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This is only related in that it's another person incarcerated over LSD, but I've always found this individual and his story pretty fascinating: https://en.wiki

This is only related in that it's another person incarcerated over LSD, but I've always found this individual and his story pretty fascinating: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard http://www.freeleonardpickard.org/Skinner-Timeline.html http://www.freeleonardpickard.org/Skinner-Timeline.html The second link discusses Gordon Todd Skinner, who was the informant that facilitated the arrest of Pickard. I don't know how much of that information is accurate, but it's an engrossing read and it paints a horrible picture of what a government informant can get away with.

cnp 10y ago
It's so fascinating. Not to sound insensitive, but I've been waiting for a screenplay about this for a while...
billh 10y ago
VICE did a documentary on Krystle Cole, a friend of Mr. Skinner's prior to his arrest. It includes a tour of the missile silo that Skinner had been using as a lab. (NSFW - Drugs, Sex, etc.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0
- nkurz 10y ago
  Even more incredible is the perspective of Brandon Green, the man who Skinner is in jail for kidnapping and torturing. Brandon posted his version of events online at the end of last and beginning of this year: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/dosearch.php?uid=367971 https://www.shroomery.org/forums/dosearch.php?uid=367971 I am totally in awe of his attempts to come to terms with what happened to him. I also credit him with the likely the greatest understatement I've ever read on the internet: "To all you guys who constantly say how badly they want to have sex with 'Neurosoup,' take it from me - I've been there and I can testify that its definitely not worth it!"
- steve-howard 10y ago
  It's kind of creepy to watch that in light of the link on Mr Skinner's history, which included allegations that Ms. Cole was an enthusiastic participant in the brutal torture of Brandon Green. The details are fairly disturbing. The narrator's awestruck tone sounds pretty nauseating in that light.
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nkurz 10y ago
From jail, Pickard recently managed to publish a complex allegorical tale which (likely) includes his side of the story: http://www.theroseofparacelsus.com http://www.theroseofparacelsus.com https://www.createspace.com/5377339 https://www.createspace.com/5377339 I have not yet read it. Here are a couple reviews: http://psypressuk.com/2016/08/01/the-rose-of-paracelsus-by-william-leonard-pickard/ http://psypressuk.com/2016/08/01/the-rose-of-paracelsus-by-w... http://www.erismag.com/ss-blog/2016/2/22/illuminated-verbiage-a-review-of-the-rose-of-paracelsus http://www.erismag.com/ss-blog/2016/2/22/illuminated-verbiag...
MrJagil 10y ago
Here it is in long-form: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9053993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9053993 It's a good read.
nol13 10y ago
Free Pickard!

cnp 10y ago

It's so fascinating. Not to sound insensitive, but I've been waiting for a screenplay about this for a while...

billh 10y ago

VICE did a documentary on Krystle Cole, a friend of Mr. Skinner's prior to his arrest. It includes a tour of the missile silo that Skinner had been using as a lab. (NSFW - Drugs, Sex, etc.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qliVpGEk0

nkurz 10y ago
Even more incredible is the perspective of Brandon Green, the man who Skinner is in jail for kidnapping and torturing. Brandon posted his version of events online at the end of last and beginning of this year: https://www.shroomery.org/forums/dosearch.php?uid=367971 https://www.shroomery.org/forums/dosearch.php?uid=367971 I am totally in awe of his attempts to come to terms with what happened to him. I also credit him with the likely the greatest understatement I've ever read on the internet: "To all you guys who constantly say how badly they want to have sex with 'Neurosoup,' take it from me - I've been there and I can testify that its definitely not worth it!"
steve-howard 10y ago
It's kind of creepy to watch that in light of the link on Mr Skinner's history, which included allegations that Ms. Cole was an enthusiastic participant in the brutal torture of Brandon Green. The details are fairly disturbing. The narrator's awestruck tone sounds pretty nauseating in that light.
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nkurz 10y ago

From jail, Pickard recently managed to publish a complex allegorical tale which (likely) includes his side of the story: http://www.theroseofparacelsus.com http://www.theroseofparacelsus.com https://www.createspace.com/5377339 https://www.createspace.com/5377339 I have not yet read it. Here are a couple reviews: http://psypressuk.com/2016/08/01/the-rose-of-paracelsus-by-william-leonard-pickard/ http://psypressuk.com/2016/08/01/the-rose-of-paracelsus-by-w... http://www.erismag.com/ss-blog/2016/2/22/illuminated-verbiage-a-review-of-the-rose-of-paracelsus http://www.erismag.com/ss-blog/2016/2/22/illuminated-verbiag...

MrJagil 10y ago

Here it is in long-form: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9053993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9053993 It's a good read.

nol13 10y ago

Free Pickard!