Harold and Ethel Meaker operate "Rentaghost", a business that rents out ghosts to the public. The main crew consists of Timothy Claypole, a jester from Queen Matilda's court; Hazel the McWitch, a Scottish witch; Nadia Popov, a Dutch ghost with hay fever; Fred Mumford, who founded Rentaghost after a shipping accident; Hubert Davenport, a distinguished Victorian gentleman; and Harold and Ethel Meaker themselves.
Fred Mumford returns to Earth from the spirit world to open a business called...