The Bizarre Odyssey Of Frank Collin.

August 24, 2006 6:26 AM

Frank Collin. Just your average everyday half-Jewish Neo-Nazi pederast occult author. Former leader of the Neo-Nazi group that marched through the predominantly Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie in 1977, triggering protests and court battles. Collin himself was half-Jewish, strangely. He later went to jail for child molestation and seems to have turned to writing books about witchcraft since his release. A truly strange story.
posted by jonmc (14 comments total)

more info
posted by jonmc at 6:29 AM on August 24, 2006

I hate Illinois Nazis.
posted by Sk4n at 6:54 AM on August 24, 2006

Didn't someone just do a post about that ancient civ in America BS?
posted by parmanparman at 7:09 AM on August 24, 2006

parmanparman: I don't believe anything this jerkoff says either. I just think his story is interesting.
posted by jonmc at 7:10 AM on August 24, 2006

I remember him from The Blues Brothers.
posted by PHINC at 7:27 AM on August 24, 2006

Frank Joseph Collin went to jail for hiring underage boys and violating them and Illinois law.

That line kinda sticks out.
posted by Divine_Wino at 7:29 AM on August 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

Like a sieg heil.
posted by jonmc at 7:33 AM on August 24, 2006

That More Info link is anti-semetic BS as well
posted by parmanparman at 7:39 AM on August 24, 2006

I know, I figure I'd let it discredit itself, but it gives a rough chronology of the whole sordid saga.
posted by jonmc at 7:40 AM on August 24, 2006

There's a strange historical connection between Nazis (and the higher echelons of neo-nazis) and witchcraft, for some reason. I guess that once you base your world-view on some hermeneutical notion of racial superiority, you'll be willing to believe anything.
posted by clevershark at 7:45 AM on August 24, 2006

Isn't "half-Jewish" like "half-pregnant"? I was under the impression that you were Jewish if your mother was, or else you weren't. Am I wrong?
posted by drinkcoffee at 8:30 AM on August 24, 2006

If they ever make a movie about this guy, the credits better roll with "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World."

OH I'm a shock trooper in a stupor, yes I am...

Drinkcoffee, to be considered Jewish in terms of the religion your mother has to be Jewish, but many/most/more people consider it an ethnicity.
posted by Divine_Wino at 9:10 AM on August 24, 2006 [1 favorite]

Frank Joseph Collin went to jail for hiring underage boys and violating them and Illinois law.

That line kinda sticks out.

In case you're wondering this is called a syllepsis.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:39 AM on August 24, 2006

George_Spiggott is a beautiful writer, one who can turn a head as well as a phrase.
posted by horsewithnoname at 10:03 AM on August 24, 2006 [1 favorite]