The Hatbox Ghost is a ghost residing in the Haunted Mansion.
Description
The Hatbox Ghost, an elderly ghost with a skeleton-like form who carries his head in his hatbox (hence the name), is one of the "Happy Haunts" residing in the Haunted Mansion. How he became a ghost is unknown, although the two most likely theories are that he was killed by Constance Hatchaway, his bride, who was known to decapitate her husbands, or that he was killed by a sea captain who he used to work for.[1] Either way, the Hatbox Ghost ended up in the Haunted Mansion, where he lived in the attic for an indeterminate amount of time before disappearing under mysterious circumstances in 1969. It is unknown where he was all of the time he was away from the Mansion, although he did visit the House of Mouse in 2002, where he assisted Mickey Mouse in scaring off Peg-Leg Pete alongside Ezra, Gus, Phineas, Constance, the Executioner, the Lonesome Ghosts, and the Skeletons.
In 2015, the Ghost finally returned to the Haunted Mansion, taking up his former residence in the attic. A year later, he assisted a young boy named Danny Crowe in freeing the Mansion from the Sea Captain's curse.
Behind the scenes
The Hatbox Ghost first appeared as a part of the Haunted Mansion attraction in Disneyland. Due to technical difficulties with his head disappearing, he was removed after only a few months, and, although he was set to be a part of the Walt Disney World version of the attraction, he never did. Due to the character's large fan base, he often made appearances in other media. In 2013, a new Hatbox Ghost figure, this time without the hatbox and disappearing head trick, appeared at the D23 expo. In 2015, he finally returned to the Disneyland Mansion with an improved animatronic and head trick. He has since continued to make appearances in other media.
A version of the Hatbox Ghost also exist in the 2017 Continuum.
- ↑ As shown in the first Haunted Mansion comic series