Ricky Kasso w/ author Jesse P. Pollack

Who Killed...?

Bill Huffman

True Crime, Society & Culture, History

3.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Author Jesse P. Pollack is back to debunk the Satanic Panic of the 1980s and the case of Ricky Kasso. He was a teenager from Northport, New York, who became infamous for killing his friend Gary Lauwers in 1984. Kasso, who was also known as the Acid King, was involved in drugs and was believed to be involved with Satanic activities. He stabbed Lauwers multiple times in the woods and left his body there for two weeks. Kasso confessed to the murder but hanged himself in jail before his trial. Kasso accused Lauwers of stealing some of his drugs and attacked him with a knife. He stabbed Lauwers multiple times in the eyes and other parts of his body while allegedly asking him to say he loved Satan. The Acid King Trailer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Slow Burn Media, Evergreen Podcasts, and Killer Podcasts,
0:09.0	Presents Who Killed, a podcast that provides a voice for the voiceless.
0:17.0	I keep meeting you from Long Island.
0:22.6	The first thing we talk about if we're around the same age is, so remember Ricky
0:26.0	Casso?
0:27.0	Sure do.
0:28.0	A Long Island, New York couple said today that it was the devil, drugs, and rock and roll
0:31.4	that led their son to ritual murder.
0:33.6	Satan isn't Judas priest.
0:35.7	Give me a break, right?
0:37.2	17-year-old Richard Casso was accused of murdering another 17-year-old Gary Lowers in what police called a sacrificial killing.
0:44.3	Nobody messes with the acid king.
0:46.3	They claimed he was high on mescaline when he was arrested.
0:49.3	The wall between fantasy and reality is slowly going to like start to like fade, you know.
0:53.3	Police believe that members of a devil worship cult, the Knights of the Black Circle,
0:58.0	took Lowers to a wooded area in Northport, New York. They just dragged a kid into the woods here at Northport.
1:03.0	Paso and a group of friends performed a bizarre ritual, stabbing Lauer, burning articles of his clothing and cutting out his eyes.
1:10.0	What the fuck is going on in the suburbs, man?
1:12.6	Casso would accuse Lowers of stealing drugs.
1:15.6	Angel dust was stolen and it became this contentious thing.
1:20.6	It wasn't like 50 hits of acid, it was like angel dust, and the guy was like fucked up out of his mind.
1:25.6	Well, drugs played an important part in young Casso's life, and so apparently did the devil.
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