Captain Archibald – Pirate of Neptune’s mercy

Oh my gosh, it’s THE Rami, vlogging sensation extraordinaire! With tons of subscribers and a treasured Sapphire Play Button, Rami’s, like, the hottest in sports-themed trick shot videos right now. And Jack’s biggest hero. You know what they say – never meet your heroes. But Rami wants to do a collab with Jack! So, of course, Jack’s all like, “YES-PLEASE-THAT-WOULD-BE-AMAZING!” Or, you know, yeah, sure, whatever. Ghost hunting with a star like Rami and his entourage could get interesting.

Harry Cane is what happens when a completely insane evil inventor turns into a ghost. Back in the day, Harry was obsessed with finding a way of controlling the weather and turning it into a tool of destruction – you know, devastating hurricanes, horrific lightning storms, that kind of thing. Now that he’s crossed to the Hidden Side, he flies around with his helicopter backpack, glooming up storm clouds to turn them into weapons. Remember to bring your umbrella with you. Just in case.

You will want to keep this prison ghost nicely wrapped up in a straitjacket in solitary confinement at all times. It shouldn’t be all that difficult, as he has never managed to escape from the now derelict Newbury Penitentiary, even as a ghost. Or has he? Anyway, after spending decades alone, peaking through tiny porthole windows, our failed escape artist here is longing for some company. And he’ll do whatever it takes to keep visitors locked inside with him. Forever…

J.B. is the awesome brain behind the entire ghost-hunting operation, and she doesn’t seem to be running out of ideas. In fact, we’d say her ideas only get more epic with time! For example, when her Sweet Sally school bus runs into a spot of trouble, J.B. gets right back to work and creates… a ghost-hunting fire truck! And it’s fully decked out, too. Could a ghost-hunting submarine be in the cards? Stay tuned.

Back in the day, the deep sea diver looted treasures from sunken ships as lighthouse keeper Joe Ishmael’s partner in crime. Now half deep-sea-diver, half angler-fish, this contorted creature (still) looks all kinds of crooked. His enormous suction mouth will make your jaw drop with awe and/or fear and/or disgust. Ew, gross! It will latch onto anything or anyone in the waters of Fatal Reef and crumple ships, sail boats and submarines like soda cans.

Newbury’s original monster hunter/ghost hunter, and Parker’s great-great-great-great grandpa. Back in 1888, Vaughn sacrificed his life to force Lady E. over to the Hidden Side. Now on the Hidden Side himself, he’s still busy fighting evil spirits. And learning about modern-day ghost-hunting technology and everyday items, which he sometimes mistakes for other-worldly clues. He still prefers to take down malicious monsters and other awful abominations with his trusted old crossbow.

Anomalo is a bizarre mix of human and cockroaches (yes, plural). He has an insatiable appetite for bacon and has won plenty of eating contests in his life – and afterlife. Anomalo was a powerful tool in Lady E.’s soul essence-collecting plot back when his seafood restaurant was a popular high-class establishment. He’s nothing but a crude butcher with a sinister agenda. Known hang-out: Shrimp Shack Soul Artefact: Meat cleaver

Will or won’t Jack ever get around to training his adorable, tail-chasing, bacon-loving little phantom pooch? Only time will tell. But so what if Spencer is a little all over the place sometimes? And Spencer is still a deceased, beloved and very spirited member of the ghost-hunting gang. He’s got a real nose for this kind of thing.

A brilliant scientist in life, Dr. Drewell was manipulated by Lady E. into performing bizarre and unnatural experiments in her pursuit of eternal youth. Things didn’t always go according to plan, and even though he is still bound to Lady E. in the afterlife, he prefers to be left alone to care for his plant collection. Known hang-out: J.B.’s Laboratory Soul Artefact: Erlenmeyer Flask

Student by day, ghost-hunter by night, live-streamer all the time! That’s Jack. Moving to Newbury wasn’t easy at first, what with being the new kid at school in a boring little town, and also his mom’s the headmaster, and the whole thing was just ugh. But now things are going great for Jack, and his vlog has really taken off. He may be spending just a little too much time making videos, though – especially after he meets his idol, vlogging superstar Rami. What’s the rest of the ghost-hunting squad going to say? Is his friendship with Parker about to take a hit as he chases more clicks and views? Nah, don’t think so. Those two are inseparable!

Riddle me this: what floats and is scarier than a clown? You got it – it’s a ghost clown. Ugh! Before he became a ghost, Tragico was a pretty rubbish clown. He really tried, but he just couldn’t make people laugh. Over time, all that clown failure turned into clown anger. Have you ever seen an angry clown? Even worse – an angry ghost clown? It ain’t pretty. Watch out with this one. Really, we’re not being funny.