Hell House
Hell HouseRichard Matheson
Characters in Hell House
5 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Dr. Lionel Barrett
A physicist interested in parapsychology who leads the investigation and builds a machine to rid the house of its haunting.
Antagonists
Emeric Belasco
The house's former owner, whose sadistic debauchery gave it its name.
Supporting characters
Edith Barrett
Lionel's wife, who joins the team and is affected by her own fears and insecurities inside the house.
Florence Tanner
A mental medium and spiritualist whose approach to the house clashes with the physicist's.
Benjamin Franklin Fischer
A physical medium and the only survivor of an earlier investigation of the house.