What about….erm….THE Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?

So. We have Dartmoor that famous wide and dangerous ground full of natural traps for the unwary. Grimpen Mire?

Then we get an Entitled Narcissistic BASTARD who thinks nothing is wrong with using his “sister” to help him Get The Money.

Throw in a DEMON hound aka a big dog who has been abused and abused so much that it makes him ANGRY and FRIGHTENED. Trap doggie in a hole underground and throw in a few bits of meat. Or a shoe.

RELEASE THE DOGGIE – who is so used to the smell of the shoe that he equates this scent with his abuser and sets out to get revenge.

That’s called MIND CONTROL, yes? No?