| Drunk | Allison | Ed Thompson's acquaintance. |
| David | Amireau | One of the suspects on Angela Chapman's disappearance. |
| Lakshmi | Anjale | Journalism Student. |
| Laura | Baker | The student who claimed a police officer sexually assaulted her. |
| Caitlin | Bergman | A Los Angeles-based reporter. Aka: Caitie. |
| Matthew | Bergman | Caitlin's father. |
| Chad | Branford | Angela's professor. |
| Scott | Canton | Caitlin's old teacher. |
| Angela | Chapman | An Indian girl. Anjale's best friend. Aka: Angie. |
| Doris | Chapman | Angela's mother. |
| Mark | Christiansen | An FBI agent from the Bloomington resident agency. |
| Tom | Clancy | American novelist. |
| Frances | Danforth | A lady im the woods buried in nineteen fifty-five. |
| Ruth | Davis | Lakshmi's freshman-year roommate. |
| Paul | Dooley | American actor, writer and comedian. |
| Pablo | Escobar | Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist. |
| Chris | Farley | American actor and comedian. |
| Adam | Fodor | Nate's older brother. |
| Nathan | Fodor | Kieran and David's acquaintance. Aka: Frodo; Nate. |
| Antoine | Foreman | An FBI agent from Indianapolis. |
| Aaron | Gaffney | Mary Lubbers-Gaffney's husband. |
| Mary Lubbers | Gaffney | The dean of the Media School. Caitlin's good friend. |
| Dolores | Garcia | One of Angela's friends. |
| Jerry | Garcia | American singer-songwriter. |
| Jerry | Greenwood | The lead detective from the Bloomington PD. |
| Randall | Gutcherson | Nate's Fodor acquaintance. Aka: Gooch. |
| Connor | Hartman | Greenwood's father-in-law. |
| Melissa | Hartman | Greenwood's wife. |
| Adolf | Hitler | German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. |
| Douglas | Hopewell | A sheriff. |
| Andrew | Jackson | 7th U.S. President. |
| Michael | Jackson | American singer-songwriter and dancer. |
| Tony | Jeong | One of Caitlin's acquaintances. |
| Casey | Jones | American railroad engineer. |
| Stephen | King | American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime. |
| Paige | Lauffer | A part-time waitress in Bloomington and part-time student at IU. |
| Chuck | Lester | Frodo's little frat brother. |
| Jim | Martinez | An FBI agent. |
| Jim | Martinez | Special agent. |
| Jane | Maverick | A detective. |
| Carol | McGovern | Lakshmi's acquaintance. |
| John | Mellencamp | American musician, singer-songwriter, actor, and film director. |
| Kieran | Michelson | One of the suspects on Angela Chapman's disappearance. |
| Devon | Miller | Angela's roommate. |
| Paul | Newman | American actor, film director, race car driver, and entrepreneur. |
| Mary | Pavlos | One of Angela's friends. |
| Pablo | Picasso | Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and theatre designer. |
| Ernie | Pyle | American journalist. |
| Abigail | Renton | Bloomington Police Department's chief. |
| Mike | Roman | An ex-cop. |
| William | Shakespeare | English playwright, poet, and actor. |
| Ellen | Shaub | One of Caitlin's acquaintances. |
| Chris | Shepherd | A detective. |
| Isabelle | Shepherd | Chris Shepherd's wife. |
| Pratima | Siddal | A grammar teacher. |
| O. J. | Simpson | American football running back. |
| Lyle | Sugar | A deputy sheriff. |
| Darren | Thompson | Caitlin's acquaintance. |
| Steve | Toblowsky | One of Caitlin's acquaintances. |
| Chet | Watkins | Caitlin's acquaintance. |
| Tennessee | Williams | American playwright. |
| Troy | Woods | A patrol officer. |
| Becky | | The school photographer. |
| Bruce | | Doris Chapman's husband. |
| Charlese | | Caitlin's acquaintance. |
| Deena | | Lakshmi's friend. |
| Embower | | Branford's alias. |
| Genevieve | | The party host. |
| Ginger | | Mary's cousin. |
| Henry VI | | King of England. |
| Jack Fodor | | Frodo's father. |
| Jessica | | One of Lakshmi's acquaintances. |
| John | | Fodor's acquaintance. |
| Linda Fodor | | Frodo's mother. |
| Nirvana | | American rock band. |
| Pixies | | American alternative rock band. |
| Richard | | A lawyer. |
| Richard III | | King of England and Lord of Ireland. |
| Tammy | | One of Branford's students. |
| Tanya | | Mary's Aunt. |
