The History of Bedsheet Ghosts

Sinister Sisters

Happy Halloween boos & ghouls! 👻
We are thrilled to throw on our costumes and rip the shiny wrapper off on our spooktacular October series, featuring deep dives on specific spooky topics related to the history of All Hallows’ Eve! 🎃
In Part 3 of this month-long series, Lauren uncovers the history of the most classic icons of Halloween: the bedsheet ghost! Dating back to the 19th century, this simple yet scary imagery began with the very real and very macabre process of wrapping dead bodies in burial shrouds instead of coffins! “Look, no feet!” Lauren goes onto explore bedsheet ghosts many appearances in pop culture, in everything from Beetlejuice to Charlie Brown to E.T. as well as ghost impersonators and even a real life bedsheet ghost murder! Sheet just got scary.
We hope you enjoy these hair-raising Halloween episodes in October! Stay tuned for more tricks & treats and in the meantime: reach out to us on Instagram at @sinistersisterspodcast if you have more topic ideas for us to cover!