 Serial killer Richard Ramirez , on trial in 1988 , stated that AC / DC 's music , and specifically the song " Night Prowler " on Highway to Hell , inspired him to commit murder . Reverse speech advocate David John Oates claimed that " Highway to Hell " , on the same album , contains backmasked messages including " I 'm the law " , " my name is Lucifer " , and " she belongs in hell " . AC / DC 's Angus Young responded that " you didn 't need to play [ the album ] backwards , because we never hid [ the messages ] . We 'd call an album Highway To Hell , there it was right in front of them . " 
