Formerwhitehat EXPOSED – RA STYLE THE_END 2012-RAKMEISTER

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1. justintimetravels

   A Former White Hat Says, “What.”
   Yesterday I posted the findings of my weekend long Internet investigation into the blogger known as Former White Hat. After posting, I kept digging, found some more fun stuff, and I’ve been thus far adding that stuff to the original post; from now on, I’ll update in new posts, linking the original up top.
   Anywho, I “fired a warning shot,” as I like to say, at the FWH blog yesterday. I found an old IRC post where someone had written a poem about a character they called, “Vichael.” It kind of summed my feelings up nicely, and did the job in carrying the message of, “I’ve figured you out, Vikey!”
   
   Below is his response. At first, and for a while, there was only the initial reply from FWH. The one that basically says, “say whaaaat?” I was tempted to respond, but I resisted, and let the whole thing chill for a couple hours. Upon returning to the FWH blog, I saw the tiny comment explosion pictured below.
   

   The first to reply to FWH is “greysen,” roughly an hour after FWH posts. His timezone seems consistent with FWH’s. 9:40 am, and then 10:47 am; no larger leap there. Notice that when FWH makes his next post, his time has jumped dramatically forward to 12:08 pm. This whole internet incident, we’ll call it, from me posting the “warning shot,” to FWH responding, to all these comments being posted, occurred in roughly 2 hours (a little over). For me, these were the hours of 3:58 am (when I first posted), to 6:48 am (when the Turl Eh****ur comment was posted). I am 5 hours behind the FWH blog timezone, which is weird, considering the account was opened in San Diego; then again, it also means nothing, considering the timezone of Mr. FWH can fluctuate at will. Notice that his third comment (“elementary, dear watson!”) actually takes place at 12:05 pm, while his second comment takes place at 12:08 pm. Time traveler!? *gasp*
   That being said, the other comments remain consistent with that of the blog: 8:58 am (my first post), to FWH’s reply an hour later at 9:40 am, greysen’s comment an hour later at 10:47 am, fiona’s comment at 11:37 am, and Turl Eh****ur’s comment a single minute later at 11:38 am.
   This comes to mind (from IRC):
   

   Turl Eh****ur, which quite a distinct handle, alias or otherwise, is a name that appears on the internet, only within the comment section of the FWH blog. I also find most of “fiona’s” posts to be highly suspect. This is rabbit hole stuff, so I’ll stay out of it, but thought I’d point it out.
   Lastly, FWH references “the Samus Aran passcode.” This is him telling me that he has seen my blog, this tumblr, which was named after Metroid’s JUSTIN_BAILEY code, and thus has seen all the info that I have on him/Louis Kahn-Nin.
   [Update/PS/I Forgot]
   Also! FWH screens and moderates every single comment that is posted on his blog. This is why the blog will go several hours, sometimes a whole day with zero new comments, and then suddenly explode. He pushes all the day’s comments through at one time, and then hangs on the blog for a few hours.

   #former white hat #white hats #louis kahn-nin #conspiracy #conspiracy theory

   another a cover/characters of him,.
   http://marilynjayelewis.tumblr.com/

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3. [Bullet 5] Who is Michael Hemmingson?
   
   It was at this point that I took a brief few hours off from all this madness to clear my head, and upon returning to it, I revisited much of the information I had looked at early on in my goose-chase.
   A lot of this was due to the fact that I had become mostly convinced that the true identity of Louis Kahn-Nin was the individual Valerie Grey, while my girlfriend was alternately insistant (upon reading some Valerie Grey material) that Valerie was definitely not a woman.
   [Exhibit A: The Comment]
   Returning to the internet argument between Former White Hat and Duncan O’Finioan, which was the blog posting that first peaked my interest, I found this in the comments section:
   
   My agenda is not to bring a bunch of occult possibilities into this, so I will totally disregard the satanist comments made here, and stick to unearthing the true identity of FWH.
   That being said, Michael Hemmingson is a name I came across while researching, but mostly ignored until this point. To paraphrase his above linked wiki page, Michael Hemmingson is a prolific author of many styles, notably erotic fiction, who is mostly commonly associated with the location San Diego. He has published frequently in the San Diego Reader, and joined the staff of Pacific San Diego Magazine in 2010. He also maintains several online blogs including his personal WordPress, a WordPress called Those Sexy Vintage Sleaze Books (which looks curiously similar to Valerie Grey’s old WordPress, and even features articles about some Valerie Grey books!), in addition to hosting a radio show called The Art of Dreaming, which focus on themes of conspiracy theory, and the occult.
   Before I delve into the radio show, and my first glimpses into the true identity of Louis Kahn-Nin, a quick image! :
   
