- One of the bigger attractions on this
website has been the story of Linda Wiegand, who has claimed to be a victim,
along with her two children Jon and Ben, of a Satanic pedophile ring.
At the time I first read her story, I was rather burnt out on this subject,
having almost finished my piece on JonBenet Ramsey, and was not interested
in writing another word about exploitation of children for awhile. But
then I read about her case in The Free American, and my heart went out
to Linda and her two children. Further, the statement of Ted Gunderson,
that this was "the worst case of child sexual abuse and judicial corruption
I've seen in 47 years of investigative work," rang as a loud endorsement
of the case. Though I did no investigation myself, I ran the piece after
contacting some of Linda's friends in Los Angeles who I had met previously.
In The Konformist piece, the following opening blurb was written by myself:
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- <<A Konformist Special: The Linda
Wiegand Nightmare
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- Thanks to all who have been working on
this case, and who have forwarded me this information. Thanks to Ted Gunderson
and Bo Gritz for their work, and hope that Mr. Gritz is freed for his actions
in this case. Thanks and credit should also go to The Free American, edited
by Clayton Douglas, for having all this information in their March 1998
issue. I urge you all to get your hands on that issue, and do what you
can to stop this atrocity that is even too mindblowing for me.
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- I try to be careful not to write anything
that I can't stand behind in the future. I feel regret for writing this,
for I can't stand behind the last sentence, which was a blanket endorsement
for all that followed, despite the fact I made no investigation of my own.
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- Since this was published, much has changed.
Clayton Douglas has now written a persuasive piece in his magazine debunking
the original article. Ted Gunderson, whose statement propelled me to publish
the story, has since reversed his statement, though he has not stated (to
my knowledge) whether he thinks it is a fraud or not. And John DeCamp,
who wrote "The Franklin Coverup" and was formerly Linda's lawyer,
has also explained that he has serious doubts about her story.
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- I have also spoken by phone to another
former lawyer of Linda's, and he has been quite insistent that her story
is false. Here is his email:
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- <<Dear Mr. Robalini:
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- I reviewed your article on the "Sightings"
web site, and it is critically flawed. Please check out the July issue
of the Free American, which sets a lot of the wrong "facts" straight.
Even the little part in which I was referenced is dead wrong. I was the
Rutherford Institute lawyer referred to in the article. I went back and
checked the correspondence to Wilkinson's attorney, and the negotiated
solution is not even close to what she claims it is. Virtually every statement
on that page is a lie. In fact, I have not seen so many lies in so little
space since Bill Clinton's state of the union speech.
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- Write if you wish, and I will send you
some documents which show that the children were probably not abused at
all, that they are doing well, and that Linda is using this scam to enrich
herself at the expense of her two little boys.
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- I am not afraid to identify myself, and
set the record straight.
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- Gregory A. Hession
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- As for myself, I simply do not know what
is the truth here. I found Clay's expose rather persuasive, and yet so
was the original piece. I met Linda Wiegand, and found her to be a very
credible woman, but I also found Mr. Hession to be quite credible. I must
go on the facts in this case and not emotion. And there are not enough
facts here for me to have any opinion on this case.
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- I do not regret printing "The Linda
Wiegand Nightmare". I do regret printing it with my advocacy. I
keep it on because to not include it would be a whitewash of my error.
I will leave the original piece on my website, and let you the reader
decide what is true. I have not heard back from Bo Gritz (unsurprising,
because he is a busy man), but if I do, or if I get any more information
from Linda and her supporters, I will publish it. But as for myself, I
am afraid I am too much of the story to have any objective opinion.
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- Robert Sterling Editor, The Konformist
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Linda Wiegand Story in Free American
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- The Free American Clayton R. Douglas
US Hwy 380 Box 2943 Bingham, NM 87832 505-423-3250 Fax 505-423-3258 freeamerican@etsc.net
Website: freeamerican.com
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- Why would Bo Gritz and Linda Wiegand
want to tar and feather John Trochmann and Clay Douglas, investigative
reporter, for announcing an investigation of her statements, BEFORE the
investigation began? This is the first few paragraphs in the final story.
10,000 copies of this July issue will be printed. Should you wish to order
this special issue, contact us at 505-423-3250 Should you be interested
in reprinting this article, contact Clay Douglas at the number above.
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- John Trochmann will be speaking on this
subject among others. He has all of the documentation to back up this story.
His speaking schedule is attached.
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- Linda Wiegand, Part of the Story by Clayton
R. Douglas copyright May 20, 1998
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- This is the BEGINNING of the story on
Linda Wiegand. The entire story, with affadavits, will appear in the July
issue of the Free American. We are releasing this portion EARLY due to
Linda and Bo's attack on John Trochmann and myself. I have been accused
of being a draft dodger, a "Hell's Angel" and a drug dealer.
