The Great Child

Harold Shelburne, chosen to be The Great Child by milionaire Cyrus Kriticos, is a major character, yet minor villain in Thir13en Ghosts. He was portrayed by C. Ernst Hart.

Before death
Harold was the son of Margaret Shelburne (The Dire Mother), a three feet tall midget, who worked as a circus freak due to her size. Harold was born after his mother was raped by the "Tall Man", another freak. He was already born around 136 kg (300 pounds), and was always spoiled by his mother as a little baby, and as a result, wore diapers his entire life. One day, some of the circus freaks decided to play a joke on him by kidnapping Margaret. Enraged, he ran after them, only to find out his mother accidentally died by suffocation in the bag she was being kept in. Harold went completely beserk and chopped the kidnappers with an axe, displaying their parts for paying customers to see. The carnival owner, after hearing about his employees' deaths, ordered a massive crowd to tear Harold to shreds.

Ghost
Harold's ghost is never apart form his mother, who is always seen by his side. He has a pale-white skin and wears a food-stained bib and big diapers, nothing else. He still wields the axe he used to kill the freaks, and has a small tuft of blond hair in his head.

Role in the movie
As most of the ghosts, Harold and his mother are never seen attacking someone, only scaring them for another ghost to appear and complete the job. He is then seen in the climax as one of the ghosts who carry Cyrus to his death in the Ocularis Infernum. He is finally seen leaving the machine with Margaret and the other ghosts, crossing over after gaining freedom.

Trivia

 * An alternate death for Harold and Margaret was proposed, but excluded from the final product. Harold would suffocate the Mother in her sleep by rolling over her in her bed, leaving him with no sustenance at all (as he can't do anything without his mother), until he finally starved to death.