A former robber (whose partner was his father) has reformed and is now running an insurance business with his girlfriend. An ex-partner frames him for a burglary. When his father gets out of prison, they go after the ex-partner.
Baxter Bodine thinks he's planned the perfect robbery. From an armored car at a local horseracing track, he and his friends have liberated a huge amount of money, hiding it deep in the woods with plans to return for it in one year- But Baxter planned wrong - and he gets a surprise visit from the LAPD. Now it's up to his friends to recover the cash.
Before he met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor, friendly ghost Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.