annual victim of ritual human sacrifice. 1964: In the short story "Lonelyache" by Harlan Ellison, the protagonist Paul has a recurring nightmare in which a different young, good-looking man comes to kill him or "tip him the black spot". 1969: In A Pirate Utopia the pirate lord, Olaf, is given the black spot by Leonard as he had tortured some people without permission. 1986: In Stephen King's novel It, the doomed "Negro nightclub" is named "The Black Spot". 1990: "The Black Spot" is mentioned by a convict at the end of an episode of "The Bill" (series 6, episode 71, "Where There's a Will".) 1996: In the movie Muppet Treasure Island, a retelling of Treasure Island, the black spot is drawn on a piece of paper and given to Billy Bones; when he explains that the black spot is "a pirate's death sentence" the Great Gonzo utters "Fabulous". It is also given to Long John Silver on a leaf from a Bible, but he escapes execution by scolding at his crew that they have defiled the holy book and will be severely punished for it before he gives his crew a second chance once he accepts their forgiveness. 2000: The 2000 video game Skies of Arcadia presented players with a black spot, a message from a bounty hunter that they would soon be hunted down and killed. 2002: Puzzle Pirates, an MMORPG created by Three Rings Design, uses the term "Black Spot" to refer to a temporary way to silence rude and disruptive players. 2006: In the Disney feature film Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Captain Jack Sparrow is presented with a "Black Spot" by Davy Jones as a marker that the Kraken can track; in the film, the black spot appears as a large black boil-like swelling on the palm of his hand. 2006: In Asylums' adaptation of Treausre Island, Pirates of Treasure Island the Black Spot appear as did in the original novel. 2007: In the CBS reality television show Pirate Master, the black spot is given by the captain to the three contestants that he nominates to be voted off. 2008: On the indie-Americana band Murder By Death's fourth album Red of Tooth and Claw, there is a song titled "The Black Spot" in which the singer laments, "The black spot, I never thought I'd be the one givin' it to you." 2009: The pirate-themed