There is perhaps no Halloween costume more clichéd than the easy-peasy “bedsheet ghost,” the most primitive of which can be fashioned with nothing but white linens and scissors for eyeholes.

For centuries, the cliched "bedsheet ghost" — consisting of a plain white sheet with two cutout holes for eyes — has been a classic representation of dead spirits, especially in entertainment ...

A "ghost photoshoot" challenge went viral on TikTok, with people from around the world taking and posting photos of themselves dressed in a bedsheet ghost costume. The trend drew criticism online ...

Meanwhile, the tragedy in Hammersmith failed to deter England’s many ghost impersonators. Pranksters and creeps alike continued wearing bedsheets in dark cemeteries and alleyways for almost ...

And how did it come to be that throwing on a bedsheet was all you needed for a ghost costume? The outfits we wear for Halloween have a story to tell—one often far removed from the historical ...

It is also, as it were, the film in which Casey Affleck plays a ghost wearing a bedsheet with holes cut out for eyes, like a child’s Halloween costume. That conceit both has nothing and ...

In fact, you hardly see his face at all in David Lowery’s A Ghost Story, which has become one of the most talked-about movies out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival following its world ...

As far as Halloween costumes go, the old bedsheet ghost is about as low-lift as they come. Unless you’re dressing up an entire fast-food restaurant, that is. A Burger King in Queens, New York is ...

It features the outline of a cartoony bedsheet-style ghost, which also doubles as the Snapchat mascot. In other areas of the app, as well as in earlier versions of the app's icon, you can see the ...