The following are fictional characters from the television drama Ghost Whisperer by John Gray. [edit] Main characters [edit] Melinda Gordon Main article: Melinda Gordon
| James Clancy | | First appearance | "Pilot" | | Portrayed by | David Conrad | | Episode count | 90 | | Information | | Nickname(s) | Jim, Jimbo | | Aliases | Sam Lucas/S. James Lucas | | Gender | Male | | Occupation | Paramedic/Firefighter, Doctor | | Family | Faith Clancy (mother) Aiden Clancy (father; deceased) Daniel ' Dan ' Clancy (brother; deceased) | | Spouse(s) | Melinda Gordon
| | Children | Unnamed Child (gender unknown; with Melinda; miscarriage) Aiden Lucas (son; with Melinda)
| [edit] Jim Clancy Jim Clancy is Melinda's husband. The character is portrayed by David Conrad. As a star of the series, he has appeared in all the episodes. Jim and Melinda get married and move in at the start of the first season. Jim was a firefighter, and the two met when he rescued her from her burning apartment complex. Jim knew of Melinda's unique ability to communicate with ghosts at the start of the series; he helped her as much as he could, though Melinda's good friend Andrea Marino provided most of the aid until her death at the end of the first season. It was revealed in the pilot episode that Jim witnessed his older brother, Dan, die when they were young. After having seen Dan die and being unable to save him, Jim decides to become a paramedic. Dan attended Jim and Melinda's wedding as a ghost and conversed with Melinda during the reception. After Melinda's near death experience during the season two finale, "The Gathering", Jim becomes worried about what else could happen to Melinda because of the ghosts. Jim also helps try to find information about Melinda's father, Tom Gordon, who might or might not be dead, as well as try to find any information about Melinda's brother. In "Haunted Hero", Jim and Melinda welcome a returning soldier from Iraq, Matt, back to Grandview. When Matt becomes paranoid due to being haunted by his dead comrades and post-traumatic stress disorder, Jim confronts Matt in the town square and talks Matt out of trying to kill himself. Jim delivered some of his convincing argument with Matt's gun pointed at him. In "Weight Of What Was", Gabriel returns to Grandview and Jim warns him away, though not before Gabriel reveals that he is Melinda's half-brother. Jim, Rick, and Delia go in search of Melinda, who is trapped in old Grandview, which is buried under present day Grandview. Tessa, the ghost of Melinda's maternal ancestor who was also a Ghost Whisperer, helps them find Melinda by communicating with Delia and Jim. Jim also begins thinking of moving out of Grandview while attending Medical School; at first, Melinda does not like the idea, but she later agrees to it. In "Deadbeat Dads", Jim admits that he would like to have children someday; Jim and Melinda have recently tried for a baby with no success. Near the end of "Imaginary Friends and Enemies," Jim is shot in the shoulder and is rushed to the hospital. Relieved to hear that his surgery went well, Melinda is taken to his room and asks if she could stay with him until he wakes up. It is implied that she waits several hours, and she eventually falls asleep next to him. She wakes up to find Jim next to her, and believing him to be awake, she tells him she loves him. When Jim tells her softly that he suffered an embolism, she tries to get a doctor, but he tells her not to and says that he wants her to remember him like he is appearing to her. This causes Melinda to realize that Jim is appearing to her as a ghost; his body then flatlines in the background, and his ghost disappears. His death was foreshadowed in the season premiere, when a ghost warned Melinda that death might rub off on those she loves. Soon after his death, Jim entered the body of a man named Sam Lucas. Melinda finds out she is pregnant and the baby is his. Later Melinda begins to worry about their unborn baby. She began to have nightmares and visions that the baby was in danger. She was sure by the things she was being told the baby was a girl after Melinda runs into the faceless child again, who puts her hand on Melinda's tummy and says, "You can't save her. You can't." and Carl telling Melinda that her future is in Melinda's hands. Jim reveals to Melinda that he had seen her chart accidentally and knew it was boy, although he knew they agreed not to find out, but he told her to ease her mind, so she’d see her visions and dreams were wrong. Jim and Melinda marry again at the same place they met - in front of witnesses, Eli James (best man) and Delia Banks (matron of honor), and a full gathering of spirits. In Season 5, Melinda believes her due to date is the exact date in the book, which arises doubts from Jim and the rest of the characters (Delia, Ned, and Eli), Melinda finally needs an emergency C-Section. When the baby suddenly goes into fetal distress in the operating room, the season’s first ghosts appear to Melinda. First the watcher, that warned Melinda of her child’s power and the danger he may come into, stops time to tell her that Fate and Free Will will work together to decide whether