Benny was once a bully at Ray Stantz's junior high school, until he plummeted to his death from the top of a smokestack. After he died, his ghost came back to haunt the school. Eventually, he somehow ended up working for the Soul Catcher and would bully many of the children's ghosts held prisoner by the Soul Catcher. After the Soul Catcher was captured by the Ghostbusters, Benny was still around, but had changed his ways.