The characters / Recurring character
Ben Hanscom
Ben Hanscom is recorded in 3 distinct stories.
Reveal identity notes · spoilers
Member of the childhood group recalled by Richie. Ben Hanscom belongs to Beverly and Richie's Derry circle in both narratives; the 11/22/63 scene has the same named friends exchange information about Tug. The famous architect and former Derry resident who designed the new Civic Center; explicit story-world architectural work.
Also recorded as Benjamin Hanscom, Haystack.
Stories and supporting passages
11/22/63
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He’s a nice man. Always smiling. He—” “The nice man doesn’t live at home anymore,” Richie interrupted. “His wife kicked im out.” She turned to him, eyes wide. “Tug told you that?” “Nope. Ben Hanscom. Tug told him.” “He’s still a nice man,” Beverly said in a small voice.
Ben Hanscom belongs to Beverly and Richie's Derry circle in both narratives; the 11/22/63 scene has the same named friends exchange information about Tug.
Insomnia
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This throwback to the 1950s, designed very much tongue-in-cheek by the famous architect (and one-time Derry resident) Benjamin Hanscom, was the new Derry Civic Center, a replacement for the one destroyed in the flood of ’85. Clotho turned Ralph to look at him.
The famous architect and former Derry resident who designed the new Civic Center; explicit story-world architectural work.
It
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without stuttering so badly that it drove you almost dogshit, Beverly Marsh with her bruises and her cigarettes rolled into the sleeve of her blouse, Ben Hanscom who had been so big he looked like a human version of Moby Dick, and Richie Tozier with his thick glasses and his A averages and his wise mouth and his face which just begged to be pounded into new and exciting shapes.
Ben Hanscom belongs to Beverly and Richie's Derry circle in both narratives; the 11/22/63 scene has the same named friends exchange information about Tug.