# Median age of ghosts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 29, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002 "2018-06-29T16:54:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/21 "2018-07-01T00:51:56Z")

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[quote=“Warm\_blood, post:15, topic:817002”]

I believe they wear the clothes that they wore at the time of their deaths.  
At least that’s what movies and TV taught me. _shrugs_[/

So if someone expires while doing the deed their ghost is nekkid?

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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:** [July 1, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/22 "2018-07-01T01:05:17Z")

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If we are suspending scientific truth. I want ghost pets. I think I would prefer them, in fact.  
My cats are already evil. It’s just a short hop to malevolent spirit.IMO

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/23 "2018-07-01T05:47:26Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> If we are suspending scientific truth. I want ghost pets. I think I would prefer them, in fact.  
> My cats are already evil. It’s just a short hop to malevolent spirit.IMO

Or femalevolent, as the case may be. 🙂

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/24 "2018-07-01T05:50:26Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Dibs on the porn name.

Dang. I’ll have to make do with “Flashy Mahatma” - doesn’t have the same exotic frisson. 🙂

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**Post date:** [July 1, 2018, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/25 "2018-07-01T06:07:14Z")

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> [@DavidwithanR](#):
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> Or femalevolent, as the case may be. 🙂

One of each.

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**Author:** ![K2500](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f6c823/32.png) [@K2500](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K2500)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/median-age-of-ghosts/817002/26 "2018-07-06T02:03:45Z")

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> [@Sage\_Rat](#):
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> It looks like most homicide victims are male (perhaps around 75%). Assuming that to be true through history, and that violence in general being a cause of enghostment, then I think we would expect most ghosts to be male and probably a significant amount of them to be soldiers.
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> Is that true?

As I recall the murder or enslavement of entire civilian populations was once a normal war time activity, and until fairly recently disease was the leading cause of death for soldiers in the field by a wide margin.

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