Brice Taylor: Thanks for the Memories

[Lauren Johnson]

David, after reading your evaluation, I had decided to just ignore it. But I decided to read it anyway. As I have found it do be convincing, even though I remain unconvinced -- far from it. I just haven't been able to dismiss it. Frankly, there is so much detail in the book, it would seem that it is either written by a very gifted fabulist, or she is telling the truth. Her story is horrifying, disgusting, appalling, and I would certainly hope you are right in dismissing it. You certainly have been deeply involved in this area.

Having said this, as I am writing this I have just finished the book and went to the front to read the intro chapters. I was surprised to read what Walter Bowar said:

I cannot tell you the experiences Sue Ford reports are accurate to the letter, since I was not a
witness to all of them. But, as I revealed in Operation Mind Control (1994), I once saw Sue on a Palm
Springs golf course in the company of her alleged handler, Bob Hope. At that time I was Editor-in-Chief
of Palm Springs Life magazine, which had just won the "Maggie" Award for publishing the best city
magazine. It was at the Bob Hope Classic that I saw Sue, but I didn't speak to her, as I was busy covering
the happenings and celebrities, which have graced the magazine since the 1950's. Sue was one of the Bob
Hope Classic hostesses, assisting the public and the press in a variety of functions.

My path crossed Sue's again years later when I was interviewing another survivor of mind control,
but I'll spare you those details. Just read my book. I can tell you that Sue Ford believes the story she has
written with all her being, and her account as described herein has remained consistent.

Most of her memories, conveyed in her book, she obtained outside of the therapy setting on the
Island of Kauai, while journaling on the beach, since she could not afford a therapist at that time. The
perceived safety of the location and the steady sound of the waves in the background provided her with
the ability to focus inward, allowing intense flashbacks to recur, including intense memory of her
physical sensations during those events (called body memories), all of which she was able to write down
in her journals. Sue's journals are amazingly free of mistakes, and that's no small feat since they were
written in indelible ink. One gets the impression that Sue simply 'downloaded' this material from her
inner 'multiple personalities,' who were desperately wanting to get this information out.

She certainly has convinced a lot of people not to mention herself. She still appears to be actively involved after all these years speaking out about satanic abuse and mind control.

Like I said, I can't bring myself to dismiss her story as much as I would like to.