We have both been accused of being government agents. These accusations
are lies, as are the rest of Linda Wiegand's story. This is not, nor ever
has been, an attack on Bo Gritz. His defense and promotion of Linda Wiegand
is the only reason his name appears in this story. Bo's attorneys have
ALL the documents we have used in compiling this story. You must be the
judge of why Bo continues to support Linda Wiegand by accusing all who
oppose her of some kind of crime, without a shred of evidence of their
guilt, without the benefit of a trial. Linda HAS had the opportunity to
appear in court and has LOST every time!
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- It is the mark of an educated mind to
be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle
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- My thanks to John Trochman and the Militia
of Montana for bringing the problems with the Linda Wiegand story to my
attention. Our investigation has been completely independent of those
or any other investigator or group. We have shared our documentation and
conclusions with other groups and publications for the sake of accuracy
and security. Should you wish to review the documentation from which this
story was written, on the internet, go to Http:logoplex.com/resources/mom
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- Bo Gritz, Champion of the Oppressed
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- Linda Wiegand's story is familiar to
readers of the Free American and thousands of others across this country
and Canada. Men and women alike have shed tears as she told her story,
again and again, at churches, patriot meetings, and on radio, of the rape
of her boys by her husband. Then of her flight to save them, her subsequent
arrest and her valiant effort to rescue the boys from the clutches of an
alleged, diabolical, Satanic cult of pedophiles consisting of judges, attorneys,
social workers and, of course, her ex-husband, Tom Wilkenson, who now has
custody of the children. She has appeared on my program, the Free American
Hour, Ted Gunderson's and, many, many times on "Freedom Calls",
Bo Gritz' popular radio show on WWCR. Moved by her plight, Bo Gritz became
her champion, introducing her time and again at his speaking engagements,
until her problem became his. Less and less of his time was devoted to
exposing the New World Order as Linda became the focal point of his interest.
With Bo as her champion, and coverage given her by the Free American and
other publications, Linda was successful in her attempts to "raise
money to Free Jon and Ben". She began speaking at these engagements
herself, jetting around the country at a moment's notice to speak at this
church or that event. Literally hundreds of people have sought to assist
her in this righteous crusade, willingly becoming her devoted servants.
When Bo Gritz and his son were arrested in Suffield, Connecticut, charged
with attempted kidnapping, Linda, already facing charges of non-custodial
parental interference, and two of Bo's SPIKE trained friends who left town
early, were not charged. Gritz's desire to help Jon and Ben had now become
intensely personal! According to the Suffield police department, Gritz
had arrived in the small community and used aliases to rent hotel rooms.
His SPIKE team was equipped with two way radios. A private plane waited
at the airport. Using Linda's car, registered in Nevada under one of her
aliases, Gritz cruised the parking lot of the high school, where he was
arrested with lock picking equipment. The way he tells the story, he was
in the high school parking lot, where neither Jon nor Ben attended. According
to the police, the parking lot is actually between the high school and
middle school where Jon DOES attend. Some troubling, unanswered questions
are; why was Gritz arrested for the attempted kidnapping of Linda's children
and Linda was not; and how did the police know that Bo was there in the
first place? A year after the incident, questions about Linda, her story
and her motives, were being asked by various individuals and organizations,
like John Trochmann of the Militia of Montana, and Keith and Kim Johnson,
of the "un-American Activities Investigation Commission". Certain
allegations were made, more questions being raised. Once those allegations
were brought up on the Free American Hour, I announced that I would be
doing an investigation, I, along with John Trochmann and Keith Johnson,
were savagely attacked by both Bo and Linda. "I thought you were my
friend," Linda said with a pout, on another radio show where we both
been invited to speak. I pointed out I have no friends when I am writing
a story. I also pointed out that I thought, if her story was true, she
should be happy that an investigation was taking place.. "I used to
think Clay Douglas was OK!" Bo boomed on his show one morning. "But
Satan has pulled the wool over his eyes." Having completed the investigation,
Bo was correct. . . Satan has pulled the wool over a many eyes, including
Bo and myself. But once I began to question my assumptions, I began to
see more clearly. . .and I can see the two foot thick sweater Linda has
knitted neatly around Bo's head. It is soft to the touch, pleasant to look
at, but impossible to see through.
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- Of Course It's True! We Have The Documentation!
