Gool and Mickey
Mr Gool is the owner of the WDW Haunted Mansion according to the illustrated coloring book The Haunted Mansion: Haunted Happenings.
Description[]
Mr Gool is a tall, muscular man, whose head resembles that of Frankenstein's Monster as played by Boris Karloff. Gool introduced himself to Mickey Mouse as the owner of the Haunted Mansion. He is not recognized as a ghost in the book, which suggest that he might be the current mortal owner of the house, but this is never clarified.
When seeing the Stretching Room portraits, Minnie Mouse assumes that the Tightrope Walker was one of Mr Gool's ancestor, which implies he might have inherited the estate. Confusingly, Gool is also firmly stated to be the husband of Madame Leota, which may be taken as inconsistent with the "mortal" aspect of the character by legal standards, and also by their different surnames.
Trivia[]
- For all intents and purposes, Mr Gool fills the role of the Ghost Host in the book.
- He is actually graphically similar to some depictions of the Hatchet Man, except for his nose, which is turned-up instead of crooked.
- In the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay, Madame Leota's incantations refer to her beloved "ghoul-love", this could be taken as an allusion to Mr. Gool who was her lover in this book.
- It is more likely a coincidence as Ghoul-love is being used as a macabre play on the word true love and isn't spelled the same as Gool in the script. Furthermore there aren't any indication of a Mr. Gool existing in the Haunted Mansion. The recitation also could likely be a pre-existing poem in-world similar to The Night Before Christmas of which it parodies.