Item: letter included with response package from Warnke Ministries
by David W. Balsiger
July 1992 (FAX copy date is July 9, 1992)
Note: Underscored text indicated _like so_ and page breaks shown
in brackets. Otherwise, typescript is reproduced exactly.

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[letterhead:]  PROFESSIONAL LITERARY ASSOCIATES

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[letterhead:]  (714) 850-0349





TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:



     Although it's been 20 years ago, as the chief writer on Mike

Warnke's book The Satan Seller, I can shed some light on how we

wrote this book.



     Concerning whether the book is 100 percent accurate, I stand

behind the Warnke life story as fundamentally accurate and true

except where changes were intentionally made to protect the

privacy of people or to prevent readers from using this book as a

guide for occultic and satanic practices.



     Factual accounts in Warnke's life, generally altered,

partially or completely changed, included some locations,

people's names, dates, some events, and occultic information

which would have given readers accurate information and dates for

conducting their own rituals.  It should be noted that there is a

brief statement in the book mentioning that some of the

information has been changed.  I've authored many biographical

books for publishers ranging from Logos to Doubleday and, in all

cases, information has been changed or altered for various

reasons -- usually privacy or to prevent lawsuits.



     During the writing process of this book, I completed the

first draft and give it to Mike and Sue Warnke.  I thought it

read very well and told the story with dramatic accuracy.  It was

ready for the publisher as far as I was concerned.



     However, they read it and informed me that it was all wrong

-- events out of sequence and other related problems.  At that

point, for nearly two months, I sat with both Mike and Sue

rewriting the book on their kitchen table.  Not only was it a

difficult job rearranging the material for accuracy purposes, but

changing and altering material to protect people's privacy and to

protect the publisher from lawsuits was an additional burdensome

task.  Today, 20 years after writing the book, and 33 major

literary works later, I cannot remember all the specific changes

or alterations.

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Page two

     In the alleged Cornerstone magazine expose on The Satan

Seller, the one person -- Sue Warnke -- who could have confirmed

Mike's life story wasn't even interviewed.  Sue Warnke "lived and

experienced" about 60 percent of the book's story, and as I

discovered had some of her own independent knowledge of Mike's

earlier satanism practices.



     During the course of writing this book, I visited some of

the locations where coven meetings and rituals were conducted.  I

recall that all the building sites were occupied except one

abandoned house which reflected occultic activity, fires, and

satanic symbolism.  Also, during and after the book writing

period, I met probably a half dozen people who had knowledge of

Warnke's satanic activities.  I met one of these individuals

while traveling with Warnke on the book tour.  Now, 20 years

later, I cannot remember who I met nor the specific knowledge

they contributed to the account.  But the fact that they also

came forward was an additional confirmation of the Warnke story.



     Having continued my work in occult-related criminal

activities -- with over 2,000 professional case hours -- and

authoring five investigative training publications for law

enforcement agencies, it's my opinion the Warnke story of his

involvement in satanism as told in his book is true.  When it

comes to Warnke's concert comic routines, most people know there

is some exaggeration in his account as humor in comedy is often

arrived at by exaggeration of information.



     It might be pointed out that his activity as told in The

Satan Seller is "kid's play" compared to occult-satanic ritual

activities taking place today.  Untold numbers of high schoolers,

college students, and other individuals are now routinely

involved in many of the activities described by Warnke in his

book -- which at the time of publication created quite a

sensation, but today is totally ignored by law enforcement unless

a criminal act can be proven to have taken place during the

course of the satanic activity.



                                  Sincerely,



                                  [signed]

                                  David W. Balsiger

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original filename: CSR0001A.TXT
"Item: letter included with response package from Warnke Ministries"
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This file was previously released as BALSIGER.TXT in the WARNKE2.ZIP archive on the JPUSA BBS in October 1992. Heading and footing information revised.

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