Anarchy and Explosives and General Mayhem

The term Anarchy got bandied about a lot in the early 80's, perhaps having some amount of political or social meaning attached at the outset, but by the first couple of years, it simply became a synonym for "blow shit up". Writers outdid themselves trying to imagine ways to create chaos and panic out of whatever household items they had available. How much of this destruction actually went on and how much was simply writing out angry missives about destruction, is unknown.

I wrote an essay about the meaning of the term "Anarchy" and how these files relate to that and the world at large.

The entirely stupid direction this country has taken regarding personal responsibility, freedom of expression and good ol' self-preservation necessitates the following paragraph:

Before you waste one entire second even considering mixing, creating, or otherwise implementing the instructions in these files, be aware that people have died from some of these very texts, attempting wholescale explosives and dangerous chemical reactions based on some flimsy text file written by god knows who for god knows what. It's just way too easy for someone to have typed a 5 instead of a 4 years and years ago when they were copying out of a badly photocopied pamphlet written by someone entirely different. Your life is too precious to take such an idiotic risk. If you're going to blow things (and yourself) up, at least go the route of learning with experts, where you'll become aware of risks and fun far beyond soaking tennis balls in gasoline and lighting them. OK?!

That aside, the justifications in some of the files are amazing, and a nice insight into the writer's mind.

Filename	Size	Description of the Textfile
CARDING	DIRECTORY	On Committing Credit Card Fraud
FREELOADING	DIRECTORY	Getting Something for Nothing
INCENDIARIES	DIRECTORY	Files With Instructions on Blowing Things Up
JOLLYROGER	DIRECTORY	Jolly Roger's Cookbook: Someone's Collection of Files
LOCKPICKING	DIRECTORY	Files About Getting Through Locks
MISCHIEF	DIRECTORY	Files About Making Life a Little More Messy
SCAMS	DIRECTORY	Files About Getting Something For Nothing
WEAPONS	DIRECTORY	Files About Creating Weapons
101waystk.txt	7860	101 Ways to Kill Yourself by G-Men Incorporated (1986)
176.txt	7551	The Ninja Warrior Presents: Poison #1
178.txt	6151	Kill They Neighbor (Murder Techniques)
20waysschool.txt	4890	20 Ways to Sabotage Your School by Cosmic Charlie
22kill.txt	4081	22 Ways to Kill a Man With Your Bare Hands by Big Bad Barbarian
83trash.txt	18091	83 Ways to Trash Your School, Re-Edited by Prince Goglho
9vfis.txt	2855	Having Fun in School by Captain Hack (March 18, 1995)
aa.txt	10217	Samaurai Cat Presents Scanning: The Art of Non-Selective Intervention
aaa001.txt	5657	The Amerikan Anarchist Alliance Guide to Kidnapping by The Prisoner and Code of Honor
abiss.nfo	6346	NFO File: ABISS Staff List and Greets
ac.ana	3725	Anarchist's Ordering Catalog
acbfile.txt	12119	Recipes for Nonsurvival - The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (Review by Esperanza Godot)
address.ana	21415	Gray-Area Company..List - Technology 1 BBS - 89-01-15
anarchist.txt	5041	Anarchists: The Social Loosers, by Mr. C
anarchy.txt	3999	A Guide to Anarchy by Berzerker
anarchy3	57272	Anarchy Today Issue #2: Evading Bomb Squad Tactics
anarcy1.txt	61440	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS
anarcy1b.txt	41057	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part II)
anarcy2.txt	32768	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (III)
anarcy4.txt	43008	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part IV)
anarkunc.txt	29247	You're Wrong! An Irregular Column by Mykel Board
anarky.txt	8510	iXHS (Information Express by Helter Skelter Issue #18): r00iners AnArKy pHilEz v0l 1.
