Bonus - Satanic Panic in Palmerstown
7 July - 26 mins explicit
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Mens Rea: A true crime podcast
This episode was originally published as a Patreon exclusive on 2 December 2018
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. 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.
No real explanation for the murder would ever emerge.
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