Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death.

During breakfast, Jack reads the “This Day in History” column. On June 26, 1541, Francisco Pizarro was killed; on June 26, 1945, the United Nations vowed to bring peace to the world—though, as Miss Volker notes, wars continue. Finished eating, Jack reads a landmark biography about John F. Kennedy, who fought in the Pacific theater as a member of the Navy during World War II. While on night patrol, a Japanese destroyer wrecked Kennedy’s boat, and Kennedy helped save his crew.

The next morning, Jack reads Miss Volker’s obituary for the Hells Angels member. She acknowledges that he was a stranger, and she notes his satanic tattoos. She attributes his compulsion to dance to a dancing plague, “St. John’s Dance,” that originated in Germany during 1374. According to Miss Volker, the plague was in France during 1518, and it was in Salem, Massachusetts. Now, it’s likely in Norvelt.

The Hells Angels arrive and head to the funeral parlor, where they steal a casket and put the dead biker in it. On his tricycle, Mr. Spizz chases them. Bunny says that the dead biker bought an empty Norvelt home to use as a clubhouse for the Hells Angels.