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| Satan in the Suburbs- $ 2.99 Satan In The Suburbs tells the story of a grisly ritualistic murder in the quiet bedroom community of Northport, Long Island in the summer of 1984. The killing, it soon emerged, was linked to a teen satanic cult. Perhaps more disturbing that the details of the murder itself was the revelation of a conspiracy of silence among the towns teenagers, many of whom had been aware of the killing in the two weeks before an anonymous call finally tipped off local police. 17-year-old Ricky Kasso was arrested and confessed to the crime; five days later, he hung himself in his holding cell. Kassos friend Jimmy Troiano also confessed, but was acquitted after jurors learned that he was beaten by local police. The murder shocked the local community and reverberated nationally, with some uniformed observers rushing to scapegoat rock music as the cause. It also proved to be the first wave of suburban teen violence that continues to the present day. The events inspired both a 1987 book, Say You Love Satan by David St. Clair, and the new, much-anticipated feature film Ricky 6. Scenes from Ricky 6 are included as dramatizations of real-life events. |