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Liam

Liam is one of Madison's friends and a McHades's Hall worker during the Howl, assuming the two Liams are one in the same. This page treats them as if they are the same.

## Personality

Liam is assumed to like nerdy stuff, seeing as he's friends with Madison and was at Mangachusetts. He is also assumed to be caring, or at least not a jerk, because he takes care of the little kids at the Haunted House he worked at.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

He meets Madison at Mangachusetts and hitches a ride home with her and Georgia.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Liam is said to be present when Mr. Chedworth fell down the stairs. Sid asks if Liam pushed him; Madison says he didn't. Liam accompanies Madison, Colleen, Nikko, Samantha, Serena, and perhaps Tristan to Chelsea's.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Liam's appearance in this book is his first direct appearance. He does an Igor riff for McHades Hall's during McQuaid Howl. He was hit a bunch of times the previous year, when he dressed in black and white in an optical illusion room. He started moving when the audience decided it was a mind-twister instead of a scare. He didn't jump, but came closer, and got punched int he stomach three times in one weekend. The people claimed it was a fear reaction, but Liam says one guy did it because he was mad about being scared. The year the book takes place, he was the guide for Alexis, Nadine, Vanessa, and Kendall. He thought they were hot. He says there were seven or eight other customers in his group, and is corrected by Deborah: it was eight. When asked if his group was unusual, he said no. There was a family with younger kids that he was keeping an eye so the kids didn't get freaked out. He revealed that the actors have signals to tell each other to tone it down if a kid is about to lose it, and says that they didn't have to use it the night Kendall died. He says Kendall and her group were at the rear of the group and appropriately screaming at the right places. Liam didn't know Kendall beforehand; he called out her name during the scare because he heard someone else say it. He says that the zombie scene is one of the more intense and that he was sticking with the kids during that scene's intro. He left the scene when the kids started to freak out. He said they waited about five minutes for the rest of the group to come through.

### The Skeleton Makes A Friend

Madison says she sent a couple of selfies of herself at the cabin to Liam. However, she took the photos closer to the dock, so they couldn't have been the photos Jen used to track down Skalle, Sid's online name.

## Fun Facts

* It is unclear if Madison's friend Liam (present in the first two books) is the same as the Howl worker Liam (present in the third book). Seeing as Madison also works the Howl, it is not unlikely that it is the same Liam.
Dante

Dante is a student at PHS who used to date Mina.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

According to Mina, Dante wasn't paying enough attention to her. He didn't reply to her Friday night text until Saturday morning, but he texted Nikko Saturday afternoon, proving that he wasn't over his texting limit and had likely been with someone else. Mina broke up with Dante that night over text. Dante attended a party on Saturday night, and he brought Rhonda with him, so he was apparently seeing her all along.
Lance the Stuffed Lion

Lance is a stuffed lion toy owned by Ms. Rad, the fixture of her classroom.

## Appearance

He's a little plush lion wearing a miniature PHS Lions football jersey.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Ms. Rad has Georgia come by her classroom to introduce her to Lance, whom Madison had already to Georgia. Georgia ruffles his mane affectionately and says he looks good in his jersey, satisfying Ms. Rad. Georgia sees nothing wrong with talking to toy, thanks to her background as a mother, and people have an easier time accepting a Lance than a Sid. After Georgia and Ms. Rad are done talking, Georgia pats Lance goodbye before leaving. Georgia thinks she'll miss Ms. Rad and Lance when she leaves PHS.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Georgia goes to see Ms. Rad about Kendall, a former student of hers, and sees Lance on her desk. Ms. Rad puts Lance in her lap and pats him as she tells Georgia about Kendall. She saw nothing bad about Kendall, but she said Lance didn't like Kendall. He liked Linda and likes Georgia and Madison, though. Sid later says he'll never doubt Lance again and understood why he disliked Kendall after discovering Kendall was a vicious cyberbully.
Easton Hall

## Location

Easton Hall is one of the buildings at McQuaid University.

## Appearance

Easton is easily the largest building at McQuaid University. The Anthropology Department is on the third floor.

## Known Students and Employees

* Dr. Avers (anthro prof)
* Yo (anthro student)
* Georgia (visitor)
* Sid (visitor)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia takes Sid to the anthropology department in Easton Hall to be sexed. There, Georgia meets Yo, and Yo gives Georgia a basic rundown of Sid's features (male, age, height, how he died). Georgia recalls that she passed several empty faculty spots on her way to Easton. Charles is attacked in an office in Easton Hall and later makes his way to the office he's squatting in, also in Easton.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Louis is attempting to find Easton hall to located the physical anthropology department. Georgia finds him and tells him that the anthropology department has been moved from 3rd floor Easton to 2nd floor of Savage Hall due to rebuilding of Easton.
Austin

Austin is a McHades Hall worker who, based on his belief in the McHades Hall 'ghost', is likely a kid.

