Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost
This episode of Morbid dives into two chilling tales of mass hysteria in British history: the Hammersmith Ghost panic of 1804, which ended in a tragic mistaken shooting, and the 1938 Halifax Slasher hoax, where public fear spiraled out of control due to fabricated attacks. Both stories
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