What Ash Kelley has said about Mass psychogenic illness
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jul 20, 2026
Ash Kelley, Co-host of the true crime podcast Morbid, has been quoted on Mass psychogenic illness 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
Kelley characterized the Hammersmith Ghost as a solid example of mass psychogenic illness.
“So the Hammersmith ghost is a very solid example of mass psychogenic illness, also known as mass hysteria”
Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 28:25
Kelley compared the Halifax hoaxes to the Salem witch trials and suggested boredom drove people to invent drama.
“It's very similar to the Salem Witch Trials. I think life was fucking boring back then”
Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 50:26
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 Mass psychogenic illness
- Alaina Urquhart · 1 quote
Ash Kelley on other topics
- Tillie Klimek murder case · 9 quotes
- Ghost sightings and hauntings · 9 quotes
- Perron family haunting · 8 quotes
- Eddy brothers · 6 quotes
- Disappearance of Amy Lynn Bradley · 5 quotes
- Halifax Slasher · 4 quotes
- Sensationalist press coverage of crime · 3 quotes
- 1990s nostalgia · 3 quotes