## Appearance

Tall and thin. Wearing bloody academic regalia the night Kendall was murdered.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Austin thinks that when the baseball bat went missing, the ghost took it. Deborah rebukes him and tells Louis Raymond, who's interrogating Austin and other McHades Hall workers, that every haunt has 'real ghost' rumors and peoples' imaginations run away with them. She tells Austin that she already told him that. Austin protests, asking abut Min-woo's hat and Charity's gloves. Deborah asks why a ghost will need a hat and gloves and says she's surprised more hasn't gone missing, with so many props, costumes, and people.
Europe

## Location

Europe is a continent in the northwestern hemisphere of the globe.

## Appearance

Each country within Europe has a very unique appearance.

## Known Residents

* Dab Thackery (visitor)
* Phil Thackery (visitor)
* Unnamed English student who asked for a rubber (resident)
* Georgia Thackery (visitor)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia mentions that when she went to Europe for a month, Sid left a metatarsal behind because of his distress. Edward Vinton later tells Georgia that he hoped Allen ran off, joined a circus, or hitchhiked around Europe and would one day show up again with great stories.

### The Skeleton Makes A Friend

The bungalow that Madison, Sid, and Georgia are staying in while she works at Overfeld is owned by one of Dab's former grad students (Walker Schild), who is away spending the summer traveling thorough Europe with his family, leaving the place vacant for Georgia. When Walker returns early and meets with Georgia, she questions him, asking if he fudged the truth for Dab. He says that he really has been in Europe, but stuff came up, so he had to come back.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

In his list of traits about Rose, Charles says that Rose had a strong knowledge of history, particularly European.
Allen's Counselor

This unnamed counselor of an unspecified gender worked at Joshua Tay University when Allen was attending.

## Personality

Seeing as they're a counselor, it can be assumed that they are kind, understanding, and good at giving advice.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Edward Vinton briefly mentions them when telling Georgia about Allen. He says Allen was seeing a counselor at Student Services to cope with the loss of his parents and little sister to a fire.
Mangachusetts

## Location

A made-up Massachusetts event focused on celebrating anime and manga culture.

## Appearance

Full of anime and manga stuff lol. Otaku paradise.

## Known Visitors

* Nikko
* Liam
* Chelsea
* Kevin Bolk
* Madison Thackery
* Georgia Thackery
* Sid Thackery
* Fletcher Wildman

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia, Madison, and Sid attend Mangachusetts. Sid dresses up as Shinigami from *Soul Eater* and relishes his time outside the house and being adored by people. While there, he sees Jocasta Kirkland, and starts to get a kind of flash of his previous life, kicking off the novel's search for who Sid was in his previous life. Fletcher attends to write a report on the event and chats with Georgia about it. Madison is delighted to meet Kevin Bolk and makes friends with Liam, Chelsea, and Nikko.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Georgia mentions the anime convention back in the fall - Mangachusetts not by name - in telling Madison that Sid doesn't have much contact with people outside the house.
Jean Shannon

Jean Shannon was Georgia's college roommate.

## Personality

An ossifying piece of sacrum, but not a killer or true villain.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

In trying to explain to Sid why she's so angry about discovering that Sid had been murdered despite the murder being decades old, Georgia brings up Jean. She was her college roommate. When she got religion a while back, she decided she needed to confess to that sins committed during her heathen past, so she started hunting people down on Facebook. When she found Georgia, she asked for Georgia's phone number; Georgia gave it to her, thinking it would be nice to catch up. It wasn't nice. Among Jean's transgressions were her helping herself to Georgia's change jar to do her laundry; taking money from Georgia's wallet that she forgot to replace, (more than once); kept a boy Georgia liked from calling her because she told him she had a boyfriend, thinking she could get the boy for herself (the boy was not interested in her); and "borrowed" Georgia's sapphire earrings for a date, lost one, threw the other one out, and told Georgia that Georgia lost them. Jean had the nerve to ask Georgia to forgive her and thought they could be friends again. Georgia had to hang up a total of six times - the initial plus five - to send Jean the message that she didn't want to talk anymore. The secrets were old to Jean, but it was new to Georgia; her anger was fresh.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Jean is briefly mentioned when Sid brings up that Georgia has a grudge against her. Jean is described as having stolen from Georgia, wearing her best earrings without asking, then losing one and throwing out the other and making Georgia think she lost them herself. Georgia says that she wouldn't kill Jean for that, although she does hold a grudge.
Art Singer

Art Singer is history adjunct who once taught with Georgia, and now teaches at Brandeis.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

In researching Kendall, Art Singer is one of the two people that Georgia can call. She once co-taught with him as part of an experiment: he sent his classes' papers to Georgia's students for practice editing, and his class had helped Georgia's composition students with research techniques. Getting copies of those lesson plans was Georgia's excuse to contact him then segue into talking about Kendall via gossip. Art is actually the one to bring up her death, commenting that McQuaid is becoming a dangerous place these days. Art says that Kendall is all about partying, and wasn't exactly a model student. Kendall missed a bunch of classes and came in right before exams to beg for extra credit assignments to make up for bad test scores. Art says he wouldn't bend and feels bad about it now. He says that Kendall managed to cram enough for the final that she squeaked through anyway.
Medford, Massachusetts

## Known Residents

* Melissa Laplante
* Robert Irwin (when alive)

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Medford, Massachusetts is where Robert Irwin and Melissa Laplante live. Robert Irwin went missing on his way back to Medford from his interview at Pennycross High School. Sid and Georgia look into Medford residents and residents from other nearby terms in their research.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Sid finds a family in Medford that has no connection to the Pennycross McQuaids.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966 TV Special)

***How the Grinch Stole Christmas!*** (promoted as "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!") is a 1966 Warner Bros./MGM cartoon adaptation of the book of the same name.

