Lester Billings

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Lester Billings is the troubled protagonist of Stephen King’s short horror story “The Boogeyman,” a man haunted by the mysterious deaths of his children and his belief in a supernatural killer.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
literary character ⓘ
adaptedIn film adaptations of The Boogeyman ⓘ
appearsIn The Boogeyman ⓘ
appearsInCollection Night Shift (as part of the story The Boogeyman) ⓘ
associatedWithMotive fear of closets ⓘ
associatedWithTheme domestic horror ⓘ
parental guilt ⓘ
unseen supernatural evil ⓘ
believes a supernatural killer stalks his family ⓘ
believesKilledHisChildren the Boogeyman ⓘ
childDeathLocation Andy’s bedroom closet ⓘ
Carole’s bedroom closet ⓘ
Shane’s bedroom closet ⓘ
confidesTo Dr. Harper ⓘ
creator Stephen King ⓘ
emotionalState haunted by the deaths of his children ⓘ
experiences nighttime terror ⓘ
fears the Boogeyman ⓘ
firstPublicationSource Cavalier magazine ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1973 ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genreContext horror fiction ⓘ
hasChild Andy Billings ⓘ
Carole Billings ⓘ
Shane Billings ⓘ
locationOfConfession psychiatrist’s office ⓘ
medium short story ⓘ
narrativeRole unreliable narrator ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
occupation factory worker ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
personalityTrait angry ⓘ
guilt-ridden ⓘ
paranoid ⓘ
racist ⓘ
sexist ⓘ
primaryConflict struggle to explain his children’s deaths ⓘ
residence Waterbury, Connecticut ⓘ
seeksHelpFrom psychiatrist ⓘ
settingTime 20th century ⓘ
spouse Rita Billings ⓘ
storyToldFromPerspective first-person monologue ⓘ

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The Boogeyman → mainCharacter → Lester Billings ⓘ