And That Little Girl Was Me: In the final game, gruff detective Sam Durkin reveals that part of the reason he's been helping Rosa is because of a case he worked twenty-odd years ago, when a woman went crazy and tore up her apartment, leaving a frightened little girl.He couldn't leave, couldn't sleep, couldn't be heard and couldn't be seen. Joey, prior to meeting Rosangela, was stuck in the same hospital room as Aunt Lauren for those twenty-five years.Doctor Quentin admits he isn't sure if that stopped the pain or not. After her breakdown, she was hospitalized and had to be sedated for twenty five years to prevent her from injuring herself. Aunt Lauren's fate could also qualify as this.This is the fate of Madeline, the Countess' former spirit guide, and happens to Joey as well before they both manage to return to Earth. Ghosts that have left the earthly plane but are unable to enter the next world somehow, remain stuck in the space between planes for the rest of eternity.Space Whale Aesop: Epiphany has the lesson "The journey is just as important as the destination, so don't skip the former to get to the latter more quickly, otherwise your soul will get ripped apart and eaten.The lesson of Mavis' story for example is "don't shut yourself off from the world, otherwise you'll have nothing to show for your life." An Aesop: Several of the ghosts' stories are about how things that may seem earth-shatteringly vital and important often don't matter as much as you believe they do, and that the consequences of giving into or not facing it are far greater than whatever you might fear.Played straight with Maggie Fielding in Epiphany her shoulder tattoo is always visible and changes orientation based on which side of her is visible.Averted with Lauren in Unbound, who has a strand of hair over one part of her face that doesn't show up if she's turned the other way.