She's a bit of a mad scientist herself, with more engineering know-how than her brother had (he's mostly book smarts and she's more trial and error). She's definitely more outgoing and crazy than he is. It would seem, however, that Edison's influence on his children would turn them to an interest in the occult. This family tradition would continue all the way to the 20th century with Edison Spengler.
His experiments not only led to his violent death, but also turned his son away from magic and the occult altogether, devoting himself to the path of academics and science. Zedekiah Spengler, Eli's grandson, became a deranged dabbler in the occult. Rumors suggest Eli was also a member of a secret society of occultists and was responsible for creating powerful wards and runes which sealed dark entities away under Lewiston and Gotham town.
Peter introduced Egon to Ray and that cemented their friendship. Egon had only seen Julia stand up to his father. However, as Egon was confronting Peter, Edison Spengler called to tell Egon he read his latest paper and found it "trite." Sensing Egon's frustration and a chance to deflect Egon's interest in exposing him, Peter grabbed the phone and told Edison off, ending the call by saying he and Egon were off to "go score some parapsychology groupie girls."Įgon warmed to Peter instantly. Julia urged Egon to represent Ivy University at a parapsychology conference and there Egon met Peter Venkman.Īt first, Egon was bothered by this charlatan (as he reminded Egon of his own father). Though Egon was happy working close with Julia, she knew she had to send him on his way. Kapatelis turned out to be his former nanny, Julia. Kapatelis, who was interviewing Princess Diana of the Amazons, who was living proof of the validity of mythical stories. He could have become a multi-millionaire instantly if he accepted Lex Luthor's offer.īut Egon instead went to work a modest job with a modest wage as a researcher for Gateway University, simply because it allowed him to be close to Dr. Egon had job offers from several tech firms, universities, and corporations all over the globe. Egon never forgave that remark.Įgon quickly earned his degree, becoming a doctor in several fields by the time he was twenty-one.
When Egon was invited to join Ivy University's magnate program, Edison told his son that his placement there was only due to Edison's connections at the university. Manhattan could exist, then why couldn't Zeus or Odin? He rationalized that if a being such as Dr. Egon decided to apply his genius toward science in an attempt to find the truth. This interest would consume Egon throughout the rest of his childhood, convincing him to ignore the logical perspective and drove him to search for something hidden in the myths. Her name was Julia and she shared her intense passion for mythology with Egon. If had known any true compassion in his early life, it was from his much younger brother, Harry and a Greek foreign exchange student that nannied for the Spenglers one summer between her studies. Edison acknowledged Egon's genius but nothing Egon ever did was good enough. He once found part of a slinky, but he straightened it, not realizing its purpose. He hired a parade of attractive nannies to care for the boy and paid for uptight tutors to stress Edison's desire for Egon to have academic success. She essentially disappeared.Įdison Spengler, a professor at Ivy University known for sleeping with his students, took custody of the boy only after he met Katherine's parents and realized that if he did not take the child in, his son would be raised by "Midwestern Yokels." Despite 'rescuing' his son from such an upbringing, Edison did not bring much joy to Egon's life. Katherine did not return to school or her hometown. She asked her nurse to contact the boy's father and when the nurse left the room to do so, Katherine fled, leaving her newborn child behind with a note written in haste about how she was too young to be a mother. Egon's mother, Katherine, panicked after giving birth.