or not the baby will live. The second ghost comes in the form of a young woman in a white gown, she quickly disappears and time restarts. While the baby isn’t breathing at first, he suddenly recovers to full health. Later in recovery, Melinda tells Jim they’ll name the baby Aiden Lucas, in honour of Jim’s father, and Sam Lucas. The celebration of Aiden's upcoming fifth birthday. Jim is now a resident at Rockland Memorial Teaching Hospital, as Jim, and he takes the name Jim as his middle name. Ned is also in college, taking classes with Eli, whilst Delia has become a big Real Estate salesperson. There was always a problem every year on Aiden's birthday. He would become strangely sick or Melinda walks through a plate glass window, for example. Every year a woman would visit Aiden, and sing him happy birthday. The woman, Amber, had died in child birth the night Melinda gave birth to Aiden. Amber was convinced her son’s spirit jumped into Aiden, as he had stopped breathing shortly after he was born. Later on in the episode, it is revealed that the son was actually adopted by the birth father and his wife. Melinda helps Amber into light, and learns from the watcher that Aiden is an empath. He feels and takes on emotions of those around him. This is revealed as the reason why each year that Amber would show up he gets sick. Melinda also finds out that she shares a psychic link with Aiden, which allows them to communicate with one another, though he doesn’t fully understand it. Melinda and Jim decide to not tell Aiden, because they want him to have a normal life, with his own dreams. [edit] Delia Banks Delia Banks joined the main cast of Ghost Whisperer at the start of season 2. She and her teenage son, Ned, lost their husband and father Charlie three years prior to their appearance on the show. Delia became a real estate agent after Charlie's death. The character is portrayed by Camryn Manheim. Delia meets Melinda Gordon after Melinda calls Delia about Ned having tried to shoplift from Melinda's antique store. Delia tells Melinda about how stressful her job as a real estate agent is, so Melinda offers her a job to help work at the antique store, which Delia accepts. They begin a friendship, though Delia does not know about Melinda's gift at first. In the episode "Delia's First Ghost" Melinda has to tell Delia about her gift because Charlie's spirit is haunting her. At first Delia calls Melinda crazy, admitting that she had seen Melinda talking to herself and was worried. Delia even goes as far as to tell Melinda not to expect her at work again. By the end of the episode Delia learns, with Melinda's help, that Charlie is only haunting her because he wants her to be safe. While still a little skeptical of Melinda's gift, Delia tells her that she will open the shop the next morning. Delia remains skeptical concerning Melinda's gift in season three, but discusses the various ghosts that Melinda encounters to help Melinda with them. When Melinda was stalked by a lawyer, Shane, he tampered with Ned's records because Delia was trying to get him into private school. Nevertheless, when Shane was caught Ned's records were untarnished and Ned got in. In episode 5, "Weight of What Was", Delia travels along with Jim and Rick into a series of underground tunnels and alleyways from a much older Grandview to find Melinda. With the help of a ghost named Tessa, they manage to locate her and get her to safety. In "Bad Blood", Delia's need to find a rational explanation for every situation, including ones involving ghosts, is brought up. Delia tells Melinda that she will try harder to accept the notion of ghosts. In the episode "Heart and Soul", Delia's need for a rational explanation nearly destroys her relationship with Melinda, but a conversation with her son and a moment with "Sam" at a basketball court provides her with faith in Melinda's gift. She now believes that Jim is living in Sam's body. Sometime between season 4 and the 5 year leap she opened a ester building next to Melinda's shop. [edit] Ned Banks Ned Banks was originally portrayed by Tyler Patrick Jones, but starting with season 3 episode "Slam", Christoph Sanders took over the role. He is the son of Delia and Charlie Banks. The events of his adolescence have been part of the plots of some episodes. He was caught shoplifting at Melinda's antique shop, stealing Grateful Dead tickets. Melinda realized that his behavior was the result of a spirit's urging. Ned found out Melinda's secret before his mother did when he overheard Melinda in the episode "Curse of The Ninth". He is always eager to help Melinda with her ghosts. A few episodes later, when his deceased father Charlie visits him and his mother, Melinda helps his father go into the Light. In the season three episode "No Safe Place", Ned gets into a private school. In "Slambook", Ned (played by Christoph Sanders from then on) is on the basketball team when a ghost begins tampering with the scoreboard. In the episode "Home but Not Alone", Ned has his first girlfriend and (probably) his first kiss. In season 4, there was a plot that involved his mother suspecting him of smoking marijuana, but as it turned