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Join me in The Red Treehouse as we explore a scary and disturbing case--The Boy in the Attic. In Dublin, Ireland in June 1973, a teenage boy murdered his neighbor, 7-year-old John Horgan. If that weren't unsettling enough, the details of the murder involve religion, Satanism, the occult, and ritual sacrifice.

What compelled Lorcan Bale to commit such a heinous crime? And was he influenced by the Devil, or did he simply act out his own terrifying fantasy?

Join me in The Red Treehouse to find out!

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Into the Dark by Shakibhasansayed

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Sources:

Malone, D. (2011). The Boy in the Attic. Mainstream Publishing.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/coroner-hears-evidence-of-violent-death-of-boy-in-1973-1.581062

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/kidnapped-child-was-murdered-in-satanic-rite/26737369.html

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/inquest-recalls-the-1973-killing-of-a-young-boy-that-shocked-nation/26736031.html

https://www.broadsheet.ie/tag/lorcan-bale/

https://www.thefreelibrary.com/STILL+HAUNTED+BY+BOY+IN+THE+ATTIC%3B+1970s+crucifix+murder+leaves+garda...-a0269609006

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