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The legend of a Utah teen’s death lives on, and is being turned into a rock opera

Alden Barrett’s death in 1971 helped feed ‘Satanic panic’ fears, and now a Utah rock band is telling his story.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ian Webb, who plays Alden Barrett in a production of "Pleasant Grove Rock Opera," reads Alden's headstone at the Pleasant Grove Cemetery, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.