EVERY Ghost in The Haunted Mansion: Explained

Easily the hardest video I've ever made. Leave that like, everyone. The Haunted Mansion is full of spirits, allegedly, 999 of them. But is that true? Let's do some sleuthing to get to the bottom of this.

Video Credits:

[luci_datum]

"They are either married, or related"

Hey man depending on the times they lived it could have been both

[sandyscrapwitch]

I dont know if this is still canon but I read in an official Disney Haunted Mansion comic that the teapot ghost is actually the ghost of the wife of the Groundskeeper and was the reason why he stays despite being scared all the time.

[ClarkPaytonCrozer]

There used to be “pop-up” ghosts in the attic at Disneyland. I called them the Howdy-Do ghosts because every time they popped up, they said “I do” in very creepy different voices and one of them sounded like the ghost said “Howdy-do!” I used to love the idea of one of the ghosts being, like, super hyped to greet all the new guests.

[protendi]

My man is still finding Haunted Mansion facts, gotta respect the grind.

[CursedKeyblade]

The ending of the Haunted Mansion with Thurl's insanely low A1 note is an insane moment.

[RandallJamesPeterson]

Theory: Leota opened a spiritual vortex/nexus connecting all Disney Mansions. That's why the same ghosts are in different parks at the same time.

Add in the international park ghosts and subtract the known duplicates and you might be close to 999.

[luukb]

"Yes you did just spent an minute of your life listening to a grown man count to 81" 23:01

Dude😂😂

[laotasurfs]

Early concepts for the mansion script said the raven was possessed by something that was looking to "better" itself by possessing a guest, so I think it should count.

[wackymanstudios]

Am I the only one that just dies laughing when Dallan yells, ”HIS STEED!!!!” Twice

[hydrofisk]

There’s also all the ghosts flying in the background of the graveyard scene, which would be impossible to count.

[captainsteve]

I may have another attic ghost for you, and this one may be real. I used to be an Imagineer working at the Disneyland Design Studio. One of my bosses, Bob Baranick and I, heard about an alleged “haunted trunk” that was being used as a prop at Disneyland’s Main Street Station. We heard about this trunk from one of our colleagues, who claimed to have seen evidence of its haunting that so terrified her that she refused to tell us what she saw, or go anywhere near it. Bob and I thought that any trunk with a reputation like that should not be decorating the Main Street train platform, but reside in the Haunted Mansion instead. So, early one morning, before park opening, we swiped the portmanteau style trunk from Main Street and installed it in the attic of the Mansion. This would have taken place sometime in the late 1990’s. Can’t remember exactly when.

[thegneech]

There's also whoever's playing the floating instruments in Madame Liota's chamber, but I suppose some or all of those might be the ones she mentions in her chant.

[alexandramacias]

This is so fun!! Ive never tried to count them all myself, but I have thought about who counts and who doesn't... I think there are a few that may or may not count too:
-the ghost projections that fly up in the graveyard scene (like several others mentioned)
-the instruments floating in Leota's seance room are theoretically played by ghosts
-the ghosts you see walk past at night from the exterior (WDW)
-the Not-So-Scary characters Madame Carlotta, Madame Renatta, and Broome the Butler
-the Cadaver Dans (I think their story is that they live at the mansion also)
-each Doom Buggy may be powered by a ghost
-each guest ilmay count as a newly dead ghost, according to the theory that as you tour the mansion, when you get to the ballroom scene you are pushed out a window (hence why we turn backward as we fall to our death)
-each cast member may be a ghost

[onbearfeet]

I always assumed Neil Gaiman was right in The Graveyard Book: the majority of ghosts in a graveyard sleep most of the time, and only a minority show up for meetings and parties and omnimover tours. Maybe that's where the rest of the haunts are?

[andrewscolari]

You missed the revenant in the coffin trying to get out. But all in all the list was impressive. Very good job.

[TECfan]

The Hell Hound is a ghost. It is said that it was Master Gracy's dog. "Hell hound" is just it's nick name. It's full name is Grand Stygian Hellhound of the Hudson. He died in 1942 when a tree got struck by lightning and killed him.

[silentpaw]

OK, so you don't count the hundreds of ghosts rising out of the ground from what I can only call a Spirit fountain as more than one ghost?
I think that along would make up the deficit.

[alli_mode]

A parasol was meant to shade you from the sun, which is why quite a few are lace. Because they usually spin them, the sun isn't constantly hitting you at the same spot.

[foos.]

Don’t forget the ghost wiggling the door knob at the beginning as well as the bulging door.

[melissadonges]

Did you count the ghost playing the piano in the attic? Love this two-part series! Keep them coming! Next: how many pirates in POTC!