Ted Morrison

"''Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.' I think that's an appropriate quote here.'""Ted Morrison, Barry Astrovik and the Promethean Ghoul"

History
Born and raised in Alabama, Ted Morrison grew up to be a detective to help those in his community who were plagued by crime. He was very much influence by the book, To Kill A Mockingbird by fellow Alabaman Harper Lee, and it instilled in him a strong sense of justice and having faith in others.

In the early nineties, Morrison had a wife, a son and a daughter named Jean-Lousie. In 1993, Jean-Louise was frightened by a creature by the river - something she described as a "weasel-man". Morrison was the only one who believed her, and so he went out of this way to investigate what was going on. When he came up with nothing, his reputation as a great detective was ruined and he was ridiculed about town.

He left his family behind in Alabama in 1994, so they wouldn't have to suffer from his bad fortune. He came to Esquire Bay, but faced the same ridicule there as well. It is known that he earned the nickname "The Specialist", as he is now commonly called by the Esquire Bay Police Department.

Trivia

 * Ted Morrison is named after the character of Teddy Deakin/Detective Inspector Morrison from The Ghost Train by Arnold Ridley.
 * He is modelled after Atticus Finch from To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.
 * Barry at one point describes him as having a "kind of Clark Kent look about him, if Clark Kent was older and wasn't Superman."

Appearances

 * Barry Astrovik and the Promethean Ghoul