Episode 198: The Hammersmith Ghost

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In the winter of 1803, residents outside of London reported strange encounters with a ghost. Some said it looked like Napoleon Bonaparte, or a horse without a head. Others said the ghost breathed fire and smoke. By Christmas, there was a “full-scale phantom panic.” Shortly after the New Year, one man decided he’d stop the ghost once and for all. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.2	It was the talk of the taverns over the Christmas season,
1:09.7	1803, 1804. Christmas is of course a great time for ghost stories and ghost story telling.
1:20.3	And it started to seem in Hammersmith as though the stories were rather coming to life.
1:30.0	In the winter of 1803, there were persistent stories of a strange,
1:37.2	robed figure, herambulating around Hammersmith Churchyard and in neighboring lanes.
1:46.0	People who claim to have seen the ghost described it in different ways.
1:50.4	Some said it looked like Napoleon Bonaparte.
1:53.2	And others said it looked like a horse without a head.
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