   Note that the poster is Hemmingson (as “vintagesleazepaperbacks”), that the radio show (as “Art of Dreaming”) was established (or rather, renamed) almost in tandem with the creation of the Former White Hat blog, and that the image used here has been used by FWH, Valerie Grey, and now Michael Hemmingson. Ok! Moving on!
   [Exhibit B: The Interview with Marilyn Jaye Lewis]
   
   (original plog post pictured above ) is of an interview between Michael Hemmingson and fellow erotic fiction author Marilyn Jaye Lewis, conducted on Hemmingson’s Art of Dreaming program. This post jumped right out of the page at me, because the preview image is of a Valerie Grey book, Abnormal Norma.
   The interview is audio only, so there is a slideshow of photos run over it. Some of them are of Hemmingson’s books, some are of an occult nature, some are logos for the radio show, but then I start seeing Valerie Grey books, Louis Kahn-Nin books, and other books that look suspiciously similar to these.
   
   Here is the Smashwords profile for Dominique Navarro. Here is the same for Kim Mitchell. I cannot prove that these authors are connected, or that they are the same person as Louis Kahn-Nin/Valerie Grey, or now as Michael Hemmingson; In fact, this doesn’t prove anything, but it does kick my intuition into gear. I understand that what I have just presented is nothing but conjecture, but when I look at this I can see something clearly beginning to emerge, so I dig deeper.
   [Exhibit B: The IRC Community]
   Before the alt-news scene was contending with the hijinks of FWH, the IRC community (internet relay chat) was dealing with one Michael Hemmingson of San Diego, CA.
   This is a huge resource of Google Groups discussing the identity of Michael Hemmingson, the common conjecture that he is the same person as Valerie Grey (or rather, Valerie Grey is his alter-ego), and their desire to see him go away and leave them alone. I’ll paraphrase a bit, but I do suggest checking out the link. It is a very large and convincing body of information.
   The following is from a post entitled, “Michael’s worst job of keeping his personalities separate YET”
   
   
   The Smashwords profile of Kim Mitchell is linked above, by the video interview. This is the blog of Aha Amy, the erotic works of Amy Williams:
   
   Note that the timeframe of these conversations are all in the neighborhood of 1994, implying that Hemmington was exercising these personalities long before employing them as erotic fiction pseudonyms.
   More IRC stuff!
   
   Sadly, as the larger picture becomes more clear, this is looking more and more like a situation where the perpetrator is actually sick, and needs help. The grandiose claims he makes about his power and anonymity are consistent with the kind of “me against the world” stuff we see on the FWH blog. I’m not suggesting that Hemmingson is unable to tell fact and fiction apart, but rather that he has unintentionally fragmented himself in doing this, and has created a scenario where he will never attain the control he desires, because he always needs more, and there is always another angle to play, and a new character to invent. It’s the ultimate joke that he played on himself.
   Here is a response he writes as “Valerie,” employing the same bitchy tone and style we saw FWH use against O’Finioan.
   
   Again, I invite you to check out the dozens more posts on Hemmingson within the IRC community linked above. And for fun, this Amazon list, where he plugs all his pseudonyms! And this picture!
   
   [Exhibit C: The Livejournal of Michael Hemmingson]
   
   This is the personal LiveJournal of Michael Hemmingson. For those of you fortunate enough to have no idea what LiveJournal is, you only need to know one thing about it: it’s an old social networking protocol, before MySpace, and it is pretty much no longer in use.
   That’s what disappoints me somewhat. For someone who has essentially made a living out of weaving new identities, manipulating people, and pushing his own products (a grifter, or con-man, essentially), he kind of sucks. All I had to do was find his old Livejournal. Granted, it took like 3 days, going from Former White Hat, to Louis Kahn-Nin, to Valerie Grey, to Hemmingson, but sticking it out for that short amount of time was all it took to bring the house of cards down. All you had to do was delete your old unused bull**** stupid Livejournal, Mikey! Too easy!
   It’s just a ****ty old LiveJournal, but at the same time, it is my entire case on dude, because, as you’ve seen, this has been largely conjecture and circumstance. This is a bit different. This is Michael Hemmingson saying, on LiveJournal, in the year 2009, most likely way before he conceived of the FWH character, that Louis Kahn-Nin is in fact one of his many pseudonyms as an author. Boom!
   This is what I’m referring to specifically:
   
