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(More customer reviews)I clearly remember when the Rulo murders were uncovered, as I live less then 100 miles from the scene of the crime. I read this book several times and I have to say Colvin seems to have done a pretty good job of getting out and beating the bush to get his sources and research. He talked to a slew of people involved in the case.
The big problem with Colvin is that he seems to downplay the Christian Identity theme to some extent. He talks in great depth about James Wickstrom and the Posse Comitatus, but we don't get as much information on the underlying theme to these activities, which is Christian Identity, a theology that advocates that Jews are the spawn of Satan and that Blacks and other Non-White races are subhuman. The reason Ryan was able to exert his influence was due to Identity.
I can let the reader know that Michael Ryan is still on Death Row here in Nebraska. In fact, he recently lost yet another appeal, but he has several avenues left to him. Dennis Ryan was released from prison when he had his sentence reduced to 2nd degree murder. Several years ago, our state Supreme Court made a ruling that resulted in the release of dozens of convicts that had been convicted of 2nd degree murder. Go figure. Andreas and Haverkamp were also released from prison recently. Michael Ryan, the last I heard, is attempting to rewrite the Bible along the lines of Christian Identity.
A scary book in that it shows how evil some people can be.
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On a peaceful August morning in 1985, grim-face FBI agents led a dawn raid on an eighty-acre farm outside Rulo, Nebraska, said to be occupied by a gorup of religious survivalists led by the charismatic Mike Ryan. What they found on the farm shocked even experience investigators. For months Ryan's Nebraska neighbors spoke in whispers of gunfire in the night, the disappearance of women and children, neo-Nazis and white supremacists. But little did the locals know what was happening to those Mike Ryan decided to punish for their "sins." In Evil Harvest, Rod Colvin re-creates a chilling story of torture, hate, and perversion, and how good, ordinary people could be pulled into a destructive, religious cult—a cult that committed unthinkable acts in the name of God.
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