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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitch-Hiker]]" involves a woman who keeps passing the same creepy hitchhiker while driving cross-country, and comes to believe he's trying to kill her. When the woman calls home, [[spoiler:she learns that [[DeadAllAlong she died in a car accident]]]]. It ends [[spoiler:with her driving back to the hitchhiker, who is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]]]].

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* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitch-Hiker]]" involves a woman who keeps passing the same creepy hitchhiker while driving cross-country, and comes to believe he's trying to kill her. When the woman calls home, [[spoiler:she learns that [[DeadAllAlong she died in a car accident]]]]. It ends [[spoiler:with her driving back to the hitchhiker, who is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]]]].
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* ''VideoGame/FearsToFathom'': Invoked in-universe in ''Norwood Hitchhike''. The cashier warns Holly not to pick up anyone because the area has the ghost of a teenage girl who died on her prom night. However, the ''actual'' threat Holly faces is a random psycho trying to break into her motel room.
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* The Ride/DisneyThemeParks, in addition to providing the trope name with an InUniverse example at Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, allegedly have a few of their own ghosts, at least one of which is said to act this way, albeit on a rollercoaster instead of an automobile. Dubbed "Mr. One Way", he is supposed to board Ride/SpaceMountain (the Disneyland version, in California) like a normal guest, but at some point the person seated next to him will realize that he has vanished from the moving vehicle. When they ask their friends or park cast members if they saw what happened, they will be told that no one has seated next to them.

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* The Ride/DisneyThemeParks, in addition to providing the trope name with an InUniverse example at Franchise/TheHauntedMansion, ''Ride/TheHauntedMansion'', allegedly have a few of their own ghosts, at least one of which is said to act this way, albeit on a rollercoaster instead of an automobile. Dubbed "Mr. One Way", he is supposed to board Ride/SpaceMountain ''Ride/SpaceMountain'' (the Disneyland version, in California) like a normal guest, but at some point the person seated next to him will realize that he has vanished from the moving vehicle. When they ask their friends or park cast members if they saw what happened, they will be told that no one has seated next to them.
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* In the 1960 British horror film ''Film/CityOfTheDead'' (aka ''Horror Hotel'') actor Valentine Dyall plays a centuries-old warlock who hitches a ride with two different characters in the movie and then vanishes from the car as soon as they reach an ancient New England witch village.

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* In the 1960 British horror film ''Film/CityOfTheDead'' (aka ''Horror Hotel'') actor Valentine Dyall Creator/ValentineDyall plays a centuries-old warlock who hitches a ride with two different characters in the movie and then vanishes from the car as soon as they reach an ancient New England witch village.
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* ''Literature/''TheGhostsOfSleath'': A variation - parapsychologist David Ash, horrified when he seems to have hit a young boy, gets out of his car to find no one there.

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* ''Literature/''TheGhostsOfSleath'': ''Literature/TheGhostsOfSleath'': A variation - parapsychologist David Ash, horrified when he seems to have hit a young boy, gets out of his car to find no one there.
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* ''Literature/''TheGhostsOfSleath'': A variation - parapsychologist David Ash, horrified when he seems to have hit a young boy, gets out of his car to find no one there.
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* In [[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon Jamaica]], there are many stories of this nature, in relation to the deadly Kendal Train Crash which happened on September 1, 1957 when the train derailed, claiming 186 lives as a result. According to one such story, a taxi driver picked up two well-dressed women who specified a certain address to him, and on their arrival the two got out of the car and went into the house. The driver assumed they were getting money to pay their fare, but when they did not come back after several minutes, he honked his horn impatiently, grabbing the attention of an old man from inside the house. When the driver explained why he honked his horn and described the two women, the old man exclaimed, "Those were my two sisters; they died in the train crash." The driver immediately fainted.

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* In [[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon Jamaica]], UsefulNotes/{{Jamaica}}, there are many stories of this nature, in relation to the deadly Kendal Train Crash which happened on September 1, 1957 when the train derailed, claiming 186 lives as a result. According to one such story, a taxi driver picked up two well-dressed women who specified a certain address to him, and on their arrival the two got out of the car and went into the house. The driver assumed they were getting money to pay their fare, but when they did not come back after several minutes, he honked his horn impatiently, grabbing the attention of an old man from inside the house. When the driver explained why he honked his horn and described the two women, the old man exclaimed, "Those were my two sisters; they died in the train crash." The driver immediately fainted.
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-->"I'm the Hitcher! Lemme put you in the pitcha!"
* The ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Roadkill", where we see it from the ''ghost's'' perspective. For that matter, it happened in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot the pilot]].
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' episode "The Hitch-Hiker" involves a woman who keeps passing the same creepy hitchhiker while driving cross-country, and comes to believe he's trying to kill her. When the woman calls home, [[spoiler:she learns that [[DeadAllAlong she died in a car accident]].]] It ends [[spoiler:with her driving back to the hitchhiker, who is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]].]]
-->"I believe you're going...''my'' way?"

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-->"I'm -->''"I'm the Hitcher! Lemme put you in the pitcha!"
pitcha!"''
* The In the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Roadkill", where "[[Recap/SupernaturalS02E16Roadkill Roadkill]]" we see it this from the ''ghost's'' perspective. For that matter, it happened happens in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E01Pilot the pilot]].
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': The episode "The Hitch-Hiker" "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E16TheHitchHiker The Hitch-Hiker]]" involves a woman who keeps passing the same creepy hitchhiker while driving cross-country, and comes to believe he's trying to kill her. When the woman calls home, [[spoiler:she learns that [[DeadAllAlong she died in a car accident]].]] accident]]]]. It ends [[spoiler:with her driving back to the hitchhiker, who is actually [[TheGrimReaper Death]].]]
-->"I
Death]]]].
-->''"I
believe you're going...''my'' way?"way?"''



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