## Original Plot

The Grinch (Boris Karloff) is an evil, surly, and antisocial green creature with a heart "two sizes too small" who lives alone in a cave atop Mt. Crumpit, located above the village of Whoville. He especially hates Christmas and has spent the last 53 years annoyed by their Christmas celebrations. In particular, he hates the noise, the gluttonous feasting, and the Christmas music. On Christmas Eve, he finally has enough and decides to stop Christmas Day from coming to Whoville at all.

The Grinch makes himself a Santa Claus-style coat and hat, to disguise himself as the famed Christmas character. He also disguises his dog Max as a reindeer. The Grinch then loads empty bags onto a sleigh and travels to Whoville in the night. Acting as the reverse of Santa Claus, he takes everything Christmas-themed in the first house he finds. In so doing, he is almost caught by Cindy Lou Who (June Foray), a toddler Who girl who wakes up and sees him taking the Christmas tree. Maintaining character as Santa, the Grinch tells Cindy Lou that he is merely taking the tree to his workshop for repairs, and then gets her a drink before sending her back to bed. He finishes emptying the first house of all the Christmas-related items, then repeats the process at the other houses in Whoville.

With the Whos' stolen Christmas goods, the Grinch and Max travel back up Mt. Crumpit. Before dropping the loaded sleigh off the mountain, the Grinch listens, excitedly, to hear cries of anguish from the Whos when they wake to discover their losses. However, down in the village, the Whos joyously begin to sing Christmas carols as though nothing had happened, proving that the spirit of Christmas does not depend on material things. At first, the Grinch is confused, but he then begins to understand the true meaning of Christmas, and cries in regret. Just as the sled begins to tilt, the Grinch rushes to save it. His heart grows three sizes, granting him "the strength of ten Grinches, plus two!", which he needs to lift the sleigh to safety. He brings everything back to the Whos and participates in the holiday feast. He is given the honor of carving the Whos' favorite Christmas dish, a rare roast beast, and Max gets the first slice for all his troubles.
Coach Q

Coach Q is a PHS English teacher and coach of either lacrosse or tennis (lacrosse, if Leigh listed the sports in the same order as coaches).

## Personality

Ms. Rad describes him as a marvelous man and a gifted teacher.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Coach Q's team had practice the night of the murder Sid overheard. Because he had time to slip away from his activity to possibly commit the murder, he remained on the list of suspects. Ms. Rad, in talking to Georgia later, reveals that though he's a marvelous man and a gifted teacher, he only has a master's, and his degree is in history, not American literature. He's teaching English at PHS because they needed an English teacher.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Madison is now in Coach Q's class and doing great. Madison is later bullied by the Devil's Divas, spreading the rumor that Madison only got the solo in the Christmas concert because she orally pleasured Coach Q, who made the call of who would get solo.
Mr. Kirkland

This unnamed man is Dr. Jocasta Kirkland's deceased husband.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

He is mentioned when Georgia and Sid first look up Jocasta on the Internet. He died about twenty years prior to Jocasta; he outlived Allen by about ten years. He was an actuary. He was part of a theory Sid and Georgia developed, of him killing Sid in revenge for having an affair with Jocasta (this theory was proven false). Or, Sid has having an affair with Mr. Kirkland, and Jocasta killed him in revenge. At Jocasta's funeral, Corrina says that she didn't think Jocasta minded when Mr. Kirkland died, because it gave her more room for her experiments.
Dr. Ayers

Dr. Ayers is an anthropology professor at McQuaid University. Yo is one of his students.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

When Georgia goes to McQuaid's Anthropology department to have Sid examined, Ayers is not there. He's in Belize, along with most of his department. He didn't tell Yo when he'd be back. However, he has told Yo that she "rock[s] at sexing skeletons". Yo says he would know for sure if the blow to the head and the stab in the ribs is what killed Sid. Later in the novel, Dr. Mary Kirkland scoffs at Georgia's suggestion she give her skeleton to McQuaid, saying that Ayers is an idiot and "wouldn't know what to do with a decent specimen if he had it".
Skeleton P-A-F-60-1573 / Patty

This unnamed skeleton, nicknamed Patty by Sid and IDed as Skeleton P-A-F-60-1573, was swapped out with Allen's skeleton after he was killed, as a means of hiding Allen's skeleton.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

