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Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class, a production of IHeart Radio.

Hello and welcome to the podcast. I'm Holly Fry.

And I'm Tracy V. Wilson.

Happy almost Halloween.

Yeah. As I mentioned on an earlier episode this month, I haven't been as Halloween-y. I feel like as usual. I don't know if that's just the... The times. Anxiety lurking in the air everywhere around,

or if I'm just more of a skeptic than ever.

I don't know.

But anyway, this one is probably our most Halloween-y.

Today's episode covers a case of a lot of people believing there was a ghost hanging around.

And something that happened as a consequence of that concern over a ghost

that then became a huge legal battle.

This is a case of mistaken identity.

And I feel like it also needs a little bit of a heads up that there is some gun violence.

But it's also legally an interesting story

because this is a case that brought to light a problem in British law

that would have ramifications for a long time

before it was conclusively settled.

And we'll get into all of that today

as we talk about the Hammersmith Ghost Murder.

So, in late 1803, frightening accounts started circulating in Hammersmith, England.

Today, that is a borough of London.

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