A play called Hey, Rube written by Janet McReynolds, was produced but never published.[29] The Pain Teens recorded a song and a music video titled "Basement," which were based upon the case. Kate Millett's 1967 installation art Trap, in a New York loft basement, was influenced by Likens' murder.[30] Millett created another art installation in 1978, The Trial of Sylvia Likens, that depicts a courtroom scene with the five defendants.[31]