   Also, note he says, in 2009, right before Valerie Grey’s persona emerged, that he will begin releasing lesbian erotica under 2 female pen names.
   [In Conclusion]
   I urge you, please, use your own discretion on this. Check the links, read the material, be sure of your own accord. This doesn’t mean don’t trust anyone, but remember that trust is something that is earned.
   That being said, here is my take:
   I will not lie and claim to understand the exact intentions of Hemmingson. Whether it is about using the many characters to sell and recommend his own products, or simply a satisfaction he derives from controlling information, and the way people perceive him. He alone knows this, and to be honest, I don’t care what that reason is.
   One thing is clear, however. By supposedly “outing” everyone in the alt-news media scene he has created an environment where “only he can be trusted.” And when he plugs a WingTV DVD on his blog, he is implying that it is approved information from a “in-the-know” insider, who is the only one you can trust, because he’s told you everyone else is a Cabal op, or a ‘on-the-fritz’ super soldier, or a synthetic, orwhatever. He has no limit to what he will say. To turn a profit, to feel whole again, whatever it is.
   Please understand, this isn’t a slight on Texe Marrs specifically, but WINGTV has a highly suspect library of content for sale, most of which appears to be fiction designed to glean money out of people who are interested in the occult, and believe they have stumbled onto a legitimate source of information.
   Here is a screenshot of some WINGTV content:
   
   The way I see it, this is fear mongering. This behavior is literally the core of what so many of these blogs are fighting against. So, please, I ask again: Use your discretion, educate yourselves. Don’t just listen to a guy with a soapbox who has a loud voice. And furthermore, work together to take that soapbox away. This guy has been running rampant for decades. We can do this together, but we need to help eachother. If you know something I should know, please tell me! That’s what I’m trying to do here. You guys deserve to know this.
   To be honest, I’m not exactly sure what is at play here. Satire? Disinformation? Simple Capitalism? Maybe a little of each? Personally, I lean towards satire and “art” as being the primary agenda of the Former White Hat.
   At points, my interest in this matter ran contrary to my philosophy of art, because I have always believed that, while artists have the potential for great social impact, they are not necessarily bound to that potential, and should not be held to a moral or ethical responsibility. I have always felt that pinning a social responsibility on artists runs contrary to the nature of art and to the creative process. However, what I see here is someone who is taking advantage of the alt-news community, and exploiting their willingness to believe as a vulnerability. I will always defend an artists right to create without boundary, but alternately the people have a right to know they are being misled and used.
   There is still a lot that remains cloudy. There are a few things, however, of which I am sure.
   1) There is no Louis Kahn-Nin.
   2) There is no Valerie Grey.
   3) Louis Kahn-Nin and Valerie Grey are the same person.
   4) That person is, in my humble opinion, Michael Hemmingson.

   [Bullet 4] The WordPress of Valerie Grey
   Here is the personal WordPress of “Valerie Grey.”
   
   Valerie Grey is an author of erotic fiction, who also writes under the pseudonym “Valerie Gray,” because she “likes being an enigma.” Oh, reaaaaalllyy?
   Valerie supposedly published her first erotic fiction in 2006 (I can’t find any actual record of this), which was subsequently republished in 2009, and made her first WordPress post in 2009. The final post on her blog is dated March 2011.
   [Exhibit A: The Works of Valerie Grey (and Gray)]
   Right off the bat, it was obvious that the works of Valerie Grey and Louis Kahn-Nin shared both themes of incest, and a certain aesthetic, in choice of book title, cover images, etc. Also, both authors shared publishers. Here are images of books from both authors:
   Valerie Grey:
   
   Louis Kahn-Nin:
   
   Poking around, I found that Valerie actually had another pseudonym, A.E. Oliver.
   
