Phantom Crapper
Character
The human being, if human being it be, behind the Phantom Crapper legend: a culprit sought, guessed at and blamed while the evidence continues to appear underfoot.
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- STI character glossary (1 passage)
From the books (2 passages)
…quitting the worn path of ancient Pheidippides, shoved through the double doors into the stairwell. Once again, the Phantom Crapper had been on his rounds. The evidence, coiled and glistening under the striplights in the corner of the landing between the sportshall and the next floor down. Very fresh spoor. No flies yet, and the stink only arising now.
…of explaining my reasons for lingering there over Charybdis – notwithstanding my innocence in the matter of the Phantom Crapper – I betook myself behind the far lip of the tub and crouched there in the hope of concealing my presence.