Thousands of similar orders come in every month to Paladin, a leading supplier of mayhem manuals, weapons guides, military histories and videotapes. One of the warehouse guys listening to surf music would have pulled the slim volumes from tall stockpiles.įor publisher Peder C. One of the sweet-voiced women who take orders must have typed the invoice. Perry's order arrived at the bland Boulder, Colo., headquarters of Paladin Press, and the books went out unremarked at the time. In January 1992 he sent a check for $30 and received "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors" and "How to Make Disposable Silencers." Sample titles: "Ragnar's Big Book of Homemade Weapons," "Deadly Brew: Advanced Improvised Explosives," "Duty Free: Smuggling Made Easy," "Advanced Lock Picking Secrets." In his bedroom in a brick rambler in Detroit, he kept a glossy catalogue advertising a trove of 700 educational books and videos. His business card said "Spiritual Advisor" and "Case Buster," but he hoped to learn another specialty. BOULDER, Colo.James Edward Perry was a street preacher and sometime resident of the Michigan state prison system.
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