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News article  When serial killer Richard Ramirez was arrested in September 1985, it seemed that the door had finally closed on one of the most gruesome chapters in American criminal history. But when Ramirez claimed that AC/DC's song "Night Prowler" from the //Highway to Hell// album, made him commit the 16 murders, that door was kicked wide open again.  To make matters worse, a cap bearing the AC/DC logo was found at Ramirez’s apartment when he was arrested. It was just what the band's detractors had been waiting for and the media, especially in America, immediately seized on the case.  Wild accusations that AC/DC were, in fact, devil worshippers were bandied about. First the gut - grinding difficulties of the //Flick of the Switch// album and tour, now this. The year had begun on a more impressive note than the band had experienced since the days of //Back In Black// and //For those About to Rock//. Simon Wright only thought that playing Madison Square Garden was baptism of fire: it was January 1985 that was the real deal.  AC/DC took three weeks off from recording what would be the //Fly On the Wall// album and headlined two nights at the 10 day Rock IN Rio Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, which also featured Rod Stewart, Queen, Ye and Iron Maiden. The band appeared before 50, 000 people on 15th January with the Scorpions and then in front of a staggering 250,000 on 19 January with Whitesnake, Ozzy Ossborne and the Scorpions.  Reference: AC/DC Maximum Rock N Roll chapter 22 page 377  Murray Mallard  CGEA Writing for Personal Purposes Semester 1 2009