The code is discovered on the inside of Sid's skull by Yo when she conducts an examination of Sid. However, this is not his actual ID; it was etched on to confuse him with the real P-A-F-60-1573. The code is actually a JTU file number, as Sara Weiss discovers for Georgia. The 1573 indicates a file number, meaning that somewhere in the JTU computers, there's a record with details about the specimen. Sara says that the rest of the ID means that Patty was purchased (rather than excavated on site or donated), was Asian, was female, and was about 60 years old at death. This does not match what Sid and Georgia had learned about who Sid once was: a young Caucasian man. This indicated that there was another skeleton out there, the real P-A-F-60-1573. P-A-F-60-1573 comes up again when Georgia takes Sid in to see Dr. Donald and Dr. Mary to prove that the skeleton she has is not the real P-A-F-60-1573. Mary is taking her loss personally. P-A-F-60-1573 is revealed to have been hanging in an undergraduate class when someone made off it, and it was discovered missing in inventory in early 1982.
Allen's Unnamed Family

Allen Reece's parents and baby sister died in a fire the year before Allen disappeared.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Allen's parents and sister, who was six year old at the time, died in a fire while Allen was away at McQuaid. The fire was supposedly caused by a lightning strike. The Allen family lived in Wisconsin, and this is why Georgia and Sid rule out the possibility of an arsonist; they likely didn't go all the way to Wisconsin.
North Ashfield, Massachusetts

## Location

A possibly made-up town in northern Massachusetts. Ashfield is a real town. North Ashfield is not.

## Known Residents

* Fenton's Family Festival (temporary)
* Rose / Annabelle / Sue Weedon (temporary)
* All JTU students
* Likely most of the JTU staff, because they need to be in driving distance of JTU
* Louis Raymond (temporary)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

North Ashfield is the location of Joshua Tay University. Every time Georgia goes to JTU, she is in North Ashfield. Louis Raymond was there once, visiting another cop, when the call about Georgia came out. He tagged along when this cop responded.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

When Madison is kidnapped, the cabin she's taken to is in North Ashfield. They discover this by Sid writing "in a cabin no ashfield". Deborah and Georgia decide against reporting it to Louis Raymond because they can't explain how they found out, so they decide to get in the car and drive to North Ashfield to find Madison, even if they have to drive down every street and knock on every door. However, on the way, they still call in Madison Thackery's being missing in North Ashfield to the tip line. Georgia speeds so they can get there; they arrive in half the time it usually took. Georgia thinks that those who'd designed North Ashfield's streets didn't believe in straight lines, because it took a lot of back-and-forth to find the cabin where Madison was being held. Georgia later lies that they knew Madison was in a cabin in North Ashfield because of an anonymous call.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

North Ashfield had a big Christmas Festival the year Rose disappeared, and Fenton's was there. While Fenton's was there, Rose broke into a vacant house and holed up there for nearly a month. After the Nichols house is torn down, Rose joined Fenton's.
Jasper's Diner

## Location

A diner just outside of McQuaid University's front entrance.

## Known Customers and Employees

* Georgia Thackery (customer)
* Fletcher Wildman (customer)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia and Fletcher go on their third date to Jasper's. Later, Charles is scheduled to have breakfast with Georgia at Jasper's and return the Sid-filled suitcase, left at JTU overnight to explore Jocasta Kirkland's office, to her. Unfortunately, Charles missed the meeting at Jasper's, and promised to bring the suitcase to her desk, which he did.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

On a Wednesday, Georgia talks Charles into letting her buy him lunch because she feels guilty for letting Sid convince her Charles could be a suspect. While there, Charles pulls out his finger bone-looking pen and says it belonged to Patty Craft.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Charles and Georgia meet at Jasper's, which has excellent vegetable soup, to warm up and talk about the strike, history, and the weather, but not Annabelle.
Mina

Mina is a student at PHS who used to date Dante.

## Personality

Easily rebounds, or at least willing to get back at an ex by showing up with another boy soon after the break-up.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Mina said Dante was paying enough attention to her. He didn't reply to her Friday night text until Saturday morning, but he texted Nikko Saturday afternoon, proving that he wasn't over his texting limit and had likely been with someone else. Mina broke up with Dante that night over text. Mina attended a party Saturday night, and she had another boy with her.
Springfield, Massachusetts

## Location

A real city in center south Massachusetts.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

The morning after Georgia found Jocasta Kirkland's body, Georgia got on the Web and checked the site for the TV station in Springfield, the closest city. All it had was a tiny paragraph about a woman being found dead in her Pennycross home. Later, the TV station gave the story a fair amount of play. Kirkland was moderately well-known, albeit in a specialized field, and murders were fortunately rare in Pennycross.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Hunters found a skeletal male body near Springfield. A Pennycross HS track meet with in Springfield, meaning Coach McLeod couldn't have been able to sneak off long enough to drive to and from Pennycross, marking him off the list of suspects. Mr. McDaniel later says that Adam was on his way back to his dorm in Springfield.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Georgia says that in junior year, she and a bunch of her friends went a haunted house, which caused Georgia to not like haunted houses anymore.
Reggie's Mistress

