Join Paul Weatherhead at Calderdale Industrial Museum as he explains the history of imaginary assailants in Calderdale, as part of Halifax’s Goth Festival.
This is a brief history of imaginary assailants, including the London Monster, Spring-heeled Jack, the Halifax Slasher, the Halifax Dog Poisoner, Satanic Cat Killers, mad gassers and needle spikers…Paul will discuss the weird history of phantom attacker panics – when a community becomes convinced there is a bogeyman in the shadows leading to terror, hysteria, paranoia and violence.The talk will also include a Phantom Attacker Detection Kit: tips on how to recognise phantom attacker panics when they occur – and they will – for the Halifax Slasher is always with us…
Paul Weatherhead is the author of Weird Calderdale and co-author of Social Panics & Phantom Attackers: A Study of Imaginary Assailants.
Tickets are £5 and are available from The Book Corner or on Eventbrite.
