Hugo Hall

Hugo Hall was Jimmy Hall's father and Rose Hall's ex-husband. He was also, like Rose, Jimmy, and Harvey, a proprietor of the Sea View Hotel. Assuming that Hugo Punch is the same spirit as Hugo Hall means that he is the potential overarching antagonist of the game, twisting Jimmy in the events of the game.

Appearance
Hugo is only ever seen in shadow; he is a stage magician and wears a costume as such.

Biography
Hugo Hall was a professional stage magician and school teacher. Sometime in the 60s-70s, he purchased the Sea View Hotel to promote his magic show. Rosemary Dolores served as his professional assistant for a while, and eventually, a relationship began, and they soon married. On June 6th, 1976, their son Jimmy Alexander Hall was born. Hugo beat Jimmy from birth until he was two years old when Rose beat Hugo to death with a baseball bat. He was buried under concrete in a secret room in the basement. Hugo's abusive actions unknowingly haunted Jimmy, by possessing his weak mental state as a vengeful spirit, causing him to form an alter ego that shared the same name.

Trivia

 * Compared to everyone else who died in the hotel, Hugo Hall is unique in many ways:
 * He is never fully visible. The closest to that is his appearance as the Great Hugo on stage, albeit fully cloaked.
 * As a result, the scrying mirror never shows Hugo's physical appearance like it did with everyone else.
 * Hugo never speaks through the spirit box.
 * Because of this, he never talks about the scenes that focus on him like the Great Hugo on stage. Instead, Rose would comment on them.
 * The game never tells the player to investigate his story unlike everyone else. The events that involve him are a part of Rose's story instead.
 * Hugo Hall's actor is never explicitly mentioned in the credits, likely a supporting actor.