Reggie cheated on Georgia with this unnamed woman.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

In explaining to Deborah how important Sid's support is to her, Georgia describes why she broke up with Reggie. She reveals that Reggie cheated on her. He claimed he loved Georgia and the unborn baby and would leave his mistress. It is unknown if he really did; Georgia couldn't trust him anymore.
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Sid Thackery / Skalle Beinagrind

[basic intro]

## Fun Facts

* Sid weighs about twenty pounds.
* Sid has excellent night vision, despite not having eyes.
* Sid can smell, despite not having a sense of smell.
* Sid cannot talk with other dead people. Georgia's parents proved this by taking Sid to talk to skeletons at McQuaid University's med school and anthropology department.
* Sid regularly cleans himself with hydrogen peroxide to keep himself clean and white.
* Sid's consciousness, spirit, whatever it is resides in his skull.
* Over the course of the series, Sid gets better at distance-controlling his bones when they're not attached to his skull.
* Sid doesn't eat or sleep, but he still attends dinner with his family for the social aspects.
* Sid is a manga and anime nerd. He is also a vivacious reader.
* Sid broke his wrist while alive as Allen, and it healed before he died.
* One of Sid's ribs cracked when Georgia tackled him as a kid. It was glued back together.
* Sid makes numerous bone-related puns, such as saying that things are humerus.
* Sid cannot feel physical pain, but he can feel emotional pain (he can get his feelings hurt).
* It is unclear how Sid came back to life and what exactly he is. Is he a ghost haunting his own skeleton, a vegetarian zombie, a government project gone very wrong, the most amazing shared delusion ever, or what? Georgia thinks that he's a ghost inhabiting his own skeleton.
* Sid loves spreadsheets and dossiers.
* Sid plays lots of online games. His online name is Skalle Beinagrind in the MMORPG game Runes of Legend.
* Sid finally got to ride a horse post-death in *The Skeleton Rides A Horse*.
* Sid is neither alive nor dead; he exists somewhere in-between the two states.
* Sid holds himself together by sheer force of will. When he's depressed, his connections loosen.
* Sid is as strong as he believes himself to be.
Unnamed Grocery Store

## Location

Within driving distance of the Thackery House in Pennycross.

## Known Customers and Employees

* Georgia Thackery (customer)
* Dab Thackery (customer)
* Phil Thackery (customer)
* Prof. Nichols (customer)
* Margo Nichols (customer)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia and Madison stop at this unnamed grocery store to pick up dinner supplies just before Madison's phone rings with a call from Samantha. Georgia later buys a fruit basket from the "markdown" shelf at the grocery store.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Dab goes to this grocery store to stock up after she and Phil return home.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Sid asks Phil if he knew the Nichols, and Phil says that they knew each well enough to pass the time of day when they ran into each other at the grocery store or around town.
Norman Rockwell

He was an American illustrator and painter.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

In looking at her family, Georgia thinks the scene looked like a Norman Rockwell painting, if he'd ever painted the Addams Family.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

In looking at her family setup on the weekend, Georgia thinks the scene looks more Charles Addams than Norman Rockwell, but it was home.
Popular Culture Association

## Location

The address to contact the PCA is in Ohio. Has a website. A real association. Also known as the American Culture Association.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

The year before the events of this book, Georgia attended the Popular Cultural Association conference, and they had more than a dozen talks about manga and anime.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Georgia receives a postcard in the mail announcing the date and location of the next Northeast Popular / American Culture Assoication conference. It will be held in Providence in October, and Georgia would give her left arm (well, Deborah's at least) to go, because she knew a dozen New England schools would be screening potential new hires there.
Georgia's Grandmother

This unnamed woman is Georgia's grandmother. It is assumed that she is Phil's mother.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Her sapphire earrings were given to Georgia by her mother and father for high school graduation. Georgia later includes her grandmother in a lie to Rich Kirkland to get him to talk about Ox and his pranks as a Theta Chi fraternity brother, saying that she made eggnog implied to have alcohol in it.

### The Skeleton Makes A Friend

Phil says that his mother was an academic, so he heard of Hynes' research from when he was just a child.
Mrs. Lynch

Mrs. Lynch is the PHS school secretary.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

When Georgia arrives to fill out her paperwork to become PHS faculty, Mrs. Lynch has the bundle of forms ready for Georgia to fill out. When Georgia is done, Lynch takes her to Chedworth's classroom, where Georgia will be teaching. Lynch the sent Georgia down to the PHS auditorium for that afternoon's faculty meeting after Georgia had completed everything else. Later, Georgia calls Lynch to arrange a meeting for Georgia and Chedworth to discuss student progress for the classes she was teaching in Chedworth's place.
Theta Chi

Theta Chi is a fraternity whose Greek letters spell out θX.

## Location

Multiple chapters in multiple locations. One known chapter at Joshua Tay University, and the only one in the area.

