John Herbert

John Herbert is an elderly pedophile who lives on Spooner Street with his old, crippled dog, Jesse. He has a high-pitched, very soft, effeminate voice and with a slight whistle lisp. He is often seen wearing a light blue robe and slippers and uses a zimmer-frame walker to get around. He is a retired United States Army veteran. He becomes fixated on Chris in "To Love and Die in Dixie" when Chris took up a paper route and developed an unhealthy obsession with him. When the family returned from the South, he left 113 messages asking what had happened to the paper boy. Herbert frequently seems to make inappropriate, sexually-tinged comments to teenage boys. It is revealed later on that he is the eldest member of the Skull and Bones secret society. He is shown to be Roman Catholic and goes to the same church as the Griffins in "Boys Do Cry".

Acts of Heroism

 * A giant tree was attacking Chris Griffin, but Herbert had fought that tree to the death.
 * Franz Gutentag was revealed to be a former Nazi, but Chris Griffin was hanging out with him. Chris had then discovered that he was a Nazi, and Gutentag locked him in the basement. Herbert eventually freed Chris and fought Gutantag to the death.