Up until then, Casper was just known as The Friendly Ghost. Prior to 1995, there were theories — openly perpetuated by "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening — that Casper was actually the ghost ...

Casper the Friendly Ghost has been a staple of childhood entertainment ... His tragic fate didn’t end there. Casper’s father, consumed by grief, spent his life trying to build the Lazarus ...