   More similarities to Kahn-Nin:
   
   And the final possible pseudonym I found, Jean-Michel Turquoise, who supposedly wrote a novel which was subsequently translated by one Louis Kahn-Nin.
   
   
   
   It’s totally possible that Moo really was a mimeographed booklet first published in the 80’s, but I cannot find any information on Jean-Michel Turquoise aside from info that is attached to this specific publication. Note that the overview refers to Louis as a relative of Anais Nin, but this time as a “great grandson.”
   This is, like the similarities in the books I talked about above, mostly circumstantial, but I think it helps to illuminate the reality of the situation. Here is a poem by Valerie Grey:
   
   Short-form, like the poem on Louis’s WordPress. “The lizards will curl their tails,” and all that ****.
   [Exhibit B: The Comment]
   Under the “About Me” section of Valerie’s blog is the following comment:
   
   So a publisher who specializes in the subject matters of “wild fiction, conspiracies, philosophy, pop-culture, and subversion” contacts Valerie because he believes she has “a fire.” Interesting. Also, note that the date she responds to Victor’s comment is also the date of the final update to her WordPress blog.
   This is a link to Victor Thorn’s company, WINGTV, or the World Independent News Group. They produce books and DVDs like New World Order Assassins by Victor Thorn, and 9-11 Evil by Victor Thorn. There are a bunch of other authors associated with the organization, one of which is probably another of the countless pseudonyms of Valerie Grey.
   Rooting through the Former White Hat blog, I found the following DVD recommendation:
   
   The DVD is produced by, guess who!? WINGTV. Here’s the link.
   So, what we have is FWH, aka Louis Kahn-Nin, an erotic fiction author who shares circles and publishers with Valerie Grey, recommending a DVD to buy that was produced by a company we know contacted Valerie Grey.
   [Bullet 5] The Facebook of Valerie Grey
   
   Just a few quick notes on this. We know this is the Valerie Grey because her location in Portland lines up, and also because she lists a Valerie Grey erotic book as her own. There are a few interesting bits to note.
   1] She lists English and Deutsch as languages she knows, just like on Louis Kahn-Nin’s Facebook (Louis actually lists a few more. Among them, French.). This is kind of flimsy, but interesting.
   2] She lists her grad school location as San Diego, which is the location of the Former White Hat blog, as determined here:
   
   3] Comical NWO and Cabal related posts abound!
   
   Hurrah! Here’s another picture from Valerie’s Facebook. This one is consistent with the images from the FWH blog. FWH likes to end posts with images like this one; FWH readers will recognize the style:
   
   4] The most important thing to note here, is that Valerie only has 80 some friends, just like Louis Kahn-Nin, which speaks to the possibility that she, too, is a pseudonym, or false identity. Her Facebook wall seems contrived, as if to paint a convincing picture of a fun, wild, and reckless young author. Also, the pictures of her on the Facebook rarely appear to be the same person, and most certainly are not consistent with the pictures from her old WordPress blog.
   The two Facebook pages (Louis Kahn-Nin and Valerie Grey) also share several mutual friends.

