Well, the Holy Spirit was once the Holy Ghost. Angels can manifest. Demons can manifest. The bible makes it evident that death does not leave room for one to wander as a spirit. However, creatures on a purely spiritual plane are shown to exist. So ghosts being spirits, yes. Ghosts being people, almost always no. I personally believe in them due to my own experience, but the Bible says what it says. Being a Catholic, that fact does not define everything I think.