The Halifax Slasher was the supposed attacker in an incident of mass hysteria that occurred in the town of Halifax, England, in November 1938, following a series of reported attacks on local people, mostly women; the hysteria spread elsewhere and was partly blamed on an earlier slashing scare from the 1920s.
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Classification
Type of PhenomenonSocial or Interpersonal Phenomenon 1 First Described YearFirst reported November 1938, Halifax England Connections
In Branch
Source Halifax Slasher (Wikipedia)
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1. Halifax Slasher (Wikipedia)
- Wikipedia Halifax Slasher lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psych-diag-0926, keyword classification against phenomenon-kind enum definitions, hand-checked)
Wikipedia lead/Background section
The Halifax Slasher was the supposed attacker in an incident of mass hysteria that occurred in the town of Halifax, England, in November 1938.
In Branch: Abnormal Psychology, Lead sentence
The Halifax Slasher was the supposed attacker in an incident of mass hysteria that occurred in the town of Halifax, England, in November 1938 following a series of reported attacks on local people, mostly women.
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