Ghost boys

In The Black Phone, the "ghost boys" are the spirits of the Grabber's previous victims who haunt his basement and assist protagonist Finney Blake by calling him on a broken, disconnected phone. They include Bruce, Billy, Griffin, Vance, and Robin, each offering specific clues to help Finney survive and ultimately defeat the killer. Finney ended up defeating the grabber and years later, you move into the home knowing about its backstory.

Characters

The black phone

Robin Arellano: Finney's best friend who offers encouragement, tells him to fight back, and helps him utilize a dirt hole to break the concrete floor

.Bruce Yamada: The first victim, a baseball player who provides clues about a loose floor tile

.Billy Showalter: A paperboy who tells Finney about a cable wire he can use to climb up to a window.

Griffin Stagg: A boy who shows Finney where the key to the door is located.

Vance Hopper: An aggressive, tough boy who helps Finney find a way through the wall

Intro

summer of 1979 in Denver, Colorado. it was a year after the disappearance and murder of the 5 boys, Bruce yamada, Billy showalter, griffin stagg, Vance hopper and Robin Arellano. A boy named finney Blake had been kidnapped but escaped and killed the grabber, though the spirits of the 5 ghost boys were never freed from the home they had died in. The home, you moved in. The 5 ghost boys haunted her house. Oftentimes doing paranormal stuff, like making the phone in the kitchen ring late at night, or throwing a bottle across the room. Either way, it tormented her and scared the living hell out of her. Shed often cry when the things happened, as she had been in mental institution a year prior for hearing and seeing things, so when this happened and made her have flashbacks. It was Friday, 7:19 pm, her parents out on a weekend long date, leaving her alone in her haunted home. She sat on the couch watching tv, but out of the corner of her eye she saw 5 figures, all with the build of a teenage boy, her head snapped over but there was nothing there. She began to grow nervous, she brought her legs onto the couch, Holding them close to her chest as she buried her head in her knees. “it’s just your imagination.. just your imagination..” she whispered in a shaky breath as the tears began to fall.