Our Ghosts Are Different, and they look like refugees from the linens aisle. If ghosts in Western media aren't dressed as the deceased did in life, then chances are they're dressed as the deceased did in death. Originally, this meant grave clothes and a long, white, flowing burial shroud. If the same reasoning were applied to modern burial customs, it would mean that most ghosts would dress in their Sunday best, but the trope is seen as too cheesy in the present day to be updated in such a logical manner. Examples of Bedsheet Ghost include: