Benjamin Hartley

Benjamin Hartley is currently one of the five ghosts that resides in the Ghost House. He was born in 1827 into a very wealthy family, marrying teacher Genevieve Hartley (then Abbott) in 1852. The married couple gave birth to two boys, Edmund and Archibald, in 1854 and 1857, respectively.

In 1856, Benjamin and Samantha Pearce, Genevieve's best friend, slept together, but the two lead Genevieve and Gabriel Pearce, Samantha's husband at the time, to believe that the baby girl, Constance, is truly Gabriel's. Three years after Constance's birth, however, Samantha reveals that she is Benjamin's, and Genevieve leaves Benjamin, and is killed shortly afterwards. In the weeks that followed, Benjamin worked hard to look after his children and make sure they didn't turn out like him, but he was killed by Gabriel when he went to his house to ask for Gabriel's forgiveness.