The Hellfire Club

In South County Dublin, Ireland there is a large wooded area in the mountains that has a famous hill known as Montpelier Hill. It is popular amongst dog walkers, evening strollers and campers alike, as the scenery is beautiful and filled with air of relaxation. At the top of the hill overlooking County Dublin lies today an old building in ruins, but this building wasn't always this way, in fact the run down building has so much dark and satanic history to it that no one would dare spend a night here alone even after all that time had passed.

Before the Hellfire Club began there was a passage grave with a cairn that lay on top of the hill. One of the wealthiest men in Ireland was said to have built a hunting lodge over the cairn, destroying it in the process. The roof of the lodge was damaged not long after through a rough storm that passed by the lodge one night. People close to the scene at the time say that it wasn't the work of the storm that damaged the roof but it was the work of angry spirits that were seeking revenge for the fact that the cairn had been destroyed.

In 1975 a man named Parsons, who was known for his liking to enter the realm of black magic founded the Hellfire Club. It was a club of secrecy that met in unknown locations that varied in order to protect their identity. Sex, alcohol and gambling were the usual antics of the night at the club and they even dressed up like the Devil and danced around until the early hours of the morning. Parsons was given the name "The King of Hell" by his fellow members, who looked up to him as i he had a direct line to their beloved Satan himself. They worshiped Satan so much that at each meeting they left a seat vacant in the hope that he would turn up sometime. They also held what was known as black masses where they decorated in satanic art and sacrificed black cats and sometimes even the servants that were forced into this role.

Another famous tragedy that took place here was the murder of a local farmhouse man, who one day went up to the club to learn more about what took place there.The next morning, he was found dead by two men, one being the local priest. They both entered the club full of rage over what had happened and were shocked to what they had been greeted with. A full banquet had been laid out with all the members sitting in what was like a trance as a large black cat (a lot bigger than the ones that were sacrificed at the meetings) was prowling around the members in a circle. The priest noticed that this was no ordinary cat, it had horns growing out from the top of its head and hooves for paws. The priest who had some holy water on him splashed the large cat but it just looked back at him with its eyes turning red before vanishing into thin air. The priest ran outside and found the guy he came in with lying on the ground dead, deep claw marks all over his body.

As the members of the club were all getting old and recognised that they don't have much time left, they decided to burn the building down with them all inside. This was a way of both getting rid of any evidence of what took place here but also the fact that what they had; the secrecy and debauchery would die with them.

In more recent time people still feared this place. No one has ever spent a night here and not reported some sort of strange activity. A couple that camped just outside the building said they had witnessed their campfire acting very odd; rising to at least seven feet in height and then lowering again before extinguishing. Then as they tried to light another fire it would not work on that spot, they had to move their camp to get a fire lighting.

Another man who had a fascination for the supernatural and paranormal got exactly what he wished for one night. He said to have witnessed objects not only moving but flying across the room at random parts of the night. His EMF meter exploded and he could also hear the helpless purring of cats but they weren't anywhere to be seen. The man didn't last the whole night, leaving halfway through when visions of men and women being sacrificed haunted his every move.

Of course not every time people visit the Hellfire Club something frightening happens, it seems to only happen at special times that no one can predict. Nothing has been reported for nearly fifteen years now and it is said to be turning into a tourist park with the building its main attraction. Whatever they do with it, they can only hope that what happened in years gone by has finished and the story of The Hellfire Club that once was the source of great evil up high in the Dublin mountains remains just a story of the past.