Neona and Hickory have known each other since high school and have been together for 13 years. That’s long enough for Neona to build a tattoo career and for Hickory to build one around hot rods, with each backing the other the whole way. When they decided to get married, they wanted the commitment without the months of planning.
“We didn’t want the pomp and unnecessary expense of a traditional wedding,” they wrote.
Then The Satanic Temple in Salem, Massachusetts, advertised its 666 Wedding Package, offered only on the June 2026 dates ending in six. “When we saw the 666 wedding package, we decided June 6 would be our wedding date!”
An infinity dress and a set of permanent fangs
Neona wore a red 72styles Maxi Infinity Dress (yes, from Amazon). It was wrapped into a crossed halter with a keyhole at the chest and tied into long sash tails at the back. The open back shows off Neona’s black-and-gray back piece, along with both tattooed sleeves and a rose inked on the shaved side of Neona’s head. Neona wore black Jessica Simpson Cali pumps. Makeup (Colourpop) and nails (Apres Gel-X) were both DIY. Keith Ford at Michael Thomas Salon in Manchester, New Hampshire, did the cut and color, and Daelynne Boudreau from the same salon did the wedding-day hair.
Then there are the fangs. They’re permanent, and they came from Mann Family Dental, also in Manchester. (We would love to see more family dentists adding “fangs” to their list of services.) And don’t forget about Nina’s split tongue!
Hickory wore a dark Van Heusen suit with a gray shirt and dark tie, then added black sunglasses for the throne-room portraits. Keith Ford cut Hickory’s hair too.
Shieba, the Rottweiler in the rings
Both wedding rings came from the Etsy shop Whiskered Keepsake, and both hold ashes from the couple’s late Rottweiler, Shieba, who died in November. “She was our baby, and we wanted her to be a part of our ceremony and with us as we started this next chapter,” they wrote. Neona’s engagement ring came from Pandrid Design, another Etsy maker.
Hand-tied in front of Baphomet
The Temple’s Salem headquarters is in a building from 1868 that used to be a funeral parlor. It now houses the Salem Art Gallery and the eight-and-a-half-foot bronze Baphomet. The couple describe the rooms as cozy and old world, surrounded by art and gothic décor. They felt it suited a small wedding party and still felt elaborate.
Each partner brought one witness: Hickory chose close friend Keith, and Neona chose sister Timeya. In the ceremony photos, the couple’s joined hands are wrapped in a braided black-and-red cord with ribbon tails trailing off the ends. The venue offers handfasting as a ritual add-on.
Ivy McKenna, the wedding coordinator behind The Satanic Chapel in Salem, handled the planning, and the couple named her specifically. They said Ivy was “always quick to respond and keeping in contact during the whole process.” They called the whole experience easy and comfortable, which is not something people often say about a Satanic ritual.
Two thrones and a graveyard after dark
Photographer Katlyn Reilly worked her way through the Temple’s rooms, using the books, furniture, and art as props. The throne room has red flocked damask walls, a red satin curtain, two carved wooden thrones upholstered in tufted red velvet, and horned helmets hung above round shields. Another room has blue velvet drapes and black damask wallpaper, with a goat head covered in mirror tiles perched above a red gown and candelabras wound with roses.
After dark, the photos move out into Salem, crossing the brick pedestrian street past the patio at Rockafellas. In a cemetery, flash from behind the couple turns the grass neon green between the slate headstones. The last shots are at a white colonial with black shutters and urn-topped gateposts. “We love how much personality came through in the photos,” the couple wrote.
The hearse that stayed home
The plan was for Neona’s 1984 Cadillac hearse to deliver the couple to that former funeral parlor… but first the brakes went out. A friend and neighbor helped Hickory try to make it roadworthy, but then the power steering pump died too, and they gave up. “The effort put into trying to make it happen meant a lot to us,” they wrote.
A date gimmick with a real deadline
The 666 package is a novelty on paper. For two people 13 years into a relationship, it also worked as a deadline: a narrow window that turned “someday” into a date on the calendar.
Neona’s own summary on Instagram was sweet & simple: “I married my best friend on June 6, 2026.” Sure, the hearse didn’t show up… but everyone else did, and the couple describe ending the day “surrounded by the people we wanted there, in a place where our love and true selves felt welcome.”
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