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Hammersmith Ghost. Towards the end of 1803 the people of hammersmith in west london began claiming they had seen or even been attacked by a ghostly apparition. The hammersmith ghost is a tale of hoaxes and hysteria in december 1803, that ended in tragedy the following month. Francis smith was tried for a willful murder, found guilty and sentenced to death, although his sentence was later commuted to one year’s labor. The specter was verifiably violent. The ghost was said to be of a man who had killed himself the year before and was buried in hammersmith’s churchyard. It assaulted men and women, and during its two month campaign. Find out how a plasterer was shot dead by a man who thought he was the ghost, and. People saw it in the churchyard cemetery. Learn about the mysterious case of the hammersmith ghost, a phantom that terrorized london in 1803. A central point of the case was whether or not smith’s mistaken belief that millwood was the ghost constituted a defense. A ghost haunted the hammersmith neighborhood of london in late 1803. The people of hammersmith had reported seeing a ghost for weeks now, and they were terrified.

The hammersmith ghost is a tale of hoaxes and hysteria in december 1803, that ended in tragedy the following month. Towards the end of 1803 the people of hammersmith in west london began claiming they had seen or even been attacked by a ghostly apparition. The specter was verifiably violent. Francis smith was tried for a willful murder, found guilty and sentenced to death, although his sentence was later commuted to one year’s labor. A ghost haunted the hammersmith neighborhood of london in late 1803. The ghost was said to be of a man who had killed himself the year before and was buried in hammersmith’s churchyard. It assaulted men and women, and during its two month campaign. Learn about the mysterious case of the hammersmith ghost, a phantom that terrorized london in 1803. People saw it in the churchyard cemetery. Find out how a plasterer was shot dead by a man who thought he was the ghost, and.

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Hammersmith Ghost Learn about the mysterious case of the hammersmith ghost, a phantom that terrorized london in 1803. A central point of the case was whether or not smith’s mistaken belief that millwood was the ghost constituted a defense. The ghost was said to be of a man who had killed himself the year before and was buried in hammersmith’s churchyard. The people of hammersmith had reported seeing a ghost for weeks now, and they were terrified. It assaulted men and women, and during its two month campaign. The specter was verifiably violent. The hammersmith ghost is a tale of hoaxes and hysteria in december 1803, that ended in tragedy the following month. A ghost haunted the hammersmith neighborhood of london in late 1803. People saw it in the churchyard cemetery. Francis smith was tried for a willful murder, found guilty and sentenced to death, although his sentence was later commuted to one year’s labor. Towards the end of 1803 the people of hammersmith in west london began claiming they had seen or even been attacked by a ghostly apparition. Learn about the mysterious case of the hammersmith ghost, a phantom that terrorized london in 1803. Find out how a plasterer was shot dead by a man who thought he was the ghost, and.