If the ghosts are of ded contemporary physicists they're probably haunting the region of space that our solar system occupied in the galaxy when they died.
Depends what reference frame they died in. If it's inertial, they'll be in an orbit, and will spend most of their time falling through the Earth's deep interior. Occasionally, they'll surface.
It depends on how quickly each piece is replaced. It takes some time for the ghost to attach to new boatds and beams. And thats of course not considering haunted indian burial grounds, creepy mirrors or goth chicks moving in, that yhrows the calculations way off.
I mean goth chicks moving in would likely accelerate the attachment rate by 100 fold for horny teenage boy ghosts, but likely increase the attachment time by 1000 fold for old widow ghosts.
New ghost busting method: just keep replacing floorboards one at a time until you find the one that the ghost is attached to, then send it to landfill.
Build an entire new home all out of materials from previous haunted houses with ghosts attached to them and have them brawl it out battle royale style. Every nail, Every board, Every strut should come with a ghost.
I actually love this idea as the big boss for a paranormal investigation table top. Have the villain of the story build a haunted mansion out if stollen ghosts.
I heard a ghost story about a college dorm that caught on fire and burned to the ground. The school rebuilt it but the floors were spaced differently so the ghost would appear at the old floor's level. So half a ghost popping up through the floor or little ghost legs popping down for the ceiling.
It seems to me that ghost location is relative to sea level. Maybe they attach to the closest neat rock in the case of a fire. Anyway, tumbling them for several weeks seems to detach the ghosts because my rock collection shows no signs of apparitions.
ghosts are like fungus in the timber, sure you can replace every part one-by-one and they go away, but miss one and the smell won't go out and re-infect the whole house. so it's not really worth it.
If you give the new pieces enough marinating time for the ghosts to penetrate them, then no. Of course marination time depends on the density of the material you are replacing and potency of the ghost.
For example, a hardwood floor with a benign Casper like presence probably will need a few centuries, whereas insulation foam with something more akin to the demon from the exorcist needs a few weeks. Times and temperatures will also vary by altitude and local climate and alignment to laylines.
According to the (more sciencey) haunt investigation shows, most haunty effects are from old plumbing, inappropriately shielded magnetic fields, air pressure, and so on.
So if you fix all the problems in the process of replacing the house, such as modernizing the electrical wiring, then yeah, the venue will become less haunted.
If, however, you fail to remove the bodies, proverbially or otherwise, you'll just piss off the ghosts.
It depends on the type of haunting, and also what's keeping them there. In my experience they could be attached to anything from an entire room to a single item, like a matchbook. In any case usually a good fire and total demolition of said location would be best.
I think it actually depends on the ghost. Like if you replace part of the car, it will still haunt it. But if you replace all the parts at once, the car will be significantly less haunted.
Similary, if you rebuild a building to be similar, but not quite same, the place is still haunted. But if you like build a mall, it would be significantly less haunted.
I had an interesting experience in an abandoned residential school I broke into with my friends when I was a teenager. The first time I went, we broke down the barricades nailed over the windows, and once inside found it to be full of old classroom stuff. There were tons of spooky moments we all collectively shared from that night (feeling like someone was watching us from different class rooms, a dense and fearful energy in the cages found in the basement, a super ominous feeling in the small crawlspace, and voices heard in hallways etc) I decided to return with my friends after about 6 times, but the second time around it would seem far more people broke in, a lot more barriers were torn down, a lot of classroom items taken. that second time none of the intense energies seemed to be there,.almost like the place hollowed out
I'm not sure obviously if it was just Me less scared of the place coming back the second time, but I do feel like I have some extra sensory perception, and it was honestly really interesting to feel the difference in vibes, almost like when more people entered and took more stuff, the energies left through the open windows and broken down doors along with them.
Maybe... Depends on how you believe in ghosts. Some beliefs say wood can hold the spirits, so if that's what you think I imagine replacing the ghost filled wood would remove the ghosts.
If you don't believe in ghosts at all, well, then this is kind of a weird thing to ask. 🤷♂️
Or one can take it as a nice though experiment, despite the non existence of ghosts. It can be a fun question to answer that way, without it being a shitty one.
I own the axe that George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. Of course I’ve had to replace the handle. And the head. But it occupies the same space.
It depends on what you do with the replaced pieces. If you rebuild the house somewhere else the ghost might go there. Or maybe the ghost gets split between the two houses. Or it goes back and forth. Or... I don't know, which one is the old house?
depends the type of haunting if its tied to the place, then replacing it wont matter, if its a poltergeist that also wont do anything. unless its specific to the house materials then yes.