anti.modem.weap	2509	The Anti-Modem Weapon from the Enemy Within
aoa4.txt	3233	Make Your Own Poison, by Moradian of AoA
atmosph.ere	16080	Kenmore Square, Boston...atmospheric test site discovered
beaspy.ana	3752	A Quick Quiz to See if you'd make a Good Spy
bigsecr1.txt	5535	Big Secrets Volume 1, by the Wyvern
bigsecr2.txt	8199	Big Secrets Volume 2, by the Wyvern
blowups.txt	7510	How to Blow Up Your School and Not Get Caught, by Killer/MoM (April 7, 1991)
body.txt	11883	Dragon's Touch: Weaknesses of the Human Anatomy
books	8458	The MAD! Source Book Part #3 Revised Addition (December 20, 1987)
bridged.txt	5617	Bridge Destruction
burglar.txt	10297	Techniques of Burglar Alarm Bypassing by The Raven
burglar2.txt	19007	Techniques of Burglar Alarm Bypassing Part II by The Raven
catlogs.txt	14636	The Canonical List of Undergroup Catalogs
chemical.txt	50881	Know What You're Handling: A List of Chemicals, Their Dangers and Uses
ciaman.txt	14772	The FM 95-1A CIA Guerrilla War Manual (Part I) by Samurai Cat
civwar.txt	18038	The Anarchist's Guide to Civilian Warfare and Sabotage
combat.txt	2169	Murphy's Laws of Combat
cookbook.iv	5107	The Anarchist Cookbook Version IV from Exodus (1994)
courier.txt	12526	Fly Free: The Courier Route
death.txt	4731	The Best Way to Die If You Had to by Sir Death and Doctor Murdock of Shawn Da Lay Boy Productions (September 10, 1989)
deathsickway.txt	5620	Death the Sick Way by Stryper and The Knights of the White Circle
dingdong.txt	1208	Ding Dong Ditch by Jonin Meka of the Black Hand Society
dmv.txt	1894	Driver's License Fingerprint and Document Requirments
dstrylox.txt	1746	Lock Destruction by Captain Hack (March 18, 1995)
elecfun.txt	2271	Fun With Electronics by The King of Roo
fakeid	2843	Getting a Fake Driver's License by The Sultan (February 26, 1986)
famphun.txt	3061	The Pyromaniac's Guide to Family Entertainment Volume 1 by The Great White and Cal Songsinger
faxfun.txt	9131	Fax Machine Fun by The Iocat (1989)
faxloop.txt	2089	The Fax of Life by Captain Hack (June 23, 1995)
feds1.txt	4352	The Feds Part I: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of The Shadow Brotherhood II
feds2.txt	2560	The Feds Part II: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
feds3.txt	3072	The Feds Part III: Fed Fraud, by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
feds4.txt	3072	The Feds Part IV: Fed Fraud by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
fighting.txt	5162	How to Kick Someone's Ass by The King
freenews.ana	3279	Everyone Has a Right to the News
freenews.txt	2736	Getting Free Access to Newspapers
fuckupwork.txt	6399	How to Fuck Up Work by Public Enemy of the Anarchists Alliance (July 8, 1989)
fuckwithminds.txt	3395	How to Fuck With People's Minds by Wolfbane
fww10.txt	27248	Fun with Water Version 1.0 by J.U. Tyler (June 18, 1995)
gambling.txt	8190	Running a Successful and Profitable Gambling Ring by Candyman (1993)
games1.con	3157	Tap Corner, Word Processed by the Mulcher ][ for Apple Trek Systems
geteven.txt	7353	Revenge: Don't Get Mad, Get Even, by George Hayduke by The Ghost (February 21, 1985)
getinfo.ana	10252	How to Get Anything on Anyone, by Toxic Tunic
glassdem.txt	2349	Glass Demolition by Captain Hack (November 16, 1995)
guellia.hum	4817	Guerilla Warfare and Its Uses in Today's Society, by Robin Hood
guerilla.txt	104962	Psychological Operations in Guerrilla Warfare by Tayacan
gunfact.dos	51283	Firearms, Hunting and Trapping: Facts and Positions by Stephen P. Jeffries
hackcabl.txt	2189	The Hacker's Guide to Cable TV on San Francisco Viacom
handbook.txt	122702	The Anarchists' Home Companion: First Release: June 1st 1989
hatemabe.ana	7409	Ma Bell, from the book Getting Even, by George Hayduke
highway.txt	2858	Roadway Fun, by Hell's Angel (June 14, 1996)
hijack.hac	8354	Nuclear Transit on the Highways, by Data Line.
