Charlene Hughes

Charlene Hughes is a college student who Phoebe met in the public library days before her finals. The two were in the same metaphysics class, taught by Charlene's father.

She has an interest in researching demons, and is writing a thesis to prove that they exist before a demon named Libris grabbed her and beheaded her in the basement of the library.

After her death, her spirit remains in the physical realm and only Phoebe is able to see her because of her witch status. Though she does not remember anything that happened before she was killed, Phoebe eventually tells her the truth. She refuses to believe, however, and runs home. There, she sees how her family mourned over her death, and so goes to the Charmed Ones to help them figure out how and where she was killed. Though she couldn't remember much, her collective memories were helpful enough to lure out Libris. Phoebe was pulled into the basement with him, and Charlene followed them in. By this time, she'd gotten a fairly quick handle on her new abilities as a ghost, and helped hold off the Libris until Prue vanquished him with a spell.

Since the Charmed Ones had gotten justice for her, Charlene should have been able to move on. However, she didn't, much to her frustration. The Charmed Ones figured out that she had to claim justice for another girl named Tyra Wilson who was murdered six months ago by a man named Gibbs.

With the help of her new powers, she is able to scare the truth out of Gibbs by making him think she's Tyra's ghost and has come back to haunt him. Gibbs is arrested, and Charlene finally moves on.

In the episode "Run Piper, run" in season 8, Billie says she has read in the Book of Shadows something about Charlene and how she scared Gibbs to gain the truth.

Appearances
Charlene Hughes appeared in a total of 1 episode in the series throughout the course of the series.


 * Season two
 * Ex Libris