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In the second place, we immediately surmount the difficulty presented by the ghost's clothes

Date of account: Early twentieth century
Source: True Ghost Stories
Reference: True Ghost Stories · selected passage 48
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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In the second place, we immediately surmount the difficulty presented by the ghost's _clothes_. This is a stumbling-block to many investigators. However much we might believe that an etheric or astral or spiritual body might continue to persist after death, it is hard to believe that the clothes of the person who died also had "spiritual counterparts," and returned with him, to visit the earth and the scenes of former joys and miseries! We seldom read of a ghost without clothes; nude ghosts are not the fashion! Yet if we cannot believe this, how are we to explain this difficulty--and the fact that ghosts wear ghostly garments?

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Modern context

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The passage can support a history of claims and recurring descriptions. It does not establish a paranormal mechanism, and competing psychological, social and physical explanations remain relevant.

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