Three seminary students killed themselves in the same room at Ireland's Maynooth College, leaving behind bloodstains that won't wash out and a mystery the Catholic Church has tried to bury for over 180 years.

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IN THIS EPISODE: A pink house with heart-shaped windows sits atop a South Korean hill where hundreds of forgotten student soldiers were buried in unmarked graves after a devastating Korean War battle, their restless spirits now haunting the abandoned structure built unknowingly over their remains. (Haunted Yeongdeok) *** The brutal reign of John "Chicken" Devine ended at the gallows in 1873, but not before the hook-handed crimp became the most feared man on San Francisco's violent waterfront. (The Shanghai Chicken) *** When Portuguese colonizers brought their nightmares to Brazil, something changed in the telling — and the creature that emerged from those whispered stories still gallops through moonlit villages, dragging hell itself behind on a leash of spectral hounds. (Brazil’s Bestial Beast) *** Three young men killed themselves. A white-haired priest who lost his hair over one night. Bloodstains that have not washed out for over 180 years. In Room 2 of Maynooth's Rhetoric House lie secrets that the Catholic Church struggled to cover up. (Ghost Room of Maynooth)
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CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:01:40.463 = Show Open
00:03:30.652 = Ghost Room of Maynooth
00:17:03.185 = John “Chicken” Devine
00:28:51.818 = Brazils’ Bestial Beast
00:42:48.027 = Yeongdeok Haunted House
00:59:55.986 = Show Close
SOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Ghost Room of Maynooth: https://weirddarkness.com/ghost-room-maynooth-seminary/
John “Chicken” Devine: https://weirddarkness.com/shanghai-chicken-john-devine-san-francisco-crimp/
Brazil’s Bestial Beast:  https://weirddarkness.com/besta-fera-brazil/
Yeongdeok Haunted House: https://weirddarkness.com/yeongdeok-haunted-house-soldiers/
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EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/MaynoothGhost
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