The time someone shot a ghost dead

[Eldorado 57,505]

"As one witness would later state in court, "it was an extreme [sic] dark night" in January 1804, and some people in Hammersmith were feeling uneasy.

"For the past three months, local residents had been reporting multiple sightings of a ghost around the area.

"But on this evening, the case would take a shocking turn, which would lead to a murder trial.

"The implications of the accused's defence wouldn't be resolved in English law until 180 years later."

Full story at the Londonist dot com: https://londonist.com/london/features/hammersmith-ghost-story-murder

[Desertrat56 21,571]

Well, the end of that tale was a bit disturbing.  Now there is a legal precedent that might be used again.  What's wrong with asking questions about what is going on before intervening?

Edited October 26, 2019 by Desertrat56

[TigerBright19 1,990]

Maybe it was the invisible sword's man?

 

 

 

[Desertrat56 21,571]

16 hours ago, Aaron2016 said:

Maybe it was the invisible sword's man?

 

 

 

One of my favorite movies.  Thanks.

[Matt221 6,166]

And that's why you never see anyone on any of the those ghost hunting programs use a twelve bore shotguns it not big and it's not clever .

[godnodog 1,446]

21 hours ago, Aaron2016 said:

Maybe it was the invisible sword's man?

 

 

 

OMG I love the 3 Amigos

[Scholar4Truth 3,009]

How can one shoot a ghost? they are already dead. 

[jowasmus 187]

On 10/27/2019 at 3:48 PM, Scholar4Truth said:

How can one shoot a ghost? they are already dead. 

The problem here is that the original ghost wasn't actually a ghost, but somebody trying to scare somebody else wearing a sheet. I wonder what would have happened had the man shot the man wearing a sheet. Would he still have gotten sentenced killing a man dressed as a ghost while hunting a ghost back at the time when the reports were going on? Would have made an interesting case. LOL

['Walt' E. Kurtz 7,205]

Trespassers will be 

21 minutes ago, jowasmus said:

The problem here is that the original ghost wasn't actually a ghost, but somebody trying to scare somebody else wearing a sheet. I wonder what would have happened had the man shot the man wearing a sheet. Would he still have gotten sentenced killing a man dressed as a ghost while hunting a ghost back at the time when the reports were going on? Would have made an interesting case. LOL

Trespassers will be shot survivors again :-) 

[jowasmus 187]

On 10/28/2019 at 4:54 PM, 'Walt' E. Kurtz said:

Trespassers will be 

Trespassers will be shot survivors again :-) 

The proverbial "BOOM! There it is!" LOL