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The Hammersmith Ghost Case: Panic, Murder & a Legal Haunting

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In 1803, the village of Hammersmith in London was terrorized by reports of a ghost - a tall figure in white said to haunt the churchyard, attack travelers, and drive locals into hysterics. Fear spread so widely that armed patrols took to the streets to hunt the apparition.

Then, on a freezing January night, a man pulled the trigger on what he believed was that ghost… and killed an innocent bricklayer instead.

This episode of THS Case Files investigates the unforgettable Hammersmith Ghost case - a chilling blend of folklore, panic, tragedy, and one of the most important legal debates in British history.

You’ll hear:

  • The eerie encounters that set the village on edge

  • A dramatic reconstruction of the shooting

  • The surprising confession of the “real ghost”

  • Believer vs. skeptic perspectives

  • And the strange twist: how this case haunted English law for nearly two centuries

Was Hammersmith truly haunted?

Or did fear create a ghost where none existed?

Subscribe for more documentary-style deep dives into the strange, the unexplained, and the forgotten.

  continue reading

46 episodes

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In 1803, the village of Hammersmith in London was terrorized by reports of a ghost - a tall figure in white said to haunt the churchyard, attack travelers, and drive locals into hysterics. Fear spread so widely that armed patrols took to the streets to hunt the apparition.

Then, on a freezing January night, a man pulled the trigger on what he believed was that ghost… and killed an innocent bricklayer instead.

This episode of THS Case Files investigates the unforgettable Hammersmith Ghost case - a chilling blend of folklore, panic, tragedy, and one of the most important legal debates in British history.

You’ll hear:

  • The eerie encounters that set the village on edge

  • A dramatic reconstruction of the shooting

  • The surprising confession of the “real ghost”

  • Believer vs. skeptic perspectives

  • And the strange twist: how this case haunted English law for nearly two centuries

Was Hammersmith truly haunted?

Or did fear create a ghost where none existed?

Subscribe for more documentary-style deep dives into the strange, the unexplained, and the forgotten.

  continue reading

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