## Known Members

* Rich Kirkland
* Ox
* Unknown brother who accompanied Ox and likely Rich to Fenton's to sell them Sid
* Many others in yearbook photo

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Treasure Hunt saw θX on the sweatshirts of two of the three Theta Chi brothers who donated Sid to Fenton's.
Jarod Kingston

The father of Frank Kingston.

## Personality

Holds his son to a high standard and very focused on how to package him for college.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Jarod attends PHS parent-conference night and asks Georgia how Frank is doing, eager to hear from a teacher on the college level. When Georgia says Frank is doing well, Jarod is happy, and asks Georgia for how to position him for his college applications / his college admissions hook. Jarod is struggling to find Frank's 'wow' factor. Jarod wonders if Frank's talent for magic, especially card tracks, could be useful, if he performed at a children's ward at the hospital or at a senior citizens' home. He asks Georgia which would look better on an application. He is surprised to hear Georgia ask which group of people Frank prefers being around. Georgia says it matters; if he's not dedicated to magic or a specific group of people, the admissions people will know he's being packaged, and emphasizes that there's a difference between positioning and packaging and you can't fake it. Jarod misses the point, and asks if music, such as the xylophone would be unusual enough; he says that Frank doesn't play, but he can get Frank lessons, and perhaps have him combine music and magic. Georgia wants to make him disappear, but she wants to talk him out of forcing Frank to waste a summer learning an instrument that wouldn't do him any good. Georgia says her best advice is to figure out what Frank already enjoys, because that's all the positioning he needs. Jarod thanks her for her advice, but Georgia can tell he's going to disregard her advice before he gets to his car.
Spadina Funeral Home

## Known Customers and Employees

* Patty Craft (body)
* Phoebe Craft (funeral attendant)
* Many unnamed adjuncts (funeral attendant)
* Charles Peyton (funeral attendant)
* Georgia Thackery (funeral attendant)
* Unnamed pastor (funeral attendant)

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Patty Craft's funeral is held at the smallest chapel of the Spadina Funeral Home. This is unsurprising to Georgia, given what Charles said about Patty's family and circle of friends..
North Ashfield Christmas Festival

## Location

This Christmas festival was held in North Ashfield, Massachusetts.

## Known Visitors and Employees

* Rose / Annabelle / Sue Weedon (visitor)
* Fenton's Family Festival (visitor)

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

This Christmas Festival is held in North Ashfield, seemingly annual, and was held the year Annabelle moved in with Charles at the Nichols house then disappeared. Fenton's Family Festival was involved in the Christmas Festival that same year.
Reggie

Reggie is Georgia's ex-fiance and Madison's father.

## Personality

He is okay with cheating, and he's one of the cheaters who still claims to love the person he cheated on. He abandoned Georgia and Madison before Madison was born, and has never been a part of Madison's life.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Reggie comes up when Georgia explains her past to Fletcher Wildman. Georgia and Reggie started dating in grad school, although half of their so-called dates were working on their dissertations. They were starting to plan which universities they could get jobs at when Georgia got pregnant. Georgia was willing to add a baby, but Reggie wasn't. He never actually asked Georgia to pick between him and the baby, but he way as well have, so they went their separate ways. Georgia never told Reggie about Sid, and shudders at what he might've done with such information; in fact, her reluctance to share about him should've been a sign the relationship wasn't helpful. Georgia went from 'I want to spend my life with this men' to 'Who needs men' overnight, because Reggie cheated on her. He used Georgia's phone to call another girl to make a date. Sid overheard and told Georgia; Georgia asked him, and Reggie admitted it. He said marriage and a baby were scaring him, so he'd been sowing a few wild oats, but said he really loved Georgia and the baby and would leave the other girl. Georgia didn't break up with him until a month after she found because she was pregnant; she thought she had to marry him for the baby's sake. She was dreading being with Reggie so much she was losing sleep. Sid helped her break up with him.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Sid alludes to something Reggie and Georgia does, and Georgia cuts him off before he can say anything.

### The Skeleton Paints A Picture

Referred to only as Madison's father, Georgia recalls that Reggie and she parted ways soon after she found out she was pregnant, and that Reggie had never been part of her life. She thinks of Reggie when Office Buchanan asks Georgia where her daughter is.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Referred to only as Madison's father, Georgia mentions him as she thinks about her long-term relationships. He was her first; Brownie was her second. She reflects that Reggie made her choose between him and her baby, and it was a rather easy choice for Georgia: she chose Madison.

