The Haunted Red House of Bulacan

The Red House of Bulacan, where Filipinos were tortured and killed, and where women were raped by Japanese soldiers is again in the news.

PhilInquirer:

MEMORIAL TO HORRORS The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) is recommending the preservation of the Ilusorio Mansion (1997 photo on left), also called Bahay na Pula (2019 photo, right), in San Ildefonso, Bulacan province, as a memorial to the horrors experienced by young girls, their mothers, aunts, and even their grandmothers, who were forced into sexual slavery in this house by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The UN body says the Philippines violated their rights by failing to provide them with reparation, social support, and recognition for their ordeal. —JOAN BONDOC / TONETTE T. OREJAS

Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/?p=1744675#ixzz7wGcwbmFC

this second article also reports on the use of comfort women in that house. The survivors and their families want the story to be remembered.

Yes, I know, this week is about Women's day, but why do I feel a lot of this emphasis on women is because political correctness

 it wasnt just the comfort women who suffered in the house: men and boys captured as suspected anti Japanese guerillas were tortured and killed there, including, we suspect, Lolo's cousin.

wikipedia page

The house is now in ruins but reported to be haunted.