Billy McConnell

A very young police officer, with extreme willpower. He starts as a rookie beat cop and ends the first season as the youngest detective on the force.

Billy is the investigators' man inside the Arkham police, and he is the one who finally arrests Bernard Corbitt.

Season 1: Mister Corbitt

103: Usual Suspects

Billy joins the story as a new character (and new player). He is one of the officers helping secure the scene at Corbitt's house.

104: Attic Window

The next morning he approaches the investigators and admits that, although his partner Detective Kovach accepted Corbitt's explanations, Corbitt seemed nervous when he was questioned. He joins them at Dr. Simeon's house, watches Corbitt's house from a window with Dom, and takes Dom to the police station, where the license plate is traced to Randolph Tomaszewski.

105: Radical Medicine

Billy and Dom visit Central Hospital and question Miss Witherspoon and the superintendent, Dr. Doyle, about Tomaszewski.

106: The Miskatonic Mangler

He goes with Dom and Major Bakersfield to Tomaszewski's apartment on Crenshaw and begins questioning him once he is captured. Afterward he turns Tomaszewski over to the police.

107: Fates and Retribution

Billy brings news from the police investigation: the captured Miskatonic Mangler is incoherent in custody, ranting about "the Master", and had a switchblade, a purple vial like Simeon's and a severed finger with a ring engraved "T & L Forever". His captain promises him a promotion for the arrest. The police cannot get a warrant to search Corbitt's house, so Billy tells the group they must handle it themselves, and he says he can "look the other way" about going into the house but not about blowing up Corbitt's business. The plan is for him to drive to Corbitt's business at the docks and ask questions as a police officer to lure Corbitt away from home.

108: Head of the Beast

While the others search the house, Billy goes to the Corbitt Imports warehouse. He learns little except from the manager that Corbitt has missed work recently, and he tries to pry open a locked filing cabinet with his knife until the manager comes back.

109: For Whom the Dice Rolls

Billy confronts Corbitt at his workplace with Tomaszewski's name and the vial, catches him when he pronounces the name too correctly, and chases him through the warehouse, smashing through doors, firing a warning shot and diving into Corbitt's moving car to drag him out. He punches him, handcuffs and gags him, and brings him back to the house with Simeon. In the basement he faints at the sight of the creature. Afterwards he is taken with the police captain to see the basement and is told to keep what he saw secret. In the epilogue he gets a commendation and a promotion to detective, the youngest on the force.

Notable quotes

"You shot him in the FACE?! Is he dead??? You do remember I'm a cop, right? You shot him in the face?"

In 203: A Night With No Moon he sees the dead light for the first time, pushing around the door of Dr. Webb's bedroom, and escapes through the window with Tallahassee. He runs for the front of the house and pulls Dom Druncard out of the basement window as the light grabs Dom's ankle.

In 204: Night of the Living Dead Light he casts an incantation for the first time, pushing the roll and spending eight Luck to get it off, but the dead light cannot comprehend his command to be still. He still gains POW from pressing against its will. He drives the group back to the cafe and later finds Winifred Brewer unconscious outside the powder room and carries her inside. He then needles Jake about the crumbs in his beard.

In 205: Lights Out he hears Mary and Amelia in the gas station office and tries to pin Mary's gun to the floor, prying it from her hand after Dom tackles her. He hesitates over feeding her to the light until Tallahassee flicks blood in his face. He scrambles into the office, drags Amelia away from the dead light as it melts through the back wall, and slams the door behind them.

In 301: No Rest for the Wicked he admits that he is struggling with what the group has done as a sworn officer, but says the supernatural stakes mean they must see it through. Driving to New Salem, he spots a wrecked campsite off the road, finds a camera satchel holding a Kodak Brownie No. 2, and looks up to find blood and claw marks high in the trees where the attacker leapt away with its victim.

