AC/DC: A Satanic Serial Killer, A Police Man Hunt, and a Media Witch Hunt

DISGRACELAND

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Society & Culture, Music, True Crime

4.6 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the 1980s, AC/DC’s biggest fan was a notorious serial killer. The band was an international best-selling hit machine, and members like the late Bon Scott and die-hard Angus Young became rock icons. But when the press caught wind of the disturbing fandom of the serial killer Richard “The Night Stalker” Ramirez, the news quickly dragged the world’s most fun, pure rock ‘n’ roll band straight down the highway to hell and into the center of a media firestorm around Satanic Panic and the inspirations of a murderer. This episode contains themes that may be disturbing to some listeners, including graphic depictions of violence and sexual assault. To see the complete list of contributors, visit disgracelandpod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, what is up, discos?
0:01.3	Jake Brennan, your host here this month.
0:03.1	As you know, we're celebrating our fifth year, our five year anniversary of this great
0:06.9	sign. We just launched our eleventh season to go along with that. So if you haven't already,
0:11.7	go listen to our new episodes, our episode on 50 Cent. We've got a great episode on ACDC.
0:16.4	They're both great, but ACDC is probably my first favorite band and I'm really pumped on the work
0:21.7	we did with both of these. So check them out. If you're already caught up, if you've heard these
0:25.7	two episodes, you can go listen to where it all began. You can go back to the beginning.
0:29.5	Listen to the previously exclusive season one of Discretsland with stories on Jerry Lee Lewis,
0:34.3	Sid Vicious, Bob Merley, James Brown, and many more. You can listen to Discretsland right now,
0:38.8	wherever you get your podcasts, Apple podcasts, iHeartRadio app, Spotify, Stitcher,
0:42.8	CastBox, and Amazon Music. Raka Rola.
0:46.0	This episode contains content that may be disturbing to some listeners.
0:49.7	Please check the show notes for more information.
0:51.7	Discretsland is a production of Double Elvis.
1:06.0	The connections between ACDC and Richard Romeras, the Night Stalker, are insane.
1:12.2	ACDC's song Night Prouller inspired the killer's modeker.
1:16.1	An ACDC hat was the first and for a time only clue in the serial homicide case that
1:22.6	gripped greater Los Angeles in the 1980s. Richard Romeras, the Night Stalker,
1:28.1	carved a pentagram, a satanic symbol, into one victim's body, painted the symbol on another
1:33.6	victim's wall, and carved it into the palm of his hand. In Bond Scott, ACDC's lead singer,
1:40.5	wore a pentagram around his neck on the cover of the highway to hell album. A detail that was not
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