Episode #182- What Were The Hell-Fire Clubs? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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The Irish Hellfire Club
The story of the devil exploding out of the Hellfire Club became the origin myth for that particular hole. Some traditions have it that the members of the club sacrificed black cats at rituals meant to summon the devil. According to one tradition, LaTrell and the others murdered a child with dwarfism during a particularly sadistic unholy ritual. A small human skeleton was unearthed in 1971 by a plumber contracted to do some renovations on the property. Were these the remains of a Hellfire victim? It's impossible to know.
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