4. Who is Louis Kahn-Nin?

   
   * PLEASE NOTE! ALL OF THE FOLLOWING IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED WITHIN ARE EXACTLY THAT: OPINIONS. I AM NOT MAKING ANY LEGAL OR OFFICIAL ALLEGATIONS *
   I’ve had an anti-productive weekend. I stumbled across something on saturday morning that the amateur internet detective in me could not ignore.
   This is the blog of the so-called “Former White Hat,” which first emerged in March of 2012.
   For those not so into the occult, conspiracy theory, etc., here is the modus operandi of the self-proclaimed “White Hats” :
   We are a group of people who have been brought together to assist in the world’s awakening by reporting truth and exposing our fraudulent corporate government. We bring forth information that the mainstream media (msm) refuses to report and our news comes from high level “inside” intelligence sources.
   The Former White Hat (FWH from now on) blog claims that the White Hats had become infiltrated by the The Cabal, forcing the FWH to abandon post, and start his/her own “truth campaign.” Right out the gate, it was a campaign that stirred the alternative news community. FWH wasted no time in accusing several of the scene’s more notable figures (George Noory,Kerry Cassidy, and Ben Fulford, to name a few) of being clones, MK-ULTRA controlled zombies, Cabal operatives, and so forth.
   The most notable quality of the FWH blog is the way in which it is written and put together. The tone is very tongue in cheek, somewhat mean in spirit, and the author frequently chooses somewhat odd or comical pictures to accompany the posts. This is in contrast to most of these blogs or radio programs, which are usually hopeful in tone, and serious in nature.
   Soon after, some information surfaced about the possible identity of FWH.
   To paraphrase the link above, the identity of FWH was that of “Louis Kahn-Nin,” a writer of seemingly vile and shallow smut books.
   With this news, most people abandoned their readership of the FWH blog.
   It was at this point in the “trail” that I became curious. There were several details in the “Louis Kahn-Nin” story that did not sit right with me, and that is the purpose of this post, to outline those details. To be clear, what I am not proposing is that the FWH is actually the former ONI operative that he/she claims to be; I simply am seeing some giant holes, and I can tell that there is more to this story.
   So, without further ado, Who The **** Is Louis Kahn-Nin!?
   [Bullet 1] The works of Louis Kahn-Nin
   Here is the Smashwords publisher profile for Louis Kahn-Nin, which is essentially a list of his prestigious works of literature. This is the information that almost instantaneously killed the credibility of FWH.
   There are a few things to note here.
   [Exhibit A: The Profile Picture]
   This is the same person photographed here as used by FWH in a few posts.
   Here’s a partial screenshot of the above link:
   
   The post goes on to kind of challenge people to unearth the true identity of FWH. So, I took the author up on the challenge, and I’m pretty sure I’ve produced the actual result, so bear with me here.
   I reverse image searched the man in the image and came out with this.
   The man in the image is American novelist Thomas Pychon, a somewhat elusive character that is mostly known for his 1974 novel Gravity’s Rainbow, which deals with a number of occult/conspiracy theory themes, and his Salinger-esque tendencies as a hermit.
   This was the first indication that Louis Kahn-Nin was a pseudonym or patsy identity.
   [Exhibit B: The Timeline]
   On Smashwords, the works of Louis Kahn-Nin first appear in November of 2011, sometimes with 3 books being published on the same day, 3 more books being published a few days later, 3 more books being published the very next day, etc, etc. This is a lot of content in a very short span, emerging only shortly before the creation of the FWH blog. Looking deeper, I found varying release dates for his books on Amazon, Google Books, etc, going back to 2010. Earlier than that, dude was a ghost.
   This was the second indication that the identity was a fake.
   Before this timeline, there is no Louis Kahn-Nin. I invite you to try and find something; I spent my entire saturday looking for info on this guy, and there is nothing aside from being associated with these recent publications. The most interesting bit I found on “Louis” was this description of him on Olympia Press’s mobile site, which describes him as the “great grand-nephew of Anais Nin.” Riiiiigggghhht.
   [Bullet 2] The WordPress Blog of Louis Kahn-Nin
   This is the personal WordPress of Louis Kahn-Nin. Before he was “exposed” in the alt-news scene, this WordPress contained a comprehensive list of his smut publications. These were promptly taken down upon exposure, and replaced with the weird little haiku-ish thing you can see there now.
   [Exhibit A: The Poem]
   You fell for the joke.
   Keep guessing.
   The daughters of the phoenix will rise again.
   Isis will regain her crown.
   The accomplished 505 will stand tall.
   The lizards will curl their tails.
   I think the purpose of this little poem is to lend credibility to the idea that, even though Louis has been exposed as a smut author, he still may be a legitimate entity in the fight against The Cabal, in ways that we cannot possibly understand. Oooooo, spoooky.
   This is pretty much the thing that got me into this little faux investigation. This “enigmatic” poem along with the blog title (“Welcome To The Maze”), was enough to make me say, “Alright, I’m game, let’s do this then.”
   The WordPress is mostly empty. The “About Louis Kahn-Nin” tab yields the following message,
   “I am a loose cannon!
   keep guessing, lizard boys”
   “Loose Cannon” is something that FWH calls himself from time to time on the proper FWH blog. The thing most worth noting on the WordPress is in the comment section below this message:
   [Exhibit B: The Comment]
   
   Personally, I think this is a plant comment, meant to reenforce the idea that Louis is the “great grand-nephew” of Anais Nin, mostly through using the phrase “keep the writing tradition alive in the family.” I tried looking up this “Franco” character, and came up with nothing.
   [Bullet 3] The Facebook of Louis Kahn-Nin
   Oh yes, that’s right.
   Here is the Facebook page of Louis Kahn-Nin, featuring a bunch of probably bull**** information.
   
