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Podcast: Haunted American History
Episode: Presenting - Macabrium - The Murder Hole Room: Hauntings at Leap Castle, Part 1
Description: Leap Castle in Ireland is home to numerous stories of real-life hauntings. In this first episode of a multi-part series, the two legends known as “The Bloody Chapel” and “The Red Lady,” two of its earliest tragedies, help to create the malevolent energy bound to the castle’s limestone halls.
In “The Bloody Chapel,” the O’Carroll family’s heir, a gentle priest, is murdered by his brother over the inheritance of the castle’s lordship - during Mass, right in front of the congregation.
In “The Red Lady,” centuries later, another lord of the O’Carroll dynasty contin...