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infirmary | 11:42 Fri 06th Nov 2009 | Arts & Literature
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Can the stereotypical 'white sheet ghost' with clanking chains be traced back to a single source? I'm doing research for a documentary on ghosts and wondered if anyone could enlighten me about this stereotype?
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Pliny the Younger wrote about a ghost in chains - but even he seems to have heard the story somewhere...

http://eternallycool....d-rome-ghost-stories/
14:12 Fri 06th Nov 2009
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The white sheet is probably associated with a dead person being wrapped in a sheet or shroud. This has been the practice from time immemorial
16:31 Fri 06th Nov 2009
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I wonder if Victorian theatricals had any influence on the popular perception of this?
08:45 Sat 07th Nov 2009

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