out, it was his mother's friend's joint. As of season five, he is a student at Rockland University. | | Eli James | | First appearance | "Firestarter" | | Portrayed by | Jamie Kennedy | | Episode count | 22 | | Information | | Gender | Male | | Occupation | Professor at Rockland University, therapist | | Family | Ray James (father; deceased) Evelyn James (mother; deceased) | [edit] Eli James Eli James (Jamie Kennedy) is a new character that was introduced in the first episode of season four. During a building fire on the Rockland University campus on October 3, 2008, he died but was brought back, causing him to have a near death experience. It unlocked an ability that allows him to hear ghosts, but doesn't allow him to see them like Melinda. Throughout the fourth season, he adjusts to his newfound ability and starts helping her cross ghosts over. Eli also helps Melinda when she needs information from the Police. Zoe, previous Guardian of the Book of Changes and Eli's ex-girlfriend, died after falling off the stairs in an attempt to stop a thief influenced by a Watcher. At the end of Season 4, Zoe crossed into the light after telling Eli that he was the next Guardian of the Book of Changes. In Season 5, it is revealed that Eli is one of Ned's university lecturer. Evelyn, Eli's mother, died 7 years ago even though in Stag Frigen he told Melinda and Jim he was getting a autograph for his mom who watch the show which was visiting Grandview. Eli's father, Ray James, died from a heart-attack in the third episode of Season 5, Till Death Do Us Part, which shared more shocking secrets about Eli's parents. Eli is ready to start a new relationship with Casey Sullivan, Eli's childhood sweetheart. [edit] Aiden Lucas Aiden Lucas is the son of Melinda Gordon and Jim Clancy he is portrayed by Connor Gibbs. Aiden was born on September 25, 2009, Before his birth the watchers predict him and told Melinda that her son is the key if the ghost's balances shift and that he will be more powerful than she is. On the day of his birth , Melinda worried that about her son's fate. During his birth, Melinda needed an emergency C-section and Aiden suddenly goes into fetal distress in the operating room. First the watcher (Carl) warned Melinda of her child’s power and the danger he may come into, stops time to tell her that Fate and Free Will will work together to decide whether or not the baby will live. He quickly disappears and time restarts. While the baby isn’t breathing at first, he suddenly recovers to full health. Later in recovery, Melinda tells Jim they’ll name the baby Aiden Lucas, for Jim’s father’s name and Sam. They are celebrating Aiden's upcoming fifth birthday. But every year on his birthday something bad happens, Delia and Melinda called it a birthday curse, Aiden would strangely get sick or something would happen to Melinda or Jim. However Aiden was actually haunted by a ghost and the ghost is the same women that died during childbirth when Melinda gave birth to Aiden. The woman believed Aiden is the spirit of her dead son and she would haunt Aiden every year on his birthday. Melinda discovered this and found out that Amber, the ghosts' son Tyler was actually alive and safe with his real father and adopotive mother, Aiden saved Tyler earlier in a bowling accident and Melinda helped the woman go into the light. Later Carl revealed to Melinda that Aiden is an empath and can feel other people's emotions and that is why he would get sick on his birthday because of the ghost and why something went wrong with his birth. Aiden is also psychically connected to Melinda but Melinda does not tell Aiden this because she wants him to have a normal life. Aiden has the ability to see and communicate with ghosts as his mother does, Aiden is also an empath and has a connection with his mother. He also is able to see things that Melinda can't, namely the Shinies (which Aiden refers to as 'faceless' and made of 'light') and the Shadows. His other gifts are still unknown. [edit] Former Main | | Andrea Marino | | First appearance | "Pilot" | | Last appearance | "Love Never Dies" "Leap of Faith" (in flashback) | | Cause/reason | Died after the car that she was in was crushed by an airplane | | Portrayed by | Aisha Tyler | | Episode count | 23 | | Information | | Nickname(s) | Andie, Squeaky | | Gender | Female | | Age | 35 | | Date of death | May 11, 2006 | | Occupation | Co-owned Melinda's antique store | | Family | Mitch Marino (brother) | [edit] Andrea Marino Andrea Joyce Marino[1] (sometimes mentioned as Moreno[2]) had once worked in New York, as a lawyer, until her job changed. She moved to Grandview and obtained a job working at "The Same As It Never Was", an antique store that is owned by Melinda. Andrea was a tall and single woman up until her death. She was played by Aisha Tyler, and was part of the main cast during season one. Andrea becomes Melinda's best friend while working with her. Melinda even comes to trust Andrea enough to tell her about her gift of being able to communicate with earthbound spirits, or ghosts. Andrea becomes essential to the store and Melinda, because of the very fact that she knows about Melinda's