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Podcast: Crimes, Killers, Cults and Beer: A True Crime Podcast
Episode: 115 Satanic Panic: Ricky Kasso, The Acid King
Description: Ricky Kasso, aka The Acid Kingwas a troubled teenager, who had a rough childhood, and got into drugs. Big time. This story takes place n Northport, on Long Island, NY in 1984. It was a case that fueled the Satanic Panic because he ran with a group of kids who used Satan as a way to scare people. Although Ricky in his drug riddled mind thought Satan was talking to him.
A friend of his stole some drugs from him, and he and another friend lured him into the woods, and brutally murdered him.
The media, all too...