# Col. J. C. McArdle — Can Such Things Be? character guide

> Col. J. C. McArdle in Can Such Things Be? by Ambrose Bierce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** McArdle

**First appearance:** 0053-soldier-folk

## Who they are

A colonel who investigates a mysterious death.

## In the story

### [Two Military Executions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/two-military-executions)

Not directly mentioned in excerpts; omitted.

### [The Spook House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-spook-house)

Narrator and protagonist; a lawyer from Frankfort who enters the Spook House with Judge Veigh and later recounts the horrifying discovery.

### [The Other Lodgers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/can_such_things_be_se/chapters/the-other-lodgers)

The narrator and protagonist who experiences the supernatural events at the Breathitt House.

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