gift. Such as, whenever Melinda has to run off and help a ghost, Andrea is left to keep the store. Andrea also helps Melinda with difficult cross overs removing some of the stress from Melinda's husband, Jim. In "The One", a plane crashes and Andrea notices Melinda is hiding something. She believes that her brother Mitch had died during the plane crash and that Melinda is seeing his ghost. At the end of season one it was revealed that it was Andrea who had died during the crash and not Mitch. While Andrea was not on the plane she died because her car had been on the path that the plane had crashed on. Romano attempts to prevent Andrea from crossing over into the Light, and instead to join him on the Dark Side. Melinda would not allow such a horrific occurrence to happen to her friend and so she sets out to stop Romano and warn Andrea. With the help of an occult professor at Rockland University, Rick Payne, Melinda is able to help Andrea find peace and cross over into the Light. Andrea is later mentioned in "Drowned Lives", "A Grave Matter", "Delia's First Ghost" and "The Prophet". Also, while having been successfully crossed over into the Light for over a year, two ghosts taunt Melinda by calling her Andrea during "Bad Blood". In the season four episode, "Leap of Faith", when Jim swims to rescue Melinda and hits his head, he has flashbacks of his past as Jim, and Andrea can be seen briefly when remembering his wedding with Melinda. Andrea's date of death is in the book of changes backwards and was mentioned before a flashback of the plane crash that killed her. | | Richard "Rick" Payne | | First appearance | "Love Never Dies" | | Last appearance | "Firestarter" | | Portrayed by | Jay Mohr | | Episode count | 33 | | Information | | Nickname(s) | Rick or Ricky | | Gender | Male | | Occupation | Professor at Rockland University | | Spouse(s) | Kate Payne (wife; deceased) | [edit] Rick Payne Rick Payne is a professor at Rockland University portrayed by Jay Mohr. He is a widower, his wife, Kate, having died before his first appearance in the series. At the beginning of season two, Melinda Gordon first seeks Rick Payne's help to save her deceased friend, Andrea Marino, who is being attacked by dark spirits. She finds him teaching an occult class at Rockland University. She continues to seek Rick's help for various paranormal occurrences throughout the rest of the season. Rick first meets Melinda's husband, Jim Clancy, when Melinda recommends Jim talk to him about a ghost. It is in "The Night We Met" that Rick first questions Melinda about whether or not she believes she has supernatural abilities, as well as meets Melinda's close friend and co-worker, Delia Banks. It is only in the episode "Cat's Claw", that Melinda finally informs Rick of her abilities. Come the season finale, Rick and Melinda are seen working very closely trying to figure out who Gabriel Lawrence, a dark Ghost Whisperer, really is. Rick, Jim, and Melinda go as far as breaking into Gabriel's home. It is also revealed that Rick's wife, Kate, is a ghost who works for the dark side. The character joins the main cast in season three. Come the beginning of this season, Rick appears to be worried about Melinda after her near death experience. He also works a large deal more with Melinda on some things. In "The Weight of What Was", Rick, Jim, and Delia all travel into old Grandview to try finding Melinda. Jim and Delia are aided by a ghost named Tessa, who is an ancestor of Melinda's, and locate the trapped Melinda. Rick also helps Melinda search town death records for information about Tessa, who at the time Melinda believed to be Gabriel's mother, though a group of ghosts attempt to stop them from finding anything. In "Double Exposure", Rick's date and co-worker, Claudia, is haunted by a ghost who makes it so she cannot appear in any pictures. It seems Rick had somewhat of a crush on Melinda when they first met, clearly embarrassed by everything he said to her, afraid it might sound stupid. The crush went away after he met Jim, Melinda's husband. After, Melinda and Rick became close friends. In the fourth season premiere, Rick left Grandview for a new important find in the Himalayas. He said he would be back, and he and Melinda hugged. He drove off, leaving Melinda in tears. [edit] Supporting Characters [edit] Beth Gordon Beth Gordon, Melinda's mother and Aiden's grandmother, has the ability to communicate with ghosts, but chooses not to. She appeared in the episodes "Melinda's First Ghost", "The Vanishing", "The Underneath", and "Pater Familias". She was portrayed by Anne Archer.