# How long do ghosts live?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 4, 2018, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848 "2018-01-04T13:58:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/101 "2018-01-05T19:02:39Z")

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Seriously, Who you gonna call?

p.s. what the hell is a Fey?

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**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/102 "2018-01-05T19:11:59Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Seriously, Who you gonna call?

Also, if Ghostbusters is considered an authoritative source in this discussion (and I honestly can’t see a reason it shouldn’t be - it was driven by Dan Akroyd’s legitimate interest in the paranormal) then the answer to “how long do ghosts live” is clearly “way too long - they’re bad neighbors”.

> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> p.s. what the hell is a Fey?

A member of the ‘fair folk’: elves, fairies, brownies and the like. More specifically we’re talking about something closer to Tolkien elves than Keebler elves, and closer to socipathic monsters than Tolkien elves.

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/103 "2018-01-05T19:15:16Z")

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Think Tooth Fairy…with pliers and a castle made entirely of human teeth.

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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/104 "2018-01-05T19:21:30Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> [I beg to differ.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk1ELdPIN4A)

Look around you is simply brilliant! It’s seriously dumbed down for children though, so you should cite the underlying research.

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**Author:** ![Jubilee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4af34b/32.png) [@Jubilee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jubilee)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/105 "2018-01-06T19:26:31Z")

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I don’t get why you’re so convinced of the cat’s innocence in this matter…animal telepathy is certainly as plausible an explanation, and your cat is probably more inclined (than some dead guy you never knew) to “just mess witb you.”

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-do-ghosts-live/805848/106 "2018-01-06T20:02:10Z")

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The cat’s telepathic claws could easily be mistaken for the little cuts described in the OP … I think you’ve cracked it, Jubilee!

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