JM wrote:
I would get letters form survivors and ted would write "TV/documentary" on the envelope and file them. I tried to get back to all of the people who wrote but it became impossible. ted is always tryig to make a "movie deal". He is even paying his daughter to write the screen play about him.
I got a letter from Sue Ford in the late 80s. She mailed me a copy of her screen play "Starshine" and asked me to read it. Years later when ted was staying at my house she came over for a visit. She wasn't interested in ted at that point. I really didn't know what I could do to help her with her script. After I got rid of ted he just have called her. I didn't know that Brice Taylor was Sue- I heard she was giving speeches with him.
ted also called my froend Noreen Gosch who was introduced to me by Ken Woden a producer for 20/20. She was very helpful with giving me advice on how to deal with all the people who were contacting me. I considered her a good friend. ted and John Decamp were forming a "production Company" and were bugging Noreen to sign a contract with them that she wanted nothing to do with. Somehow ted schmoozed his way in with her and discredited me to her. Now she "hates" me. I tried to warn her..
The condos in Las Vegas. They belonged to Ken and Mary Scheibe. I was told Ken was a retired judge. They were multimillionaires. ted visited them at least once a month because Ken had hired him for security. ted purchased an airline ticket coupon that would allow him to fly as many times as he wanted to for a specific amount of time. he put that on my credit card. I went with him to visit them several times. After I tossed him in 1993, he ended up in Las Vegas, Ken had cancer and was in bad shape. Mary had Alzheimer's and really enjoyed her cocktails. There was a nurse for Ken but I understand he died from asphyxiation. ted sent Mary to Long Beach and paid Judy Hanson to "take care of her." ted took over their condos and I hear that he had all of his homeless cohorts live there.
Recently Mary Scheibe passed away and they all had to vacate because of probate. ted moved to Clatonia, Nebraska and rented a house from John Decamp in his neighborhood.
ted's last girlfriend, fiancee, contacted me after she had told him to leave her house. She went to Nebraska with him and saw what he really was. She has become a long distance friend. She has told me about recent. developments. She knows DeCamp's neighbors and ted's ex. She has tried to put together all of the people ted has scammed.
Another great story. Maybe we can get her on here to comment?
Thanks, Jackie, for responding. These kind of details really help to begin to flesh out a picture of what might have been going on during that time period in Las Vegas.
The copy that I have of Cathy O'Brien and and Mark Phillips's book "Trance Formation of America" says it came out in 1995 (it may be a second edition), and the publisher is listed as "Reality Marketing Inc., 5300 West Sahara, Suite 101, Las Vegas, Nevada.
I heard (through the grapevine) that Cathy and Mark were based in Las Vegas for a period of time in the '90's and that that was where Mark was doing "deprogramming" work with some of the survivors who contacted him and Cathy after reading "Trance Formation." There were reports that he was helping them recover memories then messing with their heads by saying that they were full of it, scrambling their minds and saying that their memories were false... things of that nature (and charging them big bucks for it).
Apparently, Brice (Sue) and Kathleen S. were working with Mark and Cathy in Las Vegas, both at the same time, before they wrote their books, and both made reports of Mark's shady and abusive behavior towards them...
The whole thing is puzzling, and all in all, Cathy and Brice's books may have done more damage than good by discrediting MK survivors, sensationalizing and muddying the waters.
Any details, observations or insights you might have regarding these people and activities will be greatly appreciated.