"Francis E. Dec (1926-1996) was an American lawyer and 'outsider writer' who was best known for his typewritten diatribes that he independently mailed and published from the late 1960s onward. His works are characterized by highly accusatory and vulgar attacks on various subjects, often making use of phrases like "Mad Deadly Worldwide Communist Gangster Computer God" to slander hierarchies that he believed were engaging in electronic harassment against him. Jeffrey Sconce analyzed the written works of Francis E. Dec in his book 'The Technical Delusion: Electronics, Power, Insanity', within a chapter discussing the phenomenon of 'targeted individuals' *. In it, he states that 'his writing speaks to a feature of technical delusions that became increasingly prominent in the second half of the twentieth century. Dec's screeds are emblematic in their careening, amplified panic over imperious yet chimerical powers that seemingly are everywhere all the time and yet can never be fully confronted or understood.'"
"Among other figures interested in Dec's works were William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge; the latter used a recording of his voice on the Psychic TV album 'Ultrahouse (The L.A. Connection)'. A 1983 issue of Weirdo by Robert Crumb was based on Dec's works. Other media inspired by Dec's writings include 'Hero in Hell', a series of spoken word performances performed by former KROQ-FM DJ Boyd R. Britton in the 1980s."
* Electronic harassment, electromagnetic torture, or psychotronic torture is a conspiracy theory that government agents make use of electromagnetic radiation (such as the microwave auditory effect), radar, and surveillance techniques to transmit sounds and thoughts into people's heads, affect people's bodies, and harass people. Individuals who claim to experience this call themselves 'targeted individuals.'
