The story of the Hammersmith Ghost is the perfect example of what happens when belief and fear meet each other in the street. In 1804, Hammersmith residents were terrorizing each other into the superstition that there was a ghost roaming the streets, leading to a fatal encounter whose lines had been blurred between history and legend. This episode explores what happened to Thomas Millwood, shot and killed by Francis Smith, a man who believed he was defending his community from a specter. The trial that followed posed legal questions of novel kind and tested the very pillars of justice in the face of confrontation with convergence of belief in the supernatural and responsibility for conduct. Through this report, not only do we set foot in the historical context but also the long-lasting influence that this horrifying story has imparted upon English judicial precedents and societal attitudes towards fear.

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