Re:Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
by nkurz on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @02:14AM
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From jail, Pickard recently managed to publish a complex allegorical tale which (likely) includes his side of the story:
http://www.theroseofparacelsus.com
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-w...
http://www.erismag.com/ss-blog/2016/2/22/illuminated-verbiag...
Re:Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
by billh on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @12:45AM
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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
Re:Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
by nkurz on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @02:07AM
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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
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!"
Re:Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
by steve-howard on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @03:25AM
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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.
Re:Grateful Dead Fan Timothy Tyler Has Been Granted Clemency
by MrJagil on Wednesday August 31, 2016 @07:48AM
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Here it is in long-form: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9053993 It's a good read.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Leonard_Pickard
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.