   This was obviously designed to be consistent with the info coming off the FWH blog. Employed by the Navy and the ONI, not at liberty to discuss, blah blah blah.
   However, there are a couple of nuggets here.
   [Exhibit A: The Profile Picture]
   
   Yes, it’s the same profile picture, but that isn’t the thing. The thing is that the photo was uploaded on January 13, 2010, which is 2 years before the creation of the FWH blog, but fits the timeline of his publications as an “erotic author.”
   Also, the name Tyrone Slothorp is tagged in the picture. Tyrone is a character from novelist Thomas Pychon’s (the man in the profile pic) Gravity’s Rainbow.
   It’s at this point that I realize a web has been weaved, or rather, a trail of breadcrumbs has been left to find. So, I arrive at the ethical question of, ‘Am I empowering this person by buying into their design?’ Well, I decide that if I can actually succeed, I can remove the mystery, which is what this person desires. Even now, the mystery remains, because most people believe that he/she is actually this Louis Kahn-Nin character. Even though the character’s credibility has been removed, the character remains, and the author continues to post, and masquerade as the character. So, again, let’s do this. We’re almost there!
   [Exhibit B: The Quote]
   Favorite Quotations: “Duck who flies backwards has a strange quack.”
   As far as I can tell, this quote appears on the internet 3 times. Once here on the Facebook page. Once in a comment on the FWH blog (written by FWH, of course):
   
   The third time the quote appears is here, on one of those stupid internet questionnaires. What was your childhood ambition? What was your first job? Etc, etc.
   Then there’s this question: Q. What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
   And that’s the 10 million dollar question!
   

   

5. [In Conclusion]
   I urge you, please, use your own discretion on this. Check the links, read the material, be sure of your own accord. This doesn’t mean don’t trust anyone, but remember that trust is something that is earned.
   That being said, here is my take:
   I will not lie and claim to understand the exact intentions of Hemmingson. Whether it is about using the many characters to sell and recommend his own products, or simply a satisfaction he derives from controlling information, and the way people perceive him. He alone knows this, and to be honest, I don’t care what that reason is.
   One thing is clear, however. By supposedly “outing” everyone in the alt-news media scene he has created an environment where “only he can be trusted.” And when he plugs a WingTV DVD on his blog, he is implying that it is approved information from a “in-the-know” insider, who is the only one you can trust, because he’s told you everyone else is a Cabal op, or a ‘on-the-fritz’ super soldier, or a synthetic, orwhatever. He has no limit to what he will say. To turn a profit, to feel whole again, whatever it is.
   Please understand, this isn’t a slight on Texe Marrs specifically, but WINGTV has a highly suspect library of content for sale, most of which appears to be fiction designed to glean money out of people who are interested in the occult, and believe they have stumbled onto a legitimate source of information.
   Here is a screenshot of some WINGTV content:
   
