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A Massapequa man has written a play inspired by the Gilgo Beach serial killings, outraging the families of several women whose remains were found off Ocean Parkway.
Tom Slot, 33, said he penned "Killing Time" - which premiered Off-Broadway last week - after the Gilgo case got him thinking about society's obsession with serial killers.
The play, which is described on Slot's website as an "absurdist dramatic comedy," tracks the lives of three fictional serial killers and six of their victims. Among the characters: a Long Island serial killer named "Joe" and a prostitute he murdered. In real life, at least five of the women found near Gilgo worked as prostitutes.
"From the beginning, I was interested in what happens to...