1968 Dart sudden rear end noise.

If yur depressed now, you haven't been;
> 500 miles from home, with an engine that is overheating for no apparent reason.
> 300 miles from home, with your A833 is stuck in Fourth gear,
> 200 miles from home, when at 60mph, the engine just quit running,
> 100 miles from home, on a Sunday afternoon, with a derailed fanbelt
> 70 miles from home, you hit a dear, at night, and yur headlights are smashed.
> in your driveway, you wife askes you a question, that you cannot answer with any degree of honesty; you know, one of those questions like;
- does this dress make me look fat? or
- how long have you been poking the neighbors daughter, or
- you love this car more than me, don't you.
> or my favorite; you think I'm stupid!?

Did you leave the parking brake on?
Sounds like you've been the route. Lol. Oh yeah,I've had similar things happen like walking for a week decades ago because a u-joint went bad on a 59 custom royal only to have a girlfriend ask. "Why would you buy a car they don't make parts for" when nobody had the u joint and it took a week to get one from Andy Bernbaum. I've driven home with no lights when the headlight switch failed on another 68 dart. I've driven late 50's mopars home on the parking brake drum on the torqueflite when a master failed (single pot) And I also got the question about why I love the cars so much. Lol.
No,the parking brake isn't on. I'm not that stupid. It's in the rear end. It's making a sound like grinding gears and a couple times on the way home there was a loud bang and it felt like something getting ground in gears