In 302: The Huggening he introduces himself to Mayor Jedediah Marsh as a detective from Arkham and asks about the truck at the abandoned campsite. At Denny's Tavern he mentions Grant Jameson, questions Ezra Denny about Mordecai Shep, Bernard Corbitt and local legends, and presses retired constable Robert Morgan about Dr. Warthrop and Will Henry. He books rooms for the group and insists that they stick together before visiting Mordecai's shack.

In 303: The Grand Slam he asks Ezra Denny about Ike Watson and the town's dangers and learns to beware of Constable Zeke Dawkins and the Mayor. At Mordecai Shep's shack he finds a loose board under the wood-burning stove, checks the hidden box for traps with a roll of 99, and lifts out a cache of cash, a revolver and letters from "BC." Reading the letters, he concludes that Corbitt's laboratory lies beneath a mausoleum in the cemetery.

In 304: Pet, Cemetery he questions Percival Warthrop about his family's place on the hill. When he opens the truck's door the next morning, a freshly hanged cat swings out at his face. On the drive to the cemetery, he confesses that he wishes he had listened to his captain, that the killing of the girl still haunts him, and that he will need some sessions with Simeon once this is over.

In 305: The Shining... Skin he checks the area one last time before entering J.G. Faust's tomb and props its self-closing door open with a rock. He discovers a severed, desiccated hand still gripping the handle inside. He is the only investigator to keep his composure at the sight of the burned laboratory below, and while searching its cage he finds the key still in the door.

In 306: Cellar Door he stays in the truck at the Russell farm with Dr. Simeon and Percival Warthrop to work through the papers recovered from the laboratory.

In 307: Smooth Criminal he searches the Russell farm with successful Spot Hidden and Listen rolls. He finds livestock remains that look about two weeks old and hears what might be a distant car. Going back to the burned notes, he pieces together fourteen years of research by Corbitt and Mordecai Shep. The notes describe how the creature reproduces, explain the binding runes and reveal that the two men exercised it at an abandoned sanatorium. He then drives the group there.

In 308: Infestation he drives the group to the Motley Hill Sanatorium and blocks the drive, though he refuses to slash the other vehicles' tires because he is still an officer of the law. His Psychology read on Goodman Gray suggests that Gray is evasive but sincere about cooperating, and may know the mayor better than he lets on. When the screaming starts, he readies the truck and gets it rolling as the others dive into the back.

In 309: Boom Goes the Dynamite he drives the group away from Motley Hill and back to New Jerusalem. He warns the mayor and Constable Zeke Dawkins that the creatures are nesting at the sanatorium and have wiped out the outlying farms, and rallies the townsfolk to gather weapons. He then presses the mayor about his dealings with Goodman Gray.

In 310: Salem's Lot he and Ezra Denny ferry the town's women and children to the cemetery tomb. When he realizes Delilah and her son are missing, he searches her ransacked house and finds the newspaperman Jacob Alister shot in the street. Jacob says that Ike Watson took Delilah and the boy, then dies. Billy arms Ezra and drives east after Ike.

In 311: Beefing the Defenses he and Ezra Denny reach a shack on the east side of town and ready their guns as screams rise from the west.

In 312: Edge of Sharkness he and Ezra Denny storm Ike Watson's shack and find Delilah Bevins and her son bound inside. Ike resists both of his command spells ("Drop it" and "Freeze"), but Billy fights off Levi, then captures and hog-ties Ike and heads back to Denny's.

In 313: The Arrival he races the truck back to Denny's and rams the wounded adult creature that Dom Druncard brought down, crushing it against the building, before hurrying Delilah Bevins, Zachary and the captive Ike Watson inside.

In 314: The Siege he drags the captive Ike Watson toward the stairs of the burning tavern as a sacrifice for the dead light and wounds one of the creatures crawling in through the north windows.

In 315: Legends Never Die he is overcome by panic at the sight of the alpha, drops Ike Watson and flees upstairs until Dr. Simeon's Command spell restores his senses.

In 316: The Last Stand he swears himself to Dr. Simeon, draws the ritual symbol on Ike Watson and performs the chant that feeds Ike to the dead light after it destroys the alpha.