Talk:Ricky Kasso

Skid Row

I removed the statement that the Skid Row song "Eighteen and Life" was inspired by Ricky Kasso. Guitarist Dave Sabo stated that he wrote that song after reading about an 18-year-old boy who shot his friend by accident when he thought the gun wasn't loaded, and eventually ended up in prison for life. The song lyrics talk about a gun, an accidental shooting, and a lifetime jail sentence while Ricky Kasso's story had a knife, a violent stabbing, and only two-weeks in jail before killing himself (no trial).

Ricky was not in jail for two weeks; he was in yapank for less than forty eight hours. Ricky had also always said that he would kill himself if he ever went to jail. Infamous quote,"Killing myself would be the ultimate high". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.77.158.36 (talk) 15:10, 7 January 2010 (UTC)

Ricky is mentioned by name in the Dead Milkmen song "Bad Party" from their 1988 Beelzebubba album, however. Asat (talk) 12:05, 27 March 2010 (UTC)

anonymous musings moved here

This is the possibally only 1st hand info you will get half of what is writtin above is bull he did not rob the cemetary jimmy and al did he wasent even in town at that time but ok what ever also The Satanic Bible more bull made up to make this kid look bad look the kid got to high and drugged up on acid and killed a rat bastard that was working with the cops to bust everyone who partied or partaked in any form of drugs so what because the kid who got killed was a druggie who turned rat not a innocent kid like they like to portray. Lets see let everyone go to jail ricky included or kill the kid well drugged up they decided to kill the kid all 3 of em make no mistake the 2 talked rick into this deed and he played off the medias satanic crap after all if thats what they were going to do to him there was nothing he could do but play along and it cost him his life also punishment not worth the crime end of story

Lauwers gave back five of the ten bags and promised to pay $50 for the five bags that he had givvin to the cops, but failed to pay back the money because the cops would not give him the money as they promised, and Kasso beat him on four separate occasions

—posted by 98.67.89.130 on 5 February 2009 (moved to talk page by Repliedthemockturtle (talk) 23:26, 7 February 2009 (UTC))

Please remove presumptive wording

This article is rife with presumptive wording. The most common is the assertion that what Kasso actually took was LSD or PCP. No citations are provided. It is fair to state that it was "what Kasso believed to be mescaline" as that is what Kasso stated he believed he took. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.76.99 (talk) 22:33, 13 February 2015 (UTC)

"American murder 'victim'"

On the mobile app link of this page, it states right below the page name, 'Ricky Kasso' that he is an "American murder victim", when he, in fact is an American murderer. I tried fixing the header's language on the editing page, but was unable to, as there was no option for that. I'm hoping someone could fix the issue, or instruct me on how to do so. Katharos.hilaris (talk) 20:02, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

I'm including a visual of the issue. https://imgur.com/gallery/GpjBz Katharos.hilaris (talk) 20:09, 30 August 2017 (UTC)

See Also

This case has no relation to the Church of Satan, other than the very weak connection of Kasso "expressing interest" in The Satanic Bible by Anton LaVey. There is no evidence that he ever owned or read a copy. The see also link is misleading and should be removed. Gyrovagus (talk) 01:23, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Makes sense. Done. Graham87 07:07, 15 January 2022 (UTC)

Regarding Lucifer's Satanic Daughter, Tommy Turner, Peter Filardi, and Dave Campfield don't have Wikipedia pages either, yet their films are notable enough for inclusion on this page. Thistle's film is notable enough to have its own A.V. Club, Rotten Tomatoes, and Letterboxd pages, and that is more than enough for inclusion by Wikipedia's standards. The film has been widely reviewed on the internet by notable sites, and Thistle's connection to Electric Wizard as the director of their music videos should only add to that, as Electric Wizard have been deemed notable enough on this page, as well. 216.201.29.14 (talk) 20:10, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

While I agree that there is no relation to the Church of Satan beyond Kasso having interest in LaVey's book, there is plenty of evidence that he owned and read a copy. His friends are quoted at length about him owning a copy of "The Satanic Bible" in "Say You Love Satan", "Kids In The Dark", and "The Acid King" (both the book and the documentary). Just putting this out there so no one gets the mistaken impression via your comment that Kasso did not own or read. That's simply inaccurate. 216.201.29.14 (talk) 20:13, 13 July 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing that out ... I've removed some more, then. You're probably a block evader so I'll take the rest of your message accordingly. Graham87 03:16, 14 July 2023 (UTC)