If you're able to kill everyone without being seen (red bolt above their head) will you still get ghost?
Goes by the joke, "You can't get detected if there's no one to detect."
Possible to get Ghost (Never detected) but kill everyone
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Best Answer
As far as the 'Mission Stats' checkbox is concerned - yes, it is possible. Here is proof from a stealthy, super-lethal playthrough of mine of the 'House of Pleasure' mission (with no Shadow Kill). In the screenshot of the mission stats below, notice that there are 44 hostiles killed, 'Didn't Kill Anyone' is not checked, but 'Ghost (Never Detected)' is checked:
Basically, as long as no red 'marker' appears on an NPC or a wolfhound (dog), it won't count as detected. Three white 'markers' won't count as detected.
(Parts of this post are copied from an answer of mine in the question, Do “Bodies Found” Count Against Ghosting?)