The characters all draw heavily on
mythology, especially the
folklore from north west Europe. They include: •
Jack Capelthwaite is a family man just getting on with his life but his old life is going to catch up with him as Capelthwaite is a shapeshifting monster, a
bogeyman. •
Black Shuck is the leader of the gang and his name comes from the East Anglian version of the
black dog •
Hedley Kow, a form of
Elf or
Hobgoblin shown in the story as a shapeshifting monster •
Jenny Greenteeth •
Peter Struwwel, a character from a 19th-century German children's picture book authored by Heinrich Hoffman •
The Tailor, a bogeyman from
The Story of Little Suck-a-Thumb from the same book •
Tommy Rawhead is an Irish hobgoblin with a taste for children •
Black Annis •
Cailleach Bheur •
Dando the Huntsman, a Cornish priest connected with ideas of the
Wild Hunt [https://web.archive.org/web/20020316120054/http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/dando.html •
Bucco-Boo, a kind of
Bogeyman (presumably the name coming via bugaboo) •
Mujina is a Japanese bogeyman, that can take on the form seen in the series, a faceless ghost •
Horndon Worm was a
dragon from
East Horndon who was killed by
James Tyrrell (who also appears in the series) using mirror polished armour == Appearances ==