harry potter - How Did the House Ghosts End Up at Hogwarts?

In Tales of Beedle the Bard, Sir Nicholas (Nearly Headless Nick) is described as having been a wizard at the royal court before he was executed. His ghost then went on to Gryffindor Tower at Hogwarts.

It is true, of course, that genuine witches and wizards were reasonably adept at escaping the stake, block and noose [...] However, a number of deaths did occur: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington (a wizard at the royal court in his lifetime, and in his death-time, ghost of Gryffindor Tower) was stripped of his wand before being locked in a dungeon, and was unable to magic himself out of his execution [...]

_{Tales of Beedle the Bard - page 13 - Bloomsbury - The Wizard and the Hopping Pot}

How did the house ghosts end up at Hogwarts?

Nearly Headless Nick is referenced above.

The Bloody Baron (Slytherin) and Helena Ravenclaw both died in Albania, when the Bloody Baron killed Helena Ravenclaw and then himself. If they both died in Albania, how did they end up haunting Hogwarts? Albania and Hogwarts were quite a distance from each other.

Is any information available about the Fat Friar (Hufflepuff)? How did the Friar die and end up at Hogwarts?

Another way of asking this question is If the ghosts of the Hogwarts Houses were killed or died elsewhere, how did they end up at Hogwarts in their afterlife? Shouldn't they have haunted the place where they had died?

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Answer

A ghost haunts the place that has meaning to them.

Ravenclaw's daughter haunted where her mother lived. Bloody Baron was like a typical lovesick teenager and tagged along.

We don't have canon info of what attracted Nearly Headless Nick to Hogwarts, but it could be because it was the only place where he could freely socialize (and he's painted by JKR as a rather social fellow) - the Headless Hunt wouldn't have him, and possibly other ghosts would shun him as well since he's almost headless.