Around a year ago, I stumbled across a murder case which seemed super odd. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I won\u2019t go into it in any detail at the minute, but it started me down a small rabbit hole that distracted me for part of the first lockdown, when the pandemic hit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then, I drifted away from it, but it wouldn\u2019t drift away from me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About a month ago, I started looking at it again and from there, things just spiralled out of control. Those who don\u2019t really pay attention to Northern Ireland would have no clue how things worked here through the Troubles (and today, if we\u2019re honest), but what I was reading would shock some of those who know all too well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Could it be true? Is it actually worse than the rumours suggest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today was a day when it would have been really easy to fall down the conspiracy rabbit-hole and it\u2019s clear to see how so many do. A lot of the people who are writing about this stuff believe some batshit nonsense, but they are also capable of compiling a lot of data that\u2019s actually useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sifting through it for information I could use (after I verify) while ignoring the other stuff (or trying to disprove, it if I can) takes a bit of effort. Just as I found myself slipping down the satanic wormhole to oblivion, the author of one of the texts shocked me back to reality with talk of fake moon landings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I appreciated it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I won\u2019t lie, though, the right-wing crazies have a few credible ideas when you see what really did go on here in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They extrapolate too far, however. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today, for example, I was reading about how the Shankill Butchers killed their victims based on the Satanic Calendar, while the RUC protected and covered for them in service of their pedo-overlords, or something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elements of that are correct. The Shankill Butchers did kill people and, in those killings, there was a lot of blood. There tends to be when you torture people and then slice their throats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were also likely protected by the RUC, but because the members of the RUC shared their hatred of \u2018the other side\u2019, not to protect a global Satanic cabal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This seemed like an easy one to disprove \u2013 lineup the dates of the Satanic calendar and put them beside the dates of the known killings by the Butchers. So, I added that to my list of things to check but my brain demanded an immediate answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Shankill Butchers<\/a> killed a confirmed 22 people. Nine of those were shot, and, while I\u2019m no expert, I\u2019m fairly sure that isn\u2019t part of any Satanic Ritual involving blood magic. Similarly, one victim was killed by a bomb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two were beaten to death because of a personal dispute, one was poisoned before being shot (another personal dispute) and their final victim, 48-year-old Joseph Donegan, whose only \u2018crime\u2019 was being in the wrong place at the wrong time, was beaten to death like 33-year-old Norman Maxwell, who had suffered from a learning disability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another was killed with a hatchet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That leaves six who had their throats slashed, the supposed key element that marks the Shankill Butchers out as Satanists. Their names were Francis Crossen, Thomas Quinn, Frances Rice, Stephen McCann, Joseph Morrissey, and Francis Cassidy. Gerard McLaverty had his wrists slashed, but survived the attack to help bring the gang down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of them were innocent civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So, if Mr. Conspiracy is correct, the seven dates on which those men were brutally attacked should line up with the Satanic calendar (I\u2019m witting this as I check so, like you, I don\u2019t know if they do yet). I don\u2019t expect them to, but who knows?<\/p>\n\n\n\n These are the dates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019ve never seen a Satanic calendar before, so I\u2019ve no clue what to expect as I hit Google.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first thing I notice is that, unlike when you type in \u2018calendar\u2019 to Google and you are presented with a range of calendars, when you type in \u2018Satanic calendar\u2019 you are not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 4th<\/sup> link down is a link to a group on, shock, horror, Facebook<\/a>, and it lists all the apparent dates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The first Butcher murder on the list is 25 November and that\u2019s a few weeks too late to get in on the High unholy Days that take place at the start of that month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Next, 6 February and, nope, that\u2019s nothing in the calendar either, coming four days after \u2018Candlemass\u2019 to initiate new members along with animal or human sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As that\u2019s the only thing Satan worshipers have going on that month, that also rules out 22 February, the third date on the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m starting to think this theory, like so many in this vast conspiracy of nonsense that detracts from the real institutionalised child abuse that has happened (and continues to happen) for as long as anyone can remember, has come from somebody who thought they saw a ghost, didn\u2019t bother to check and then went around telling everybody ghosts are real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The killing that took place on 30 October, 1976, did indeed fall on a date in the Satanic calendar \u2013 Satanist high unholy days which are related to Halloween and are meant to involve human sacrifice. It seems likely that somebody noticed this coincidence and didn\u2019t bother to check any of the other dates before formulating their theory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The killing that took place on 3 February is close enough to convince someone willing the facts to fit their theory, given that Candlessmass is on 2 February. I have to assume, however that the calendar, like all other calendars, is more than just \u2018suggested dates\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Neither of the remaining two dates, 30 March and 10 May, fall on a special day, leaving us with one out of nine that does. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m fairly sure that\u2019s more \u2018coincidence\u2019 than \u2018pattern\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just to be sure, I also cross-referenced the dates of their other killings and only two could, at a stretch, be said to fit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hatchet attack on 2 August would place the killing between Lammas day on 1 August and Satanic revels on 3, but, as I mentioned, I don\u2019t think that counts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The other was the Butcher\u2019s last known murder, that of Joseph Donegan who was abducted, tortured and beaten to death. That happened on 24 October, right in the middle of the \u2018Sacrifice preparation\u2019 which runs from 22-24 of the month. But note that is just \u2018preparation\u2019. The \u2018sacrifice\u2019 is not meant to take place until 28-30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Out of 22 victims, only one died on a day that is marked in the Satanic Calendar making this rumour total and utter nonsense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m not entirely sure why the systematic abuse of children, some of whom were murdered, by those charged with protecting them isn\u2019t enough for some people? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Why can\u2019t we be horrified by that alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m going to keep on investigating what does look like it is a massive story but there is a lot to trawl through, and not all of it comes from what you can call \u2018sane\u2019 sources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I will publish updates regularly, along with points of interest that I come across with the end goal of putting it all in a book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019d like to help support me as I do that, you can donate here <\/a>(or help by buying some merch)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Similarly, if you have any information that you think might be helpful, please get in touch<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As I go on, more will become clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\nCan you help?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n