[3] [edit] Mary Ann Patterson Mary Ann is Melinda's grandmother, Aiden's great grandmother, was a person who spoke to ghosts. She was the one who gave lost spirits the title "earthbound". She helped them cross over in the Light (Heaven). She is deceased. Her gift was passed down to Melinda who is the current "ghost whisperer". She crossed over into the Light so she is currently a "Light" Spirit. She helps Melinda bring ghosts to peace through dreams in two episodes: "Voices" and "The Gathering". It is later revealed in Season 3 that Melinda's great-great-great-grandmother, Tessa (through her mother's side), could also communicate with ghosts and Melinda helps her to cross over. Tessa was portrayed by Amy Acker. It is revealed in "Weight of What Was" that she was the granddaughter of Julie Lee Lucas when Melinda was telling Tessa the fate of her daughter. Her married name was Patterson according to Melinda. [edit] Romano Romano, also known as the Man in the Hat (due to his outfit: black suit and black hat) was an American evil cult leader who lived in Spain, who committed suicide along with 100 followers. The energy of the mass suicide made him powerful and strong, and he went to the Dark Side. He can be considered to be Melinda's true archenemy. He started to trick souls to go with him, by making them refuse to "cross over" into The Light. The character is portrayed by John Walcutt. When Romano first appeared on the show his appearances were quick and mysterious, and he was usually attached to a laughing man who has as of yet never spoken. He always seemed to be observing Melinda. In the episode "The One", the final episode in Season One when a plane crashes outside Grandview, he attempts to gather all of the lost souls from the accident. That was the first time he declared his hatred and rivalry to Melinda, and he said that he would release all "his earthbound souls" in exchange for her one soul. Romano and Melinda confronted each other verbally, both using persuasive speeches directed to the souls from the plane crash. Finally, Romano managed to get at least seven of the souls, including a stewardess who later does go into the light in season two. In "Love Never Dies" episode, the first of season two, Romano tried to prevent Melinda's friend Andrea from crossing over into The Light. Melinda gathered all her strength to make Andrea cross over, and she learns with the help of Professor Rick Payne the identity of Romano. Payne also warns Melinda about Romano's real purpose: to destroy good spirits (the ones in charge of helping souls to "cross over" into The Light, such as Melinda) in order to make the dead stronger than the living, and to be endlessly powerful. According to Professor Rick Payne, Dark Spirit Romano, would literally take over a weak soul in a weak body to make too much harm to humanity, until the last trace of joy and happiness vanish from earth. It is impossible for Romano to get closer when Melinda helps spirits to "cross over" into The Light, because there is too much Love, and Love is what Romano hates. Romano last appeared in episode one of season two, when he was unsuccessful in trying to possess Andrea's soul. However, in the middle of season two, Melinda seems to foreshadow the come-back of Romano, when Delia Banks tries on a black hat which resembled Romano's. It is unknown whether or not he'll be back in future episodes. [edit] Charlie Banks Delia was married to Charlie Banks until he died three years prior to Delia's first appearance on the show. They had a loving relationship. After a fire at the place that Charlie worked, Charlie was said to be different and more of a family man. We also learn that it was Tim who saved Charlie's life. Together with Charlie, Delia had her twelve-year-old son, Ned. Charlie Banks was portrayed by Fredric Lehne[4]. He died after being shot. [edit] Tim Flaherty In the episode "The Walk-In", Tim Flaherty, a friend and co-worker of Jim's, is trying to get Delia to go out on a date with him, something Delia refuses to do. In "Delia's First Ghost" Tim tries to get Jim to tell him what Delia likes so he can impress her. Charlie, Delia's dead husband, helps him by knocking over a pot of lavender roses that Delia likes. Tim also buys a motorcycle exactly like the one Charlie used to have. At the end of the episode, they are seen walking away hand in hand. He reappears in the fourth season in the episode Threshold. He is at Jim's funeral and talks about Jim before turning on an ipod with rock music which he says Jim would have wanted. He is portrayed by Thomas Wilson[5]. [edit] Gabriel Lawrence Gabriel Lawrence claims to be Melinda's half-brother and also a "ghost whisperer". He may or may not be Melinda's half-brother; it has been revealed that Tom isn't Melinda's biological father and might not be Gabriel's father either. When he was a child, Gabriel knew he could interact with the dead, but nobody believed him, and he received psychiatrist treatment in a mental health institution. Gabriel never had a living friend. In fact, all of his friends were dead, and he always hated watching them "cross over" into The Light. He managed to get out of the mental health institution by lying. He was in the same mental health institution that his mother resided in. In "The Collector" episode, Gabriel is now in his late twenties, and he had recently moved to Grandview. He mentions that Grandview always brings him memories. Melinda Gordon has the opportunity to meet him, and she is amazed by the gift they have in common. Melinda warns Gabriel about a shift in the "other world": ghosts are becoming stronger. She tells him how she struggled against a very dark spirit called Romano the year before, when a plane crash occurred in