   The way I see it, this is fear mongering. This behavior is literally the core of what so many of these blogs are fighting against. So, please, I ask again: Use your discretion, educate yourselves. Don’t just listen to a guy with a soapbox who has a loud voice. And furthermore, work together to take that soapbox away. This guy has been running rampant for decades. We can do this together, but we need to help eachother. If you know something I should know, please tell me! That’s what I’m trying to do here. You guys deserve to know this.
   To be honest, I’m not exactly sure what is at play here. Satire? Disinformation? Simple Capitalism? Maybe a little of each? Personally, I lean towards satire and “art” as being the primary agenda of the Former White Hat.
   At points, my interest in this matter ran contrary to my philosophy of art, because I have always believed that, while artists have the potential for great social impact, they are not necessarily bound to that potential, and should not be held to a moral or ethical responsibility. I have always felt that pinning a social responsibility on artists runs contrary to the nature of art and to the creative process. However, what I see here is someone who is taking advantage of the alt-news community, and exploiting their willingness to believe as a vulnerability. I will always defend an artists right to create without boundary, but alternately the people have a right to know they are being misled and used.
   There is still a lot that remains cloudy. There are a few things, however, of which I am sure.
   1) There is no Louis Kahn-Nin.
   2) There is no Valerie Grey.
   3) Louis Kahn-Nin and Valerie Grey are the same person.
   4) That person is, in my humble opinion, Michael Hemmingson.
   I’ve debated whether it’s worth noting that Thomas Pychon is still alive and his whereabouts are somewhat hazy, because I think that is kind of the point of the maze that’s been created here. I think in Michael’s wildest dreams, someone actually believes the FWH is Thomas Pychon, because then he can actually assume the identity of his mysterious hero, Thomas Pychon.
   My guess? This is the brainchild of a supposed “avante” author who idolizes Thomas Pychon, likes to “be an enigma,” and turns a buck writing fiction.
   As far as I’m concerned, I solved your little riddle, and had a weekend’s worth of fun doing it. So, in conclusion, thanks, Mikey!
   [Updates!]
   I can’t seem to stop digging, so I’ll continue to post any updates I find here:
   [Timeline Questions]
   I found this post, amidst the IRC stuff, directed at Hemmingson, dated 1994, and talking about the publications of Valerie Grey and Michael Hemmingson. I have not been able to find Valerie Grey books prior to 2009, but this could be because they were being republished regularly.
   
   Hemmingson published The Naughty Yard in 1994.
   [Valerie Grey at UCSD?]
   
   Kathy Acker and Raymond Federman were indeed instructors (professors?) at UCSD. Federman died sometime around 2009, and Acker died in 1998. This implies Valerie was at UCSD sometime before the late 90’s, which is not consistent with the Facebook persona she currently maintains (which BTW was created in December 2011). The girl who is supposedly Valerie Grey on that Facebook actually looks younger than the completely different looking Valerie Grey from the older WordPress. It seems like the Valerie Grey character doesn’t really age. My guess is that Acker and Federman were actually teachers of Hemmingson’s sometime around or shortly before the 1994 IRC debacles.
   [Resistance is Futile, but…]
   I found this IRC thread quite poetically titled, “More proof… that MHemmingson <==> Valerie Grey.”
   The post has, yes, more “evidence” that Michael is Valerie, but the purpose of sharing is to show his lack of regard in the face of a community who has, in their minds, exposed him and moved on. Still, he holds steadfast and maintains the ruse. I do not expect this guy to cop to what he has done; the important thing is that people have access to the information.
   
   Reading through these old IRC’s from ‘94 has been a trip! Turns out Hemmingson is like an OG internet troll, maybe even to a historical degree!
   [WHO THE FARK IS MICHAEL HAWTHORNE!?]
   
   SERIOUSLY!?
   [Putting Hemmingson on a Timeline]
   
   Hemmingson was at least 30 by 1999; I wonder what happened during 1999…
   [Who is Dr. Mundinger-Klow?]
   Yo momma has so many pseudonyms, her new pseudonym is…
   
   Rooting through the old LiveJournal, I found the above post and, with it, the following comment:
   
   Note that he calls himself a whore, and, more importantly, that he says he uses the pseudonym “Dr. Garth Mundringer-Klow.”
   
   This is the WordPress blog of Dr. Garth. This seems to be the beginning of Hemmingson’s using Pychon’s image as a visual identity.
   The agenda of the so-called “guides” of Dr. Garth is to sell smut as information, much like we see on the Former White Hat Blog.
   [How Did I Miss This?]
   
   I embedded this in the initial post, but somehow missed the awesome tidbit at the end. Michael was in school in San Diego in 90-91. I can’t tell whether he went to SDSU, or whether the poster meant UCSD, as that was the school in question in his conversation.
   [I Fired The Warning Shot]
   
   I feel all tingly.
   [It Quacks Like A Duck]
   Here is Hemmingson’s response to the “Vike” poem I lifted off IRC:
   
   More on this later. I am tired, but I will remain vigilant!

6m Anonymous ‏@LegionNET

go mad on 1 of his ip’s 200.79.138.36 Tijuana MEXICO his 3rdsplitsplicedlife other ip .edu so no use for it. http://pastebin.com/SwcB91rg #ANONYMOUS