The Captain | GhostsUK

In an old mansion, built sometime before the reign of king Henry VIII, currently under the name of “Button house”. 24 rooms. Current living residents: Allison, a woman who gained the ability to see ghosts after an accident and has become acquainted with them (Brown hair and eyes, light skin. Runs the house as a bed and breakfast with Mike. British). Mike, Allison’s husband, who has accepted the fact that their house is haunted but cannot see the ghosts, (Chef for the B&B, Black facial hair, shaved head, dark skin, British). Current ghost residents: Kitty, short for Katherine, a bubbly, child-like, naive ghost of a young Georgian era woman who died to a spider bite. Kitty was adopted, and had a non blood related sister named Eleanor, who she remembers fondly despite her actions being manipulative and cruel. At the therapy session, kitty acknowledges that her sister was mean, but “Oh well, at least she was nice the rest of the time!” (Black hair, magenta dress, dark skin). Robin, a caveman ghost who speaks broken English and wears animal furs, who died by being struck by lightning after hiding from a bear in a tree during a storm, and possesses the ability to control electricity, flicker lights, etc. (light skin, wearing animal furs, unruly light brown hair). Fanny, short for Stephanie, was born to a wealthy family in the Victorian era. It appears as though her parents had no sons and that she was an only child. Her father was a successful businessman and her mother Lavinia was a very traditional woman. She believed business was for men and that a lady's duty was to marry and produce an heir. Fanny vehemently disagreed with these views. She had an outstanding education of literacy and arithmetic, and also learnt the skills of needlework and cooking. After she discovered her husband having a threesome with their gardener, Henry, and their butler, Evans in their bedroom, George pushed Fanny out the bedroom window, an event she subconsciously reenacts every time the clock chimes at three in the morning, the time of her death (prompting some of the other ghosts to set the clock back); George got away with the murder by claiming that she fell "from an upstairs window after being surprised by a mouse." Out of all of the ghosts, she is Alison's closest relative. Fanny died when she was in her late 50s or early 60s. 5 Patrick "Pat" Bobby Butcher is the ghost of a scoutsmaster from the 80s, who died in an archery accident on the grounds just in front of Button House Pat was the son of Maureen Butcher, who was also known by the initial of E and her husband, Alfred Patrick Butcher. He mentioned that before his job as a Scoutmaster, he worked in a bank. Pat married Carol Butcher at some point - probably the 1970s due to his description of their wedding outfits. - and they had a son named Daley. He was very close to his best friend, Morris, who he was completely unaware was having an affair with his wife even though it was quite obvious. Because of his cheerful and kind nature, Pat became a scoutmaster - known as "Skip" or "Skipper" by the kids - and devoted much of his time to his troop, planning exciting activities for them and taking the kids on trips. On one such trip in 1984 (the 27th of October, according to the newspaper clipping from Mike's ghost board) they went to Button House to use the large expanse of the grounds for archery. While instructing the children on safety and the rules he let them pass around the bow and arrows only for one, Keith Darren Dean, to loose one and hit Pat directly in the neck; he then passed the bow to another boy as if hiding what he'd just done. Pat stumbled towards the coach and asked for one of them to call his wife while he tried to drive himself to a hospital, but unfortunately Pat's injuries were too severe and he crashed into a tree and died. He was 39, as stated on the newspaper article. Thomas Angus Thorne is the ghost of a Regency era poet. He was a self described enemy of Lord Byron, who he claims to have stolen his work. Though not overly successful, Thomas remained a poet who adored his own work. Along with his cousin, Francis Button, he visited Higham House - now Button House - on October 10, 1824, to reveal a new poem he'd penned, however, what he was truly excited for was seeing Lord Higham's daughter, Isabelle, again. Upon their arrival he dismissed Francis' comment about Higham House being a good inheritance, making it clear that his interest in Isabelle was out of love rather than financial gain. He told Francis of his longing to speak with her though couldn't as her father was unaware of the relationship which had developed between them, this gave his Francis the idea to encourage Thomas to write a letter to Isabelle which he promised to deliver to her.

Pleased for a way to speak with her, Thomas did exactly that and went to excitedly recite his new poem — which he was unaware he was being mocked for — only to receive a fraudulent letter back from her claiming she no longer loved him and he must have misinterpreted her words or actions when they last met. This was in fact a fake letter written by Francis as part of his plan to marry Isabelle and inherit the house. Unaware of Francis' intended sabotage, he was devastated and insisted he spoke to her directly. Panicked that his lies would be revealed, Francis made up a story about a military man having insulted Isabelle calling her 'ugly and untalented', when the statement had actually been about Mary Shelley. Outraged by these insinuations, Thomas tried to defend her honor and challenges the officer to a duel which — to his surprise — was accepted.

Having also received a false letter from Francis claiming Thomas didn't love her, Isabelle was unaware of why the duel started and was lead to believe it was because Thomas has fallen in love with Mary Shelly, which only caused her further heartbreak. Outside in the grounds, people gathered to watch the duel, and Francis conducted his final manipulation by telling Thomas it was twenty paces rather than the traditional ten — he accepted this easily and set out counting with his pistol. After reaching ten, the officer turned and actually paused due to confusion that Thomas was still walking, but, after sharing a look with a few others and shrugging, he still decided to shoot Thomas in the lower back; a deathly blow.

Francis rushed to him to play the loving cousin and claimed that the officer cheated, saying he was a "coward"; Thomas was rested against a tree and asked as his dying wish that Francis fetched Isabelle. Francis claimed he would, but only pretended to, and instead went to console her and further his plan to gain Higham House. He left Thomas dying alone which led him to believe he was a "fool". Thomas has dark brown, curly hair, and dark eyes. Like most well-off men from his time, he's dressed in a white linen shirt with a tall standing collar and puffed sleeves, a decorated waistcoat buttoned high, and a cravat tied in a soft bow. As Thomas arrived at Button House for a formal event and had been on horseback, he is wearing breeches rather than trousers. He has a bullet hole near his stomach, which is a wound from the duel he died in. Thomas is a hopeless romantic through and through, which he often believes to make him more sensitive and understanding than the rest of his fellow ghosts. The downside to this is that he has a tendency to have childish, highly melodramatic outbursts when faced with ridicule from the other ghosts (or dismissal for his overly dramatic poetry), which cause him to sulk and, at one point, go so far as to try and drown himself in the lake despite already being dead.[1] It seems that while alive Thomas had conned himself into believing he was a much beloved poet, an false belief which has remained with him in death.[2] He believes that almost every woman he comes across is the most beautiful he's ever seen even though he will have said that about the last one as well and fell in love with Alison the moment he saw her; this reveals his fickle nature. Thomas also often misinterprets things women say to him — especially Alison — thinking they're confessing their love when really they're simply stating they don't want anything to do with him. This could be partially from wishful thinking, and partially because there are lots of similes and metaphors used in poetry, so he may interpret the words differently because he's a poet. Mary Guppy is the ghost of a peasant woman who was burned at the stake at some point in the 17th century, during the reign of King James VI and I. She has a West Country dialect and often pluralises words unnecessarily. Julian Fawcett is the trouser-less ghost of a Conservative MP who died at Button House in 1993. He has the ability to move objects slightly, which he used to try and scare Alison by pushing her out of the window which granted her the ability to see and communicate with the ghosts.