Grandview. However, Melinda discovers that she was so naive to believe in Gabriel, who had invited her to work with him in the difficult task of dealing with ghosts. Gabriel turns out to be a Ghost Whisperer from the Dark Side, and he had been gathering souls to get prepare for what "was coming", a complex prophecy of the death of a "loved one". Gabriel, along with the dark spirits, was blocking The Light, because he was trying to make the dead stronger than the living. When Melinda, Jim Clancy, and Rick Payne break into Gabriel's house, they find out Gabriel's obsession with Melinda. He had been observing her moves for quite a long time. At the end of season two, both Gabriel and Melinda struggle against each other for the fate of living and dead. Gabriel returns to Grandview in the third season episode "Weight of What Was" informing Melinda that he is her half-brother. He hands her a package containing images of her father's family. An image in the package, that is in fact from Melinda's mother's past, leads Melinda to an underground church and her great-great-great grandmother, Tessa. A ghost that haunts the archives of Grandview tells Gabriel that Melinda had entered the tunnel, and Gabriel blocks the exit, preventing Melinda from escaping the way she entered. The episode ended with Gabriel speaking to Tom Gordon about what seems like a plan to get Melinda to help ghosts in a dark way. While in Grandview he resided in a hotel under the name Gabriel Gordon. Gabriel also appears in "All Ghosts Lead to Grandview" where he has a brief conversation with Melinda at the end of the episode. His current whereabouts are unknown. Gabriel is portrayed by Ignacio Serricchio. [edit] Tom Gordon Tom Gordon first appears in the plot in season two's finale, although he had previously appeared in some flashbacks. When Melinda "dies" in season two's finale, she confronts an already dead Tom, who tells her she is ready to find the darkness within herself, and also tells her she has a brother, who is later revealed to be Gabriel. In season three, Tom has contact with both Melinda and Gabriel, manifesting himself in Melinda's dreams, and speaking as a ghost with Gabriel. It has been suggested that Tom is part of the Dark Side, and that he is developing a plan to get Melinda into the Dark Side. In the penultimate episode of the third season, however, Tom Gordon is found alive in Gabriel's home. She later finds out that every time she had seen his ghost his body had, in fact, been taken over by Paul Eastman when he was trying to kill him. Melinda then finds out that Tom is, in fact, not her father but Paul Eastman is. After finding out this shocking truth, Melinda goes to the main square in town to think, where Tom meets her. He asks her to come back to the house that she grew up in. There he gets her to go back through her memories to the night that he murdered Paul Eastman. She realises that Tom is just a cold-blooded killer. He then informs her that he now has to kill her. Paul Eastman then arrives and takes over Tom's body one last time and throws himself over the staircase killing him. His spirit later appears and vanishes in front of Melinda. He was portrayed by Martin Donovan[6]. [edit] Paul Eastman Paul Eastman first appears in Melinda's dreams as someone who haunted her and/or wanted to haunt her. But, in the season 3 finale, it's revealed that he is Melinda's biological father, not Tom Gordon. Paul set a series of 'clues' to help Melinda see the truth. To quicken the process and save Melinda, he convinced her mother to tell Melinda the truth. Melinda was initially in disbelief and was consoled by Tom, who convinced her to follow him to a safe place. The 'safe' place was Melinda's childhood home and Paul Eastman's burial site. Once they arrived, Tom probed Melinda about her memory of Paul's death, she eventually had a flashback revealing that Tom deliberately killed Paul. Tom decided that he must kill Melinda to protect himself from the truth being revealed. Melinda cried out to her dad. Tom said, 'I'm not your Dad,' to which Melinda replied, 'I wasn't talking to you.' At which point, Paul entered Tom's body and forced him to fall to his death. Paul talked to Melinda and her mother, then went into the light.He has one grandson by Melinda. He was portrayed by Corin Nemec[7]. [edit] Spirits | Season | Ep | Name | Death Cause | Status | Notes | | Unknown | Mary Ann | Natural causes | Crossed over | Melinda's grandmother, seen in several episodes (flashback) | | Romano | Mass-suicide through cyanide-laced punch | Lost spirit | Dead pre-Ghost Whisperer. American expatriate in Spain | | Web Episode | Zach | Crashes his bike and hits his head on a piece of debris | Crossed over | Crossed over in season 3 episode 16 | | Season 1 | 1 | Paul Adams | Died when his helicopter crashed into a waterfall | Crossed over | | | 2 | Kenny Dale | Train crashed into his car | Crossed over | | | 3 | Zoe Harper | Drowned in a lake while drunk | Crossed over | | | 4 | Conor Donovan | Crashes his bike and hits his head on a rock | Crossed over | | | 5 | Rat Vic Marty Homer (Ghost Dog) | All burned to death in a fire | Crossed over Crossed