The Hammersmith Ghost Returns Every 50 Years

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Alan Mertie says there's a rumor that the hammersmith ghost returns every 50 years. He went to St Paul's churchyard in Hammersmith for 150th anniversary of shooting. People said they saw a strange light flickering across the side of the church at midnight. But he believes it was 'weak rather pathetic manifestation' as compared with previous incidents.

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.

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