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The Devil and John Holmes

By Mike Sager · Rolling Stone · May 1989

#16 All Time·#1 in 1989·#1 in Culture·#7 in Crime

The Devil and John Holmes

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"John Holmes was a porn star. Eddie Nash was a drug lord. Their association ended in one of the most brutal mass murders in the history of Los Angeles"

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