Not everyone becomes a ghost upon their death, so what is it that causes ghosts to become ghosts? Lets start with some wide generalities. What areas are usually considered haunted?
Battlefields. Think about it. Not the glorified battlefield so often shown in the movies but the reality of it. Think of the young soldier facing possible death, cannons and bullets flying, the screams of the mortally wounded, the horror of the blood and bodies scattered around, the terror as they press ever onward towards the enemy and suddenly, with no warning, die. Murder Scenes. Consider most of the ghost stories you have heard. Chances are the story behind it involves a murder. Often, the murder is emotionally charged. Where they killed by their lover? Were they trying to protect their child? Where they pulled from their home in the middle of the night and hung? Where they murdered by someone they trusted or surprised by an intruder? Murders are usually unexpected, sudden and emotionally charged. Graveyards. Not many people die in graveyards but due to the nature of what they are, they seem to be a logical place to find ghosts. Some ghosts seem to be “tied” to their home or their