## Fun Facts

* Reggie makes no on-page appearance and his surname is never revealed.
William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor. His works are known throughout the world and are considered a staple of English-language literature.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Georgia wonders if Sid's knowledge of computers if something he knew before he died, like how to talk, movie quotes, and Shakespeare.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Madison and many other PHS students are putting on *Hamlet*, a Shakespeare play, when Sid's left-behind skull overhears a murder in the auditorium. Madison says that Becca says most of the budget is going to be spent on costumes, like back in Shakespeare's time. Georgia replies that she knows, and even adjunct faculty are familiar with how Shakespeare's work was originally produced. Shakespeare's work is among the many books on Ms. Rad's classroom's bookshelves. Adam McDaniel Sr. comments that Shakespeare is old hat to Georgia, in her line of work, and Georgia says she's only a fan.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Sid asks if Dab and Phil made it to Shakespeare's house during their travels. Dab and Phil recall seeing a rainbow in Stratford-upon-Avon that seemed to end at Shakespeare's grave.

### The Skeleton Paints A Picture

Lucas Silva and Georgia are talking about how their students react to writing papers about their academic focus. When Lucas says that his painting-focused students are terrified of writing, Georgia says that when she asked her English major students to illustrate a paper about their favorite Shakespeare character, they were terrified, even though she was only expecting clip art, something online, or even a stick figure.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Charles never knew Rose's real name, but he called her Rose after the Shakespeare quote, "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet". Later, Georgia says "The greatest fools are ofttimes more clever than the men who laugh at them" to Charles, and he asks if it's Shakespeare. Georgia corrects him, saying that it's George R. R. Martin.
Unnamed JTU Chancellor

The chancellor of Joshua Tay University.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

The chancellor is paying his respects to Dr. Jocasta Kirkland's family at her funeral, so Georgia decides not to speak to him. Mary Kirkland later references the chancellor when trying to get Georgia to bring her skeleton in. Mary says she'll report Georgia to the chancellor if she doesn't bring the skeleton in for them to examine, to see if it's their missing skeleton.
Pennycross HS Clubs

For the sake of organization, all Pennycross HS clubs and other student organizations are listed here.

## List of Clubs and Student Organizations

* Choir
* Drama club
* *Hamlet* crew, part of the drama club
* Jazz club
* Spanish club
* Lacrosse team
* Tennis team
* Baseball team
* Softball team

## Known Members

* Madison Thackery (*Hamlet* crew)
* Jo Sinta (*Hamlet* crew)
* Becca (*Hamlet* crew)
* Tristan McDaniel (*Hamlet* crew)
* Coach McLeod (track coach)
* Coach Q (lacrosse or tennis coach)
* Coach Cullen (lacrosse or tennis coach)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Madison tells Georgia that she joined the drama club.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

The track, baseball, lacrosse, and tennis teams and the Spanish club are mentioned in Madison's list of McQuaid activities. The jazz band is rehearsing in the auditorium, so it wasn't sealed off for the crime scene investigation. All members of the *Hamlet* crew are in the drama club, such as Madison. Madison is also in the choral ensemble.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Kendall is said to have participated in softball, choir, and possible Spanish club when she was at PHS. Bianca is part of the choral ensemble too.

### The Skeleton Stuffs A Stocking

Madison is again noted to be in chorus for years.
Vivienne McQuaid

Vivienne McQuaid is one of the four first cousins of Beatrice McQuaid, and the long-lost uncle of Vivienne.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

When Georgia and Deborah go to see the McQuaids at their manor, Vivienne questions why Georgia is with Deborah, as she hasn't been working at McHades Hall. Vivienne says it's ridiculous that McHades Hall is still closed and under police control, and wonders sarcastically if they think the murderer is still hiding in there. When Deborah expressed doubt about reopening, Vivienne says of course she will, and demands why she wouldn't. Vivienne tells Beatrice to call Louis Raymond - she calls him an idiot - and demand he allow Deborah to reopen. She keeps urging Deborah to reopen. Georgia compares her tone to helicopter parents' tone when they swooped in whenever a student didn't make the grade the parents they deserved. The fact that the grade had to be earned, not just demanded, made these parents as indignant as Vivienne. Vivienne starts to interrupt when Deborah said she'd only reopen if the police agreed, and Beatrice cuts her off. Beatrice says that Vivienne knows Kendall's family well and will talk to them before they make any moves towards opening McHades. When Georgia and Deborah are out of the room and Sid is left to eavesdrop, he overhears Vivienne insist Beatrice makes Deborah reopen because they can't find someone else to run it on such short notice. Vivienne blamed Paige about a secret (later revealed to be the secret about the lost McQuaid heir) because Paige discovered the clause in the first place, and Paige blamed Vivienne for telling somebody. One twin went along with Vivienne. Sid and Georgia later figure out that Vivienne is Alexis' mother, and deduce that because Vivienne is on the Scholar's committee, she'd have a McQuaid Hall key that Alexis could have swiped. Salvatore Primo is later revealed to be her ex-husband and Alexis' father.
Salem State

## Location

Salem State is a real public university in Salem, Massachusetts.

## Known Employees

* Phil Thackery (former prof)
* Jocasta Kirkland (former prof)

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

At Jocasta Kirkland's funeral, Georgia tells Prof. Morgan that she never met Jocasta, but she's attending the funeral on behalf of her father, who knew Jocasta when she taught at Salem State. It is unknown if this is true or part of a cover story Georgia devised.
Pennycross Tip Line Worker

This unnamed woman operates the Pennycross tip phoneline.