over Crossed over Not crossed over | Stays with Melinda and Jim as their pet ghost-dog. Seen in several episodes, last seen in Season 2. Later similar to season 4 21 Cursed | | 6 | Jason Shields | Anaphylaxis due to a bee sting | Crossed over | | | 7 | Hope Paulson | Complications from an ectopic pregnancy | Crossed over | | | 8 | Julian Borgia Robert Hall (G-Man) Alexis' Aunt Ruth | Vehicular homicide Police action Natural causes | Crossed over Unknown Crossed over | First case of a spirit communicating through Melinda's husband Died 1963 Reappeared to let Melinda know an emerald necklace was buried with her | | 9 | Lacy Jensen | Electrocuted when she fell down a pit | Crossed over | | | 10 | Serena Hilliard | Car went off the road and crashed into tree | Crossed over | | | 11 | Estella de La Costa | Inoperable brain tumor | Crossed over | | | 12 | Marty Golden | Suicide through jumping off a bridge | Crossed over | | | 13 | Lyle Chase | Heart attack | Crossed over | | | 14 | Clete Youngblood | Execution by hanging | Crossed over | | | 15 | Sarah Applewhite | Glioma (cancer of the brain's glia cells) | Crossed over | | | 16 | Dennis McMartin Dennis' and Charlie's Father | Fell to his death off a mountain Heart attack | Crossed over Crossed over | Andrea's friend - | | 17 | Daniel Greene Reggie Zuko | Car crash after car was hit and slammed into guard rail Brain tumor | Crossed over Lost spirit | | 18 | Edward Pierce Ventriloquist and the Dummy | Drowned during Circus act in circus pool Car accident after car went off road and crashed into tree | Crossed over Lost spirit | | | 19 | Ely Fisher | Bludgeoned to death with a lead pipe | Crossed over | | | 20 | Brian Fordyce | Heart attack | Crossed over | | 21 22 | Captain of the airplane Almost all people killed in airplane crash At least three people in airplane crash | All died in plane crash due to pilot error | Crossed over Crossed over Lost spirit | | | Season 2 | 1 | Andrea Marino | Plane landed on her car and crushed her to death | Crossed over | Killed in Season 1 Episode 21, co-owner of Melinda's antique shop | | 2 | Kyle McCall (Mac) | Hit by a car | Crossed over | Melinda's former boyfriend | | 3 | Emily Morrison | Fell into pool and drowned | Crossed over | | | 4 | Dennis Hightower | Carbon monoxide poisoning | Crossed over | | | 5 | Adam Godfrey | Struck by lightning | Crossed over | | | 6 | Eva Kaminsky | Sevoflurane (anaesthetic) poisoning | Crossed over | Jim's high school sweetheart | | 7 | Anna Fowler | Hypothermia | Crossed over | | | 8 | Warren Chen | Burned to death in arson crime | Crossed over | | | 9 | Patrick Roth Jared | Natural causes Plane crash due to pilot error | Crossed over Lost spirit | | | 10 | Matt Vonner | Car crash due to car spinning and crashing into light pole | Crossed over | | | 11 | Dr. Martin Schaer | Sudden cerebral hemorrhage | Crossed over | | 12 | Hugh Bristow | Taken off life support due to Lou Gehrig's disease | Crossed over | | | 13 | Eric Sanborn | Aortic aneurysm | Crossed over | | | 14 | Gordon Pike | Car crash due to drag racer crashing into wall | Crossed over | | | 15 | Tais Baker | Pipe explosion in boiler room | Crossed over | | | 16 | Randy Cooper | Suffocated due to an asthma attack | Lost spirit | | | 17 | Bryan Curtis Jason Bennett | Suicide by stepping out into traffic Muscular dystrophy | Crossed over Crossed over | | | 18 | Valerie Parker | Abdominal aneurysm | Crossed over | | | 19 | Charlie Banks Jackson Reynolds | Shot and killed by Milt Charles Slipped and hit head on rock. | Crossed over Crossed over | Delia Banks' husband Naked soldier (ranked private) | 20 21 22 | Amy Fields Dana Clark | Airplane crash due to pilot error Boat sinks due to hull being torn by rocks | Crossed over Crossed over | Killed in Season 1 Episode 21 Prophet ghost, wife of Ethan Clark | | Season 3 | 1 | Ray Billings | Carbon monoxide explosion | Crossed over | Originally haunting Melinda's mother | | 2 | Rachel Fordham | Heart attack | Crossed over | | | 3 | Hector Sanchez Steve Simmon Dekker | Killed in landmine explosion | Crossed over Crossed over Crossed over | | | 4 | Colleen Finn Shane Carson | Falling over stairway railing Suicide by overdosing | Crossed over Lost spirit | | | 5 | Tessa Lucas | Burned to death after being accused of witchcraft | Crossed over | Melinda's great-great-great-grandmother | | 6 | Kevin Graham | Car crash due to car colliding with another car | Crossed over | | | 7 | Sydney Drake | Overwhelming withdrawal symptoms | Crossed over | | | 8 | Liz Sinclair Matt Sembrook Vivian Sembrook | Falling off a cliff carbon monoxide poisoning carbon monoxide poisoning | Crossed over Lost spirit Lost spirit | | | 9 | Daniel Asher Audrey Asher Sam Asher | Burned to death in a car crash Car crash due to car colliding with gasoline tanker Car crash due to car colliding with a gasoline tanker | Crossed over Crossed over Crossed over | | | 10 | Alan Silver | Heart attack | Did not cross over | Thought he was santa, realized he wasn't, but decided he liked helping kids so he stuck around | | 11 | Thomas Benjamin | Hit his head on a chalkboard | Crossed over | | | 12 | Peter Harrison | Requested