What Alaina Urquhart has said about Trial of Francis Smith (1804)
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 20, 2026
Alaina Urquhart, Co-host of Morbid, autopsy technician and author of the Butcher novels, has been quoted on Trial of Francis Smith (1804) 2 times in 1 episode of Morbid, most recently on July 20, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Urquhart argued that Millwood's failure to stop gave Smith no justification, since nobody must obey a stranger's order to stop.
“no one has an obligation to stop walking when some stranger tells them to stop walking”
Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 23:25
Urquhart said she did not believe Smith intended the outcome, but that he still killed someone.
“I don't think he, like, truly meant to do what he did, like, for it all to shake out the way that it did”
Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 22:43
Episodes
Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith GhostMorbid · Jul 20, 2026 · 54 min
Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart recount two English mass-hysteria cases: the 1803–04 Hammersmith Ghost killing and the 1938 Halifax Slasher panic.
Others on Trial of Francis Smith (1804)
- Ash Kelley · 1 quote
Alaina Urquhart on other topics
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- Murder of Martha Moxley · 4 quotes
- Green River killings · 3 quotes
- Green River Task Force · 3 quotes
- Police response to active shooters · 3 quotes