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- The crux of the matter are the allegations
of sexual and Satanic abuse of Linda's children attributed to her ex-husband,
Tom Wilkenson, by the children themselves. These allegations were first
made by four year old Ben and six year old Jon in statements taken by Linda's
doctor, Dr. Steven Balsam and, a few days later, the authorities in Stowe,
Vermont in January of 1993. It is these statements that Bo Gritz reads
on the air to prove Linda's claims of sexual abuse. It is these statements
that Linda carries around to justify her actions. It is these statements
that form the basis of all future letters and statements of doctors, investigators,
psychiatrists, social workers, attorneys and child abuse activists. These
statements and carefully selected court documents have been gathered on
a website and compiled in an impressive, two inch thick book called "Documentation
- Wiegand Case" compiled by Dorothea Acosta, who runs an organization
called Reach Me, Inc. (She can be reached at 409-935-5183) Once a researcher
or casual observer reads the horrifying accusations leveled at Tom Wilkenson
in the court documents, they naturally assume that there has been a severe
miscarriage of justice and write to the state or local officials expressing
outrage and support for Ms. Wiegand. This provides further documentation
for Linda and goes into the package. She also hires attorneys with the
proceeds from her fundraising, filing suit after suit in other venues,
(i.e. Vermont, New York, Federal court, etc.) alleging interference with
her civil rights or to sue the judges, social workers and doctors who have
found her allegations baseless. The problem is the facts she is presenting
to the judges and courts in other states are NOT facts but allegations!
Every legitimate court hearing has ruled in Tom's favor! Linda's case has
been decided in Connecticut, where she really resides, her appeals exhausted,
her allegations debunked, yet she still plots, plans, pleads and pretends
that she is the sole chance for her children to live normal lives. The
truth is, as we have found by talking with the local police in Simsbury,
the principal of the middle school and friends of the family, that the
children ARE living normal lives, are in good health, are NOT being abused
now, are going to school, are being seen by health care professionals,
and are being watched closely by state agencies. Their guardian, Tom Wilkinson,
IS cooperating with the state, IS appearing at scheduled hearings and IS
trying to be a good parent. From the evidence we have reviewed, including
much of the documentation provided by Linda, it is just as possible it
was Linda who was the abusive parent! It was Linda who failed to discipline
the children, who refused to attend court proceedings, who ignored court
orders, who kidnapped the children from their home and it was Linda who
has consistently lied about the situation and events, all the while continuing
to raise money for herself, not the boys. No money has gone to buy clothes,
shoes or child support for the boys. There is a story here, but it is a
story about a possessive, self-centered woman who cares little about her
children's well-being and is willing to resort to lying, cheating, stealing
and kidnapping to keep the children she is unwilling to share with anyone
else. For me, the most telling part of this story came in the explosive
confrontation between Bo Gritz, who is busy trashing anyone who refuses
to believe Linda, Linda Wiegand herself and John Trochmann on Gritz's show,
Monday, May 18, 1998. Gritz asked Linda why she refused to take a paternity
test to determine who the father of Jon Wiegand was. Thinking this was
to dispel a rumor that Wilkenson may have been the father, Linda laughed
at the question as a baseless allegation. "Bill Wiegand was Jon's
father. He wanted the baby during the summers and I didn't want to give
up MY new baby. Besides, I was making plenty of money back then and I
DIDN'T NEED THE CHILD SUPPORT!" In other words, Linda did not care
about the father's rights. She did not care if Jon knew his father. The
only thing she cared about was the TOTAL control of the child! It was reported
by her own friends, that the boys, Jon and Ben, had become attached to
Tom Wilkenson. Linda was reported to have been very critical of Tom, about
his beliefs, even to trying to tell him that he MUST grow a mustache if
the marriage was to work. She stated she did not love him, as a spouse,
but she liked the companionship. When HE filed for divorce, on 9/23/92
she began her campaign to discredit him. (See Statement by Helene Walters,
page 12)
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- They Are All Pedophiles! Let's Hang 'Em!
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- Wiegand tries to get her story into every
newspaper or magazine possible and has racked up an impressive list of
talk show hosts who have provided air time and, thus more donors to her
campaign. Her drive is undeniable, her determination, commendable, but
her truthfulness, motives and methods, questionable. She would have her
audience believe that the courts in Connecticut are part of some vast conspiracy,
run by a ring of pedophiles that include judges, prosecutors, state agencies
and police. She has even put out a reward poster for information on a list
of eleven judges, attorneys, doctors, and of course, her ex-husband and
his relatives. She accuses these professionals of a long list of crimes;
child sexual abuse, conspiracy to commit child sexual abuse, child pornography,
blackmail, fraud, perjury, tax evasion, slander, libel, falsification of
documents and reports and more. This poster, which lists addresses and
social security numbers, is really a fishing expedition, hoping that the
offer of a reward will bring out someone who might know of some wrongdoing
by the people she lists. None of the people she names have ever been charged
with any of these crimes, with the exception of the charges she managed
to get in Vermont against her husband. (Which were later dropped) This
list of crimes originates only from her mind. Her own detectives failed
to find any link between these people and her husband, or any evidence
of any of the crimes on her list. Ironically, most of the charges she levels
are crimes that SHE may have committed, as we will see.
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