What Ash Kelley has said about Trial of Francis Smith (1804)
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 20, 2026
Ash Kelley, Co-host of the true crime podcast Morbid, has been quoted on Trial of Francis Smith (1804) once 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 recounted that Smith's death sentence was commuted after the judge took the case to the king.
“And in the end, Francis Smith was spared the death sentence and instead served one year of hard labor”
Morbid: Phantom Stalkers: The Halifax Slasher and The Hammersmith Ghost (Jul 20, 2026) · Listen from 25:13
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.
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