how.hotwire.car	1408	How to Hot-Wire a Car by the Boca Bandit
index.txt	6980	Index to the Anarchist Cookbook IV, ver. 4.14
info.ana	11546	How to get Anything on Anyone
info.txt	32067	What Information Can be Obtained, and Where to Obtain it, by CarbonBoy (1995)
interisland.txt	29091	The InterIsland Products Catalog (Underground Files and Facts) (September 9th, 1995)
interrog.ana	5330	A Guide to Interrogation Techniques by ZED/NET
interrog.txt	17862	Interrogation file: Intelligence and Interrogation Processes by Master Of Impact and the Legion Of Hackers (October 20, 1991)
ipecac.txt	2285	IPECAC: The Anarchist's Friend by The Mage
irview.txt	14592	Infrared Viewer Plans, by Dick Smith, alias The Ghost (July 13, 1986)
irviewer.txt	14366	Infrared Viewer Plans
jacob.fun	12327	How to Construct a High Voltage Jacob's Ladder by Count Zero
jammer	2302	Highway Radar Jamming
jcpsecurity.txt	9664	2112: Manipulating JCPenny's Security System, a Practical Guide by King of Loaf
kanalx.txt	19150	Pirate TV in Eastern Europe by Evelyn Messinger
kill.bgr	834	How to kill by the Brotherhood of Kids and Retards
killbees.txt	12754	How to Have Phun with Bottle Rockets and Bees, Hornets and Large Stinging Insects by Joe Shmoe the Eskimo and Tour De France
killfed.txt	8904	Why I Hate Feds, Cops, Etc. by Pazuzu for DnA (May 13, 1993)
killfeds.ana	5443	Feds: How to Find and Eliminate Them
killfrnd.txt	4857	Some Interesting Ways to Kill a Friend or an Enemy, by The Gremlin
killrite.ana	7380	Effective Murder by The Cypher (February 1988)
kurt.txt	8582	A Listing of Kurt Saxon Books by The Wild Bunch
kyf.txt	2531	How to Kill Your Friends by The Iron Glove and Author Dent (1987)
lockerdocs.txt	7786	Locked Docs: by Cablecast Operator and Silver Sphere
lookup.txt	1879	Sources for Doing Lookups and Checkups on People (from 2600)
lthlfrce.txt	3827	The Lethal Force Law by Captain Hack (September 17, 1995)
maim.nfo	2447	The MAIM Member List and BBS List
makealco.txt	12990	The Guys Six Feet Under Present Part I of the Getting Homemade Highs File: Alcohol
makelsd	2056	Making LSD
makepois.on	6656	The Ninja Warrior Presents: Poison #1
makestun.txt	3840	The Underground! Present How to make a Stun Gun by the Green Dean, April 5, 1999
mallphun.txt	4901	Phun Things To Do at a Mall, by the Road Warrior
manhole.txt	10343	Underground Anarchy: An Extensive Guide to Bell System Manholes by Vonnegut (1992)
miscan2.txt	4728	Miscellaneous Anarchy (Tennis Ball Cannons)
mism5.hac	6272	General Nuclear Reactor Design
mrdr-e-z.ana	5331	The Arsonist presents: Assorted Ways to Kill Someone
murder.txt	3433	Effective Murder by The Cypher (February, 1988)
napalm.ana	796	Very Small Napalm Grenades, by Bountyhunter
newid.txt	7312	How to Create a New Identity by the Walking Glitch
nicotine.ana	2388	Nicotine, from The Poor Man's James Bond
nightvis.txt	5564	Nightvision by Morpheus
nihilism.txt	2434	Some Tenets of Nihilism
ninja1.ana	6656	the Ninja Warrior presents Poison #1
nofriends.txt	4594	How Not to Make Friends and Annoy People, by The Razor
nuclear.ana	8461	Nuclear Transit on the Highways
nuclear.txt	8529	Nuclear Transit on the Highways: A Primer by Data Line
nucreact.txt	4912	Sir Death's Laboratory: How to Build a Nuclear Reactor (October 23, 1990)
nuke-b	2773	How to make a Nuclear Bomb, by Kaptin Kracker of the Rebel Alliance
nukes.ana	39893	Third Generation Nuclear Weapons
ozlaw.txt	8956	The Law in OZ for Young Anarchists
parentpranks.txt	4939	Pranks on your Parents by Blacknight
phuckcar.txt	11233	How to Phuck Up Someone's Car by Death Incarnate
piratetv.txt	6223	How To Build Your Own Television Station by Jersey Devil (April 5, 1991)
pisecret.msg	110235	How to Get Anything on Anyone from Mike Enlow, Private Detective 1992
pranks1-	84636	Some of My Favorite Ways to Fuck Over People, by The Fixer (1986)
premchan.txt	1806	How to Get Premium Channels by Steve Rochin
pressure.txt	10855	Manuscript I: Pressure Devices (June 1988)
psonpens	2546	The Poison Pen
pyro1.txt	25088	Preparation of Contact Explosives
pyro2.txt	32640	Touch Paper, Self Igniting Mixtures, Percussion Explosives
pyromag.feb	14906	The Spoke Gun by Dark Angel
radar.hac	15066	The Modern Speeders Guide to Radar and State Troopers by Exilic Xyth
radar.jam	2348	Highway Radar Jamming by Ben Piper
radarjam.txt	2044	Highway Radar Jamming by Cryton
radarjamming.txt	8287	Radar Jamming: Motorists Fight Back! by The Scarlet Armadillo
radarwrk.txt	10128	How Traffic Radar Works
rcd.ana	8270	Making Radio Controlled Detonators, by The Road Warrior
rdiocont.txt	7138	How to Make Things Radio Controlled!
reality.txt	42333	A Reality Check on Anarchy: Or How to Be an Anarchist and Still Avoid a Prison Term from Midnight Rider
revengehtg.txt	2946	All About Revenge, by Surfer Bob
riflemic.ana	4143	Rifle Mikes, by Omnipotent, Inc.