With the caveat that this is all make-believe, it seems like your typical ghost is anchored to a location, not some specific piece of wood or plaster within that location that could be replaced thus "removing" the ghost. They are well known for passing through physical matter as if it weren't there, so the idea that they would be somehow pegged to a specific piece of physical matter doesn't seem right. Ghosts are also known for haunting things are newly built on the site of old haunted houses or graveyards, which also points to not being able to dissolve ghosts simply by destroying or altering the physical area around the site of the haunting. Thanks for coming to my lecture lol.
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In the immortal words of Stan Lee. "It's a story, it depends on what the writer decides."
What if they're haunting the physical location and not just the building? I'll have to check the ghost handbook.
If the ghosts are of ded contemporary physicists they're probably haunting the region of space that our solar system occupied in the galaxy when they died.
So mostly floating in space
Moon's haunted
Depends what reference frame they died in. If it's inertial, they'll be in an orbit, and will spend most of their time falling through the Earth's deep interior. Occasionally, they'll surface.
Moral: Don't be a physicist.
Let me know what you find
If you dig the location up enough do they leave or haunt it more? Just sort of angrily floating where the ground used to be?
It depends on how quickly each piece is replaced. It takes some time for the ghost to attach to new boatds and beams. And thats of course not considering haunted indian burial grounds, creepy mirrors or goth chicks moving in, that yhrows the calculations way off.
I mean goth chicks moving in would likely accelerate the attachment rate by 100 fold for horny teenage boy ghosts, but likely increase the attachment time by 1000 fold for old widow ghosts.
New ghost busting method: just keep replacing floorboards one at a time until you find the one that the ghost is attached to, then send it to landfill.
Landfills must be full of angry ghosts from demolished buildings.
Build an entire new home all out of materials from previous haunted houses with ghosts attached to them and have them brawl it out battle royale style. Every nail, Every board, Every strut should come with a ghost.
I actually love this idea as the big boss for a paranormal investigation table top. Have the villain of the story build a haunted mansion out if stollen ghosts.
I heard a ghost story about a college dorm that caught on fire and burned to the ground. The school rebuilt it but the floors were spaced differently so the ghost would appear at the old floor's level. So half a ghost popping up through the floor or little ghost legs popping down for the ceiling.
It seems to me that ghost location is relative to sea level. Maybe they attach to the closest neat rock in the case of a fire. Anyway, tumbling them for several weeks seems to detach the ghosts because my rock collection shows no signs of apparitions.
Do you know if they use Swiss or German sea level?
ghosts are like fungus in the timber, sure you can replace every part one-by-one and they go away, but miss one and the smell won't go out and re-infect the whole house. so it's not really worth it.
If you give the new pieces enough marinating time for the ghosts to penetrate them, then no. Of course marination time depends on the density of the material you are replacing and potency of the ghost.
For example, a hardwood floor with a benign Casper like presence probably will need a few centuries, whereas insulation foam with something more akin to the demon from the exorcist needs a few weeks. Times and temperatures will also vary by altitude and local climate and alignment to laylines.
Professional ghostbuster right there
No. Ghosts are bound by contract to the
screeningshooting location, not the props.Are they attached to the physical house or to the idea of the house?
And do we see Platonic ghosts themselves, or just their shadow?
Depends. Did you replace the hidden summoning place or the Indian burial ground, too?
Ghost stories are about haunted and damaged people. Not actual ghosts. So no, the individual/s being haunted would still be haunted.
ghost stories are mostly about microorganisms that people couldn't see before microscopes were invented.
I'm sure some are about carbon monoxide.
Most ghost stories I've read have been about haunted places and haunted things
According to the (more sciencey) haunt investigation shows, most haunty effects are from old plumbing, inappropriately shielded magnetic fields, air pressure, and so on.
So if you fix all the problems in the process of replacing the house, such as modernizing the electrical wiring, then yeah, the venue will become less haunted.
If, however, you fail to remove the bodies, proverbially or otherwise, you'll just piss off the ghosts.
It depends on the type of haunting, and also what's keeping them there. In my experience they could be attached to anything from an entire room to a single item, like a matchbook. In any case usually a good fire and total demolition of said location would be best.
Please tell us about your experience.
Ohh I don't like to talk shop off hours. Maybe another time
According to the documentary "Ghosts", the inhabitants of Button House are unable to leave the area. Despite some of tfem predating the house.
