Ghost Story

A physician and one of the Chowder Society’s oldest members, Jaffrey combines calm rationality with a stubborn sense of duty. He is principled and perceptive, often the moral center who presses others to acknowledge uncomfortable truths. His eventual death from a nightmare underscores the fragility of life when haunted by the past.

A successful businessman and social figure within Milburn, Ricky exudes charm and confidence while concealing underlying anxieties about judgment and legacy. His reactions to Eva’s ghost reveal a man torn between pride and vulnerability. He embodies the tension between public success and private guilt.

The mayor and patriarch of the Wanderley family, Edward projects authority and social standing but harbors knowledge of a fatal past mistake with Eva. His fatal encounter with a spectral presence illustrates how power can be undone by buried secrets.

A founding member of the Chowder Society, Sears is the cautious, principled voice among his peers. His skepticism and adherence to appearances mask a willingness to confront uncomfortable truths. His fate becomes intertwined with Eva’s vengeance as old loyalties are tested.

A Florida college professor who returns to Milburn, Don becomes entangled in the 1929–era secrets surrounding Alma/Eva. His engagement to Alma and his attempts to warn his brother reveal a conflicted conscience and a desire to reveal the truth.

A seductive woman tied to the four men in the past, Eva embodies danger and desire. Her lingering presence, whether as Eva or Alma, drives the haunting and fuels a cycle of vengeance that collapses the town’s decorum.

One of Eva’s accomplices who has escaped from a mental asylum, Gregory’s presence signals a real-world menace behind the ghost story. He helps widen the sense of threat as past misdeeds come back to threaten the living.

An ally of Gregory Bates, Fenny is part of the darker chain of events from 1929 that spills into the present. His role deepens the sense that Eva’s vengeance is fueled by multiple hands and shared guilt.