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Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Mar 7, 2008

Can't wait to get the whole story.

CENTERTON, Ark. -- The mayor of an Arkansas town resigned on Wednesday, claiming he was abducted and brainwashed by Satan worshippers nearly three decades ago.
Centerton Mayor Ken Williams said he has been living under an assumed name for nearly 30 years. He had been mayor since 2001.
Williams told authorities he was born Don LaRose and that in the mid-1970s, he was a preacher in Indiana. He said he was abducted and brainwashed into forgetting all about his life as Don LaRose.
It was a double-life he had never acknowledged, Williams said, because he didn't even realize it existed until he had recently taken a truth-serum injection.
As Williams regained his memory, he said, he realized that he had a wife and two kids but that he had decided to leave and take on a new identity to protect them.
"I had no choice. The choice was to watch my family killed before my eyes or go with these people, and I chose instead to run," Williams said.
He wouldn't explain from who he was running, saying only that he had been brainwashed.
"I had multiple shock treatments," Williams said. "It took five years to get my memory back."
Williams said he took his current identity in 1980 when he moved to Centerton. His full name -- Bruce Kent Williams -- was taken from a man who died in a car crash back in 1958, he said.
"What happened in 1980 -- whether it was right or wrong -- I did it under the threat of my family and for my own survival," he said.
The information went public, Williams said, because he runs a Web site about Don LaRose and his disappearance. LaRose's former family found the Web site and started inquiring about its author. They found the site registered to a Ken Williams and went from there.
Williams said his current wife is standing by him and the two of them want to continue living in Centerton. He said he plans to continue living as Ken Williams.
Also, his resignation was signed with two names, he said.
According to police, Williams is under no investigation for any wrongdoing.
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Fenian_Bastard · Mar 7, 2008

I think it'd be fun to go to the next town council meeting in Centerton and watch the members sit there and discuss, oh, zoning regulations while everyone tries not to mention that the mayor went nuts.

imjustagirl · Mar 7, 2008

Phew. My uncle's name is Dan LaRose. I was hoping he didn't just assume this guy's life.

Inky_Wretch · Mar 7, 2008

This story is from November ...

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/24/mayor-resigns-reveal.html

old_tony · Mar 7, 2008

Fenian_Bastard said:

I think it'd be fun to go to the next town council meeting in Centerton and watch the members sit there and discuss, oh, zoning regulations while everyone tries not to mention that the mayor went nuts.
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I don't think he went nuts as much as he had to make up a whopper for running out on his first wife and family.

I'll grant you it was one nuts of a whopper, though.

EE94 · Mar 7, 2008

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Can't wait to get the whole story.

CENTERTON, Ark. -- The mayor of an Arkansas town resigned on Wednesday, claiming he was abducted and brainwashed by Satan worshippers nearly three decades ago.
Centerton Mayor Ken Williams said he has been living under an assumed name for nearly 30 years. He had been mayor since 2001.
Williams told authorities he was born Don LaRose and that in the mid-1970s, he was a preacher in Indiana. He said he was abducted and brainwashed into forgetting all about his life as Don LaRose.
It was a double-life he had never acknowledged, Williams said, because he didn't even realize it existed until he had recently taken a truth-serum injection.
As Williams regained his memory, he said, he realized that he had a wife and two kids but that he had decided to leave and take on a new identity to protect them.
"I had no choice. The choice was to watch my family killed before my eyes or go with these people, and I chose instead to run," Williams said.
He wouldn't explain from who he was running, saying only that he had been brainwashed.
"I had multiple shock treatments," Williams said. "It took five years to get my memory back."
Williams said he took his current identity in 1980 when he moved to Centerton. His full name -- Bruce Kent Williams -- was taken from a man who died in a car crash back in 1958, he said.
"What happened in 1980 -- whether it was right or wrong -- I did it under the threat of my family and for my own survival," he said.
The information went public, Williams said, because he runs a Web site about Don LaRose and his disappearance. LaRose's former family found the Web site and started inquiring about its author. They found the site registered to a Ken Williams and went from there.
Williams said his current wife is standing by him and the two of them want to continue living in Centerton. He said he plans to continue living as Ken Williams.
Also, his resignation was signed with two names, he said.
According to police, Williams is under no investigation for any wrongdoing.
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yeah, I was abducted by Satan. That's the ticket.

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! · Mar 7, 2008

Apologies for posting this. I plucked it from the Drudge report this morning.
I didn't know it was dated.

Sorry.

Ace · Mar 7, 2008

Don't sweat it Orville. Pinning your sins on the devil is always a good read.

JR · Mar 7, 2008

Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!! said:

Apologies for posting this. I plucked it from the Drudge report this morning.
I didn't know it was dated.

Sorry.
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Stuff like this is timeless.

Just hope your kids don't read this --they'll be blaming Satan for downloading all that porn.

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