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Mindfuckers: A Source Book on the Rise of Acid Fascism in America, Including Material on Charles Manson, Mel Lyman, Victor Baranco, and Their Followers by David Felton, Robin Green and David Dalton

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The book accurately portrays Mel Lyman, an acid crazed fascist who indoctrinated needy, slutty young women and men into his acid cult via forced humiliation, physical abuse, and extremely large doses of LSD, and his crazed family. The book shows the insanity and violence of the entire clan, including their attempts to forcibly seize a radio station, their successful attempt to forcibly seize a newspaper, and the physical and mental abuse they specialized in. Mel Lyman fathered 12 children among 7 women before he reportedly died. SICK SICK SICK

The Lyman Family account is mostly fiction. In an anniversary book Rolling Stone magazine compiled a few years ago, the author relates how his desk was piled high with drugs so that he could finally start writing. What I find fascinating, however, is Mel Lyman's compassion for David Felton. It's the wise man humoring the fool. And if you read the whole article between the lines you can learn a lot. Rather than spend a lot on a beat-up old paperback, though, you could try microfilms of Rolling Stone at your library, I believe it's issues 99 and 100 or thereabouts for the original two-part report. Mel Lyman is one of the most fascinating men of the 20th Century.