Hanging Elizabeth Reed: A Ghost Story

"Hanging Elizabeth Reed: A Ghost Story" (2020) is a documentary horror film that explores the true story of Elizabeth Reed, who in 1845 became the first woman to be hanged in Illinois for poisoning her husband Leonard with arsenic laced tea. The film examines the circumstances surrounding her arrest, trial, conviction, execution, burial, and afterlife, as well as folklore about her alleged ghostly presence that still haunts the countryside today.