Sissyphus's boulder rolled down and demolished that house, is Sissyphus happy?
One must imagine Sisyphus happy, the haunted house of Theseus was really driving down property values.
at least the area is still connected with public transport. the trolley service is great, hopefully no one ties anyone on the rails.
No, they are haunting the location, not just the house.
Does this mean if you die on a moving vehicle, your haunting spot keeps on moving in whatever direction?
I think it actually depends on the ghost. Like if you replace part of the car, it will still haunt it. But if you replace all the parts at once, the car will be significantly less haunted.
Similary, if you rebuild a building to be similar, but not quite same, the place is still haunted. But if you like build a mall, it would be significantly less haunted.
AKA buying a new one?
Only if you junk the old one in the same place. /s
There are no ghosts.
Isn't that exactly what a ghost would say?! 😯
You’re right. Booooooooooooooooo!
I had an interesting experience in an abandoned residential school I broke into with my friends when I was a teenager. The first time I went, we broke down the barricades nailed over the windows, and once inside found it to be full of old classroom stuff. There were tons of spooky moments we all collectively shared from that night (feeling like someone was watching us from different class rooms, a dense and fearful energy in the cages found in the basement, a super ominous feeling in the small crawlspace, and voices heard in hallways etc) I decided to return with my friends after about 6 times, but the second time around it would seem far more people broke in, a lot more barriers were torn down, a lot of classroom items taken. that second time none of the intense energies seemed to be there,.almost like the place hollowed out I'm not sure obviously if it was just Me less scared of the place coming back the second time, but I do feel like I have some extra sensory perception, and it was honestly really interesting to feel the difference in vibes, almost like when more people entered and took more stuff, the energies left through the open windows and broken down doors along with them.
Maybe... Depends on how you believe in ghosts. Some beliefs say wood can hold the spirits, so if that's what you think I imagine replacing the ghost filled wood would remove the ghosts.
If you don't believe in ghosts at all, well, then this is kind of a weird thing to ask. 🤷♂️
They're facing ghosts where the others will not.
Probably not, because when one piece gets replaced the ghosts in the surrounding pieces inhabit the new piece before another piece can be replaced.
Turns out ghosts were just termites all along.
Grossest episode of Scooby-Doo yet.
Since ghosts aren't real and were never there to begin with, they can't really "go away", so I'm going to say no.
Boooo
You're boring
OP should've posted to ![email protected], if they want meme answers. If they want a factual answer, then "ghosts don't exist" is that.
Or one can take it as a nice though experiment, despite the non existence of ghosts. It can be a fun question to answer that way, without it being a shitty one.
Thats how I thought of it, i dont actually believe in ghosts lol
Maybe people just confuse extradimensional beings as ghosts
Extradimesional is literally just a more sciency-sounding way of saying "the spirit world", with all the exact same tropes involved.
So, extradimensional beings don't exist.
Ah we have a denier. You'll see :)
I own the axe that George Washington used to chop down the cherry tree. Of course I’ve had to replace the handle. And the head. But it occupies the same space.
is this a sneaky John Dies at the End reference?
No, they get stronger as they modernize.
Just wait until they figure out how to get on the wifi.
You'd probaly have to ask a ghost for that.
It depends on what you do with the replaced pieces. If you rebuild the house somewhere else the ghost might go there. Or maybe the ghost gets split between the two houses. Or it goes back and forth. Or... I don't know, which one is the old house?
Ghosts have to go somewhere, so you have to rebuild the original house to lure them away
Merasmus is that you?
Unfortunately as long as the idea of the haunted house persists, you'll have to keep dealing with the nonsense.
They will haunt whoever replaces the parts
If there were a phone in the house, who ya gonna call?
depends the type of haunting if its tied to the place, then replacing it wont matter, if its a poltergeist that also wont do anything. unless its specific to the house materials then yes.
No, they’d throw a huge as party happy to have new digs.
Yes.
no but the elves and fairies would get banished back to their lands.
Would a court order for the ghost to vacate a property work? Assuming there not a libertarian.
With the caveat that this is all make-believe, it seems like your typical ghost is anchored to a location, not some specific piece of wood or plaster within that location that could be replaced thus "removing" the ghost. They are well known for passing through physical matter as if it weren't there, so the idea that they would be somehow pegged to a specific piece of physical matter doesn't seem right. Ghosts are also known for haunting things are newly built on the site of old haunted houses or graveyards, which also points to not being able to dissolve ghosts simply by destroying or altering the physical area around the site of the haunting. Thanks for coming to my lecture lol.