families on a daily basis. Today, however housewives in the Shadyside community fear mortal danger at the sight of the innocent white uniform. Seven women ranging in age from 22 to 35 were brutally murdered in their very doorways by their friendly neighborhood milkman. Harry Rooker, a Shadyside native, turned his switchblade on the unsuspecting women in a fit of apparent rage. Husbands and children came home to find their wives and mothers slain, causing mass hysteria that rippled across the town. Calls rang into the police department until the early hours of the morning as loved ones lamented their losses

Police are baffled as to what caused caused Rooker to turn on his customers but are urging the public to come forward with any information. Shadyside citizens are advised to stay indoors to avoid any potential threat in case Rooker was not working alone. As details emerge one can only hope that that the families affected by this horrific tragedy will come together to support the victims and in a moment of solace. If anyone has a tip that could be of use to the police please contact the Shadyside police department immediately to help prevent anymore pain and suffering.

## Trivia

* While the newspapers show that Rooker's killing spree occurred in 1950, there is an error on Josh's internet call that says his spree occurred in 1953.
* Rooker's newspaper describes him as a "deviant milkman", this may imply Rooker was one of the most revolting killers. This evidence is supported by the odd way in which he licks those he attacks, as seen by Christine Berman on both the 19th of July 1978 and the 3rd of October 1994, along with an unidentified housewife on the 13th of May 1950.

* In an interview, director Leigh Janiak stated that she'd like to explore making a '50s-era slasher that was similar to *Night of the Hunter*, particularly exploring Harry Rooker as a character. This could point towards a rumored *Fear Street Part 4* being set in 1950.
* A patch on his uniform shows that he worked for a company called Union Choice Dairy, a Shadyside company that started operating in 1915.

1. ↑ ⓘNewspaper excerpt has been minorly changed due to a typing error, it originally repeated the last sentence twice