What is the public opinion on ghosts supposedly being the spirits of someone dying a violet death on earth?

Are they stuck here on earth until "judgement day" or are they actually evil spirits disguised to mislead mankind?

What is the public opinion on ghosts supposedly being the spirits of someone dying a violet death on earth?
They are demons taking the images of dead people.

When a person dies, their souls either go to heaven or hell.
Reply:Ask Sylvia Brown.
Reply:Well As stated by you there are evil spirits on earth and they do trouble people selectively. But there are people who their power of prayers are able to drive these spirits away.I have seen the violent actions of the spirits and how they are subdued.

I dont know about what others opine but it is no effect on me.
Reply:i once mistook a naked muslim man for a ghost
Reply:I think that ghosts are anyone who either wants to be here or who had unfinished business or who died violently. I don't know that they are stuck here until the end of the earth (which in my opinion will never come, the earth is made of matter and it has mass and energy, therefore it will only change shape and types of energy and never really die), but I believe they will stay till they want to go.
Reply:if you see an apparition how do you know it's a ghost?

could it be someone astral projecting, inwhich case it's not a ghost?

could it be that you're glimpsing another dimention, in which case it's not a ghost?

could it be a leprachan or alien(same thing) employing a cloaking devise, in which case it's not a ghost?

could it be scotty transporting someone into your home, in which case it's not a ghost?

now if it's lepracahns then they just may be here until the judgment because that's what the folklore says.