<p>This episode was originally published as a Patreon exclusive on 2 December 2018</p><p>In this episode we take a look at the little-known so-called "satanic" murder of John Horgan (7) in Palmerstown, Dublin in 1973. John and his family lived in a quiet neighbourhood of 9 houses backing on to a field. It was there that his 16 year old neighbour, Lorcan Bale, took him and struck him in the back of the head, killing him. &nbsp;Lorcan then brought John's body to the attic of his house - next door to the Horgan's - and trussed him up in the shape of a cross and in front of a home-made altar.</p><p>No real explanation for the murder would ever emerge.&nbsp;</p><p>PLEASE NOTE &nbsp;- For some reason - possibly autocorrect - I mention the "Skylark Hotel" in Dublin. No such hotel exists. What I meant&nbsp;to say was the Skylon Hotel. &nbsp;I was half right? Sorry guys! My bad.&nbsp;</p><p>Theme Song:&nbsp;</p><p>Quinn's Song: First Dance by Kevin McLeod&nbsp;</p><p>Sources:&nbsp;</p><p>“The Devil is in the Detail”, in <a href="http://Broadsheet.ie">Broadsheet.ie</a>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/page/382/">https://www.broadsheet.ie/2016/page/382/</a>&nbsp;22 June 2016</p><p>“Public servant and pillar of the church. guilty of the nation’s most gruesome ever ritual murder” from The Mail on Sunday <a href="https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/public-servant-and-pillar-of-the-church-guilty-of-the-nations-most-gruesome-ever-ritual-murder/">https://dialogueireland.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/public-servant-and-pillar-of-the-church-guilty-of-the-nations-most-gruesome-ever-ritual-murder/</a>&nbsp;14 August 2011</p><p>David Malone, The Boy in &nbsp;the Attic&nbsp;(Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing, 2011) &nbsp;Purchase <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Boy-Attic-Chilling-Real-Life-Satanic-ebook/dp/B005R20X2G/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1542570832&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=david+malone+boy+in+the+attic">here</a>&nbsp;</p>