5 years ago today a good friend of mine, Ron Bonds, passed away. Ron was a special person and had established himself as the go-to-guy for the entire conspiracy subculture of the 1980s and 1990s. Ron, in short, was THE MAN. His publishing company, IllumiNet Press, produced a body of work that traces the sources for today's ever-growing occult pop-culture craze.

Ron was a singularly unique fellow who shared his wonder, illumination and a wicked wit with anyone he met. Read an extensive biography of Ron Bonds over at our good friend's site, The Burning Taper.

For a sampling of Ron's High Weirdness, here's an outtake from the soon-to-be released IllumiNet Transmissions.

It will amuse and annoy the hell out of you!

Subculture | Strange Deaths | Ron Bonds | Conspiracy

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