## Personality

She seems bored with her job. She seems annoyed by Georgia's repetitive calls but remains professional.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

The first time Georgia calls the tip line, she tells the story of her friend overhearing a murder and cleanup at the PHS auditorium as information about the body found. The tip line worker believes Georgia herself is the friend but maintains the pretext. She asks why the friend hadn't intervened, and Georgia says it's because the friend hadn't supposed to be in the building and was afraid to do anything. The woman asks why the friend hadn't called sooner, and Georgia says it was because he didn't want to get involved. The longer they talked, and the more details the woman asked for, the more bizarre the story sounded to Georgia and even crazier to the woman, She tells the worker that that's all she knows and hangs up. She tells Louis Raymond about the tip and it's denounced as a crazy anonymous tip; they knew it was a crank call, but they checked it out anyway, because that's protocol. Georgia calls again to provide more details about Robert Irwin, making sure to identify herself as the person who initially called. Georgia corrects herself, saying that she thought the first body was the murder victim, but then she learned it was a female overdose victim. Georgia now thinks the murder was about Robert Irwin and provides some details. The woman says she'll pass on the details and asks if the friend wants to come in to give all the details, and Georgia says they don't. The third time Georgia called, to report the assault on herself, the same woman answered. The fourth time she called, she reports Madison being held in a cabin in North Ashfield. This time the woman definitely recognized Georgia's voice but was professional.
Mr. Neal

Mr. Neal is a math teacher at PHS who teaches Madison's algebra class.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Mr. Neal is said to have a really soft voice, but not when he's mad. Since the killer Sid overheard was mad, Mr. Neal is left on the list of suspects. During the assembly where Georgia introduced as Mr. Chedworth's replacement, Mr. Neal asks if Georgia's also going to take over Chedworth's position as SAT proctor. Dahlgren says it hasn't been discussed yet, and Neal reminds Dahlgren that he's next on the proctor list. Georgia realizes she needs to quickly decide if Mr. Deal was unhappy about being stuck with SAT duty or worried Georgia was going to get it. When Neal asks Georgia if she's to expect to proctor the test, Georgia lies, saying that she doesn't have availability on Saturdays. Neal is given the proctor position. Sid later sees Mr. Neal sexually abusing with a cheerleader, telling her to see him at 3pm tomorrow and not to be late because she knows what happens to naughty girls. Sid and Georgia theorize that Mr. Neal could've been Robert Irwin's killer, if Irwin had seen Neal with the student. When Sid and Georgia go to catch him with the girl, they learn that the girl is Ms. Zale, and the situation was consensual roleplay, not sexual predation. When Sid calls out for him to leave the girl alone, Neal and Zale come out of the classroom to see who it was, and this is when Georgia realizes the girl is Ms. Zale. They ask Georgia if she saw anyone and she says she hadn't seen a soul and that it was probably a student messing with the intercom. Georgia later doesn't want to hang out in her classroom in case she sees or hears Neal and Zale again. Madison later talks to Georgia and Sid to figure out which teachers are doing the nasty, and she quickly deduces that if the guy teacher was Neal, the woman was probably Zale. Apparently, their relationship is well-known. A student claims to have seen them going at in vampire costumes last Halloween. Neal and Zale later give Georgia a box of chocolates after she was assaulted the night of the parent-teacher conferences.
René Descartes

René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science.

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

In trying to explain to Madison he fears about Sid's existence, she references Descartes, who famously said, "I think, therefore I am", and a joke about him: "Descartes walks into a bar, and the bartender says, 'Can I get you a beer?' Descartes says, 'I think not', and disappears in a puff of logic.". In essence, Georgia thinks Sid might disappear in a puff of logic if he thinks too hard about how he exists and how he's able to do the things he does.
Nikko

Nikko is one of Madison's friends. He presents as a boy.

## Sequential History

### A Skeleton In The Family

Nikko meets Madison at Mangachusetts and hitches a ride home with her and Georgia.

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Dante texts Nikko Saturday afternoon to check on a homework assignment, proving that he still had minutes on his phone. Nikko is accompanying Chelsea, Samantha, Liam, Colleen, Serena, Madison, and maybe Tristan to Chelsea's house.
Unnamed Business District

## Location

Next to the unnamed neighborhood containing Thackery House.

## Appearance

Contains a handful of shops and restaurants, including Town House Pizza and Subs.

## Known Customers and Employees

* Unnamed Town House waitress who takes Georgia's food to her outside (employee)
* Georgia Thackery (customer, Town House)
* Deborah Thackery (customer, Town House)
* Madison Thackery (customer, Town House)
* Dab Thackery (customer, Town House)
* Phil Thackery (customer, Town House)

## Sequential History

### The Skeleton Takes A Bow

Georgia takes Byron on a walk to the business district, passing by Town House Pizza and Subs on the way.

### The Skeleton Haunts A House

Deborah gets food for the family from Town House.