Science Fiction, Fantasy , Horror & Other Genre Fiction
1841-1899
1900-1909 1910-1919
1920-1929 1930-1939
1940-1949 1950-1959
1960-1960 1970-19791980-1989
1990-1999
2000-Now
The Ghostbreakers is a website dedicated to the great ghostbusting characters (call them psychic doctors, occult detectives, ghostbreakers, ghostfinders, what have you) in literature, film, television and comics. Below are the bibliographies of the great detectives we have uncovered. Feel free to let us know about those we have missed.
Athenodorus
(1st Century AD)
C.
August Dupin (1841)
Dr.
Martin Hesseilus (1872)
Sherlock
Holmes (1887)
Dr.
Raymond (1894)
John
Bell (1897)
Dr.
Abraham van Helsing (1897)
Flaxman
Low (1898)
Randolph
Mason (1908)
Dr.
John Silence (1908)
Father
Brown (1911)
Carnacki
(1913)
Alymer
Vance (1914)
Heeza
Liar (1915)
Semi-Dual
(1915)
Norton
Vyse (1919)
Dr.
Moris Klaw (1921)
Aurelius
Smith (1923)
Felix
the Cat (1923)
Jules
De Grandin (1925)
Dr.
Taverner (1926)
Francis
Chard (1927)
Derek
Scarfe (1927)
Harry
Dickson (1929)
John
Conrad/Professor Kirowan (1931)
Duke
de Richlieu (1933)
Dr.
Gideon Fell (1933)
Doc
Savage (1933)
Richard
Wentworth,The Spider (1933)
Dr.
Occult (1935)
"Gees"
(1936)
Mickey
Mouse/Donald Duck/Goofy (1937)
Judge
Keith Hilary Puisuivant (1938)
Richard
Benson, The Avenger (1939)
Professor
Nathan Enderby (1939)
Sgt.
Jaeger (1939)
Jack
Packard/Doc Long/Reggie York (1939)
Larry
Lawrence & Mary Carter (1940)
Zero,
Ghost Detective (1940)
Neils
Orsen (1942)
Joe
Dunninger (1943)
John
Thunstone (1943)
Lucius
Carolus (1944)
Clark
Kent/Superman (1945)
Miles
Pennoyer (1945)
Solar
Pons (1945)
Silver
John (1946)
Mr.
Monster (1947)
Arnold
Perry (1947)
Abbott
& Costello (1948)
Dr.
Neff (1948)
Dr.
Terrance Thirteen (1951)
Sir
John Meredith (1952)
The
Phantom Stranger (1952)
Simon
Ark (1955)
Professor
Quatermass(1955)
Max
Kearny (1962)
Dr.
Stephen Strange (1963)
Doctor
Who (1963)
Wes
Cassin (1966)
Reuben
Calloway & Roderick Shea (1967)
Barnaby
Cross (1967)
The
Guardians (1968)
Major
Anthony Nelson (1968)
Randall
& Hopkirk (1969)
Scooby
Doo/Shaggy/Fred/Daphne/Velma (1969)
Titus
Crow (1970)
Bob
Lance (1970)
Carl
Kolchak (1971)
Dr.
Owen Orient (1971)
Lewis
Barnavelt (1972)
Goober
& the Ghost Chasers (1973)
Lucius
Leffing (1973)
Eli
Podgram, The Specialist (1973)
Francis
St. Clare & Frederica Masters (1974)
Greer
& Cameron (1974)
The
Satan Sleuth (1974)
Dr.
Engelbert Eszterhazy (1975)
Doctor
Spektor (1975)
Filmation's
Ghostbusters (1975)
Sibilla
(1975)
Zarkon,
Lord of the Unknown (1975)
Tom
Austin/Liz Austin (1976)
Dr.
Caspian (1976)
Adele
Blanc-Sec (1976)
Dr.
Robert "Mongo" Frederickson (1977)
Anthony
Monday (1978)
Edgar
Allan Poe (1978)
Fantasy
Island (1979)
Raffington
Event (1979)
Sapphire
& Steel (1979)
The
Detective of Dreams (1980)
Patrick
Maudick (1981)
Erasmus
Darwin (1982)
Baron
Winters(1982)
Johnny
Dixon (1983)
The
Nighthunter (1983)
Dagon
Smythe (1984)
The
Ghostbusters (1984)
Harry
D'Amour (1985)
John
Constantine (1985)
Leonid
Beaudragon (1986)
Dylan
Dog (1986)
Garrett
(1987)
Dirk
Gently (1987)
Ryan
Dallian/Micki Foster/Jack Marshak (Friday the 13th the Series) (1987)
Ernie
Pine (1988)
Anton
Zarnak (1988)
David
Ash (1989)
Special
Agent Dale Cooper (1989)
Diana
Tregarde (1989)
The
Connoisseur (1990)
Peter
Thorne (1990)
Inspector
Frederick George Abberline (1991)
Harry
Lovecraft (1991)
Vicky
Nelson (1991)
Adam
Sinclair (1991)
Dr.
Laura Wingate (1991)
Buffy
Summers/Angel(1992)
Anita
Blake (1993)
Edward
Carnaby (1993)
Dean
Corso (1993)
Arthur
Conan Doyle (1993)
Sam
Goodlow (1993)
Hellboy
(1993)
PI
Teddy London (1993)
Fox
Mulder/Dana Scully/John Doggett/Monica Reyes (The X-Files) (1993)
Sister
Fidelma (1993)
Heironymous
Borsh (1995)
Marty
Burns (1996)
Capricorne
(1996)
Dr.
Elizabeth Chase (1996)
Inspector
Leach & Sgt. Gather (1996)
Matt
Praeger (O. S. I. R.) (1996)
Poltergeist:
The Legacy (1996)
Savannah
Skye (1997)
Kevin
Bradley & Co. (1998)
Prue
Halliwell/Piper Halliwell/Phoebe Halliwell/Paige Halliwell (1998)
Peter
Crossman (1998)
Colin
Maclaren (1998)
Ethan
Proctor (1998)
Lawrence
Talbot (1998)
Rick
Tusgrin (1998)
Sam
Casey (1999)
Ichabod
Crane (1999)
Chase
Dagger (1999)
Nick
Dismas (1999)
Lobster
Johnson (1999)
Ellen
Raven (1999)
The
Seven Stars Detectives (1999)
Harry
Dresden (2000)
Midnight
Nation (2000)
Shido
Tatsuhiko (2000)
Amanda
X (2000)
'Chill'
Chillders
Lionel
Demane (2001)
Stephan
Raszer (2001)
John
Strange (2001)
Sydney
Taine (2001)
The
Book Collector (2002)
Chance
Falconer (2002)
Virgil
Hood (2002)
Mike
Pacilio (2003)
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