# Jim Stanley — Ghost Stories character guide

> Jim Stanley in Ghost Stories by E. F. Benson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Jim

**First appearance:** 0000-the-room-in-the-tower

## Snapshot

A companion drawn into Benson's uncanny encounters, he stands among those who witness strange phenomena and must reckon with what they have seen.

## Who they are

Jim Stanley belongs to the circle of friends and travelers whose ordinary pursuits—croquet, conversation, country visits—are interrupted by things that resist explanation. He is the sort of level-headed presence whose testimony lends weight to the inexplicable, caught between skepticism and the evidence of his own senses. His encounters anchor the reader in a world where the supernatural intrudes on perfectly reasonable lives.

## In the story

### [The Shootings of Achnaleish](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/the-shootings-of-achnaleish)

Jim is the narrator's companion; he shoots a black hare and later helps coordinate the police ambush.

### [Caterpillars](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/ghost_stories_se/chapters/caterpillars)

The host of the villa, whose wife later informs the narrator of Inglis's death.

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