The 14-year-old “All-American boy,” Tommy Sullivan, brutally killed his mother in cold blood and then took his own life. In the quiet suburbs of Jefferson Township, New Jersey, a crime like this was unimaginable. Police soon found a concerning note Tommy left behind— a pact with Satan. At the height of the Satanic Panic, all eyes were on North New Jersey, and everyone desperately looked for a simple explanation for the region’s most complex murder-suicide.

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273: From Sweet Catholic Boy to Satan’s Murderous Disciple… The Haunting Tommy Sullivan Case

NOV 24, 2025118 MIN
Lights Out

273: From Sweet Catholic Boy to Satan’s Murderous Disciple… The Haunting Tommy Sullivan Case

NOV 24, 2025118 MIN

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