euthanasia via lethal dose of isonitrile | Crossed over | | | 13 | Karen Benzing | Breast cancer | Crossed over | | | 14 | Justin Yates Julie | Brain aneurysm Drowned on boat she capsized for an insurance scam. | Crossed over Lost Spirit | | | 15 | Toby Bates | Fell out a window | Crossed over | | | 16 | Kate Payne Zach | Crushed to death by a crane Crashed his bike and hit his head on a piece of debris | Crossed over Crossed over | Rick Payne's wife, seen in previous episodes Web episode | | 17 | Michael Wilkins | Fell off a tree | Crossed over | | | 18 | Paul Eastman Tom Gordon | Bludgeoned to death with a stair post Thrown down the stairs | Crossed over Lost spirit | Melinda's biological father, killed pre-Ghost Whisperer Melinda's step-father | | Season 4 | 1 | Fiona Raine | Burned to death in a fire | Crossed over | | | 2 | Lucas Marston | Accidental drug overdose | Crossed over | | | 3 | Carl and several others | Died in hospital then got dumped in a lake due to furnace problems | All crossed over | | 4 | | Heart attack | Crossed over | | | 5 | Lorelei Betty Several other ghosts | Fell to her death in a ship duct Heart failure Various deaths | Crossed over Refused to cross over Crossed over | | | 6 | Diana Morrison | Blood clot in lung | Crossed over | | | 7 | Owen Grace Jim Clancy | Accidentally drowned due to leg brace Air embolism due to being shot in the shoulder | Crossed over Living in Sam Lucas' body | - Melinda's husband | | 9 | Sam Lucas Caitlin Mahoney Dan Clancy | Car crash due to car colliding with other car Died from complications of Anorexia Nervosa Fell into a lake and drowned | Crossed over Crossed over Crossed over | - - Jim Clancy's brother, seen in the pilot episode. Crossed over in this episode. | | 10 | Wes | Car crash due to car colliding with other car | Crossed over | | | 9 | Gretchen Dennis | Fell down a well and drowned | Crossed over | | | 11 | Tammy Gardner/ Sarah Evers | Murder via being drugged and carbon monoxide poisoning | Crossed over | | | 12 | Josh Bancroft | Exsanguination after being thrown from a riding mower and cut up | Crossed over | | | 13 | Angela Holdenbach Numerous Ghosts | Hit by a car Numerous deaths | Crossed over Crossed over | Delia's old friend from high school - | | 14 | Carl Sessick | Died of lung cancer | Did not cross over | Followed the Watchers, on the quest for good | | 15 | Deborah Marks | Tripped and hit her head on a fireplace post | Crossed over | | | 16 | Rebecca Kelly | Caught in a rock slide, pushed off a cliff face and was hung by a net | Crossed over | | | 17 | Jeffrey Crocket | Natural causes | Crossed over | | | 18 | Grier Clarkson Numerous ghosts | Botched shock therapy treatments Botched shock therapy treatments | Crossed over Crossed over | | | 19 | Joseph Webb Calvin Byrd | Leukemia Natural Causes | Living in Ben Tillman's body Crossed over | Became a 'step-in', living in Ben Tillman's body - | | 20 | Rick Hartman | Committed suicide by jumping out of a plane | Crossed over | | | 21 | Miles Maitland | Prop gun backfired and shot him in the head | Crossed over | | | 22 | Stanton family | Carbon monoxide poisoning | Crossed over | Similar to Season 1 Lost boys where the family waits for their daughter and sister to talk to. | | 23 | Andrew Carlin | Thrombocytosis | Crossed over | | | 24 | Zoe Ramos | Fell down the stairs | Unknown | Eli's girlfriend P.K. Simonds has said Zoe has not crossed over yet will be back next season. | | Season 5 | 1 | Amber Heaton | Aortic hemorrhage during childbirth | Crossed over | | | 2 | Gwen Coritter Paula Coritter | Hit by an SUV Inoperable brain tumor | Crossed over Crossed over | | | 3 | Ray James Evelyn James | Heart attack Aneurysm | Did not cross over. Did not cross over. | Eli's parents. They stayed around to watch over Eli. | | 4 | Dr. Albert Glassman | Heart attack | Crossed over | | | 5 | Amy Warner | Breast cancer | Crossed over | | | 6 | Sean Jackson | Thrown off of a horse | Crossed over | | | 7 | Tina Clark | Drug overdose and car accident | Crossed over | | | 8 | Kirk Jansen Rita Jansen | Walked into a crawl space that has aflatoxis, a mold that made him go into anaphylaxis Fatal electrocution from a light table she smashed with a golf club | Crossed over Crossed over | | | 9 | Julia Miller | Leukemia | Crossed over | | | 10 | Dylan Hale | Accidentally bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat | Crossed over | | [edit] Lost spirits These are some of the spirits who either did not cross over or went to the Dark Side (Hell). There are supposedly 18 lost spirits so far. - Laughing Man (appears with Romano and is a ghostly agent for the dark side. He wears a three-piece suit and is usually seen laughing. He was portrayed by Douglas Bierman; death was from accidental ingestion of Water dropwort)[8]
- Bleeding Man (a dark spirit whose right hand is bleeding, hence his name. He was portrayed by Lou Glenn; death was from exsanguination)
- Giles Nickelburg (plane crash due to pilot error)
- Greg Carter (car accident due to car going off a cliff)
- Martha Rucker (building collapse)
- Unnamed Man (conjunctivitis infection)
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