roadpizz.ana	5547	The Complete Guide to Road Pizza, by Black Kat
robbing.houses	7552	Robbing Houses Phor Phun and profit, by Prowler of DLOC (May 24, 1989)
robbing.txt	26824	Residential Burglary
rocket.txt	20825	Home Built Rocket Enginers, by Chris Beauregard
rockwool.txt	11353	Information on Rockwool
rod001.txt	2800	Riders of Death Issue 1
rod002.txt	2085	Riders of Death Issue 2
rod003.txt	4737	Riders of Death Issue 3
rod004.txt	4701	Riders of Death Issue 4 (ANSI)
ruin.txt	25375	Ruining Someone's Life, by RedBoxChilliPepper (October 23, 1994)
san-bug1.txt	8611	Audio Surveillance, by SANctuary
san-bug2.txt	3824	Audio Surveillance Part 2, by SANctuary
san-bug3.txt	6090	Audio Surveillance Part 3, by SANctuary
san-bug4.txt	3363	Audio Surveillance Part 4, by SANctuary
scanning.txt	10453	Samurai Cat Presents Scanning, the Art of Non-Selective Intervention
schoolfun.txt	43030	The Complete Guide to School Terror by Thomas Covenant and Xerox Zeke (October 26, 1989)
secrets.msg	30519	On-Line Investigations: Investigating by Computer! By Michael E. Enlow
secrs.gph	5120	Big Secrets Volume #1 by The Wyvern
secrserv.ana	2019	How to Contact the Secret Service, by Jedi Warrior
shortfil.txt	4579	A Short File on the Central Intelligence Agency
sickdeth.txt	4971	Death the Sick Way, Part 1, by Stryper and The Knights of the White Circle
sinksub.txt	2242	Sinking a Sub by Hellrazor
sirius.txt	13315	The Sirius Affairs #1 by Sylex Sirius (February 3, 1986)
skippy.hum	5490	Ask The Expert by D'Ark Angel
snafu.asc	155808	The Whistleblower's Survival Guide (Guide to Pointing Out Flaws at a Company)
somethin.ana	12855	A wide selection of KY and IN Radio Frequencies
sonicjam.txt	7821	Ultra Sonic Jammer Plans by Xanrek the Conjurer
specialw	10799	Special Warfare Manual by Baby Huey and The Titan (1985)
ssnum.ana	1791	About Social Security Numbers, by Scan Man
ssurvival.txt	7762	The Suburban Survival Guide Issue #1 from Incorsis Daethr
stench.txt	6764	Stenches For All by Kurt Saxon, typed by Mach Three
still.ana	4557	The Still by Cobalt-60 and Airborne Ranger
still.hac	5139	The Still: An Article from the Poor Man's James Bond
still.txt	4693	How to Make a Still, by Lex Luthor (needs formatting)
stinkbom.txt	2299	How to Make the Smelliest Stink-Bomb of All by the Hitmen, Vito and Vinnie
streetfi.ana	6417	Survival by The Nimpha
stungun.txt	5571	How to Make a Home-Made Stun Gun, from Morbid Angel of MAIM
survaili.ana	6623	Sir Francis Drake Presents Remote Surveilance
tailer.txt	2375	Car Tailer Aid by Captain Hack (January 8, 1996)
tapfones	11956	Private Audience (*A Basic Lesson in the Art of Listening In*)
target	10874	Fighting Skills I by The Night Crawler
techter.txt	1890	Some Facts About Oil Pipelines and Technological Terrorism
terrcomp	34752	The Terrorist Home Companion by The Mentor and The Dead Kennedy
test	124443	The Avenger's Handboot by The Last Viking Version 1.20 (1995)
the_club.txt	3995	breaking the Club by Mr. Sandman (February 2, 1993)
therm.txt	2038	Creation of My Favorite, Thermite!
toxins.txt	2776	Information on Plutonium typed in by Mike Pompura, November 1989
tracing.msg	44658	Tracing Made Simple: Track 'Em Down by Michael E. Enlow, 1993
trash3.phk	3412	Trashing Techniques by The Underground Alliance
tripwire.ana	1854	Trip Wires by The Mortician
trukpipe.txt	1761	Truck Weaponry by Captain Hack (June 26, 1995)
tv.box	3961	How to Put Together a TV Station
tvjam.txt	7484	TV Jammer, by Dr. Rat 1985
tvro.txt	18317	How to Monitor Microwave Telecommunication Links with an orfinary TVRO by Thallion of WUFO (1984)
udjustice.txt	19865	Techniques of Harassment: How the Underdog Gets Justice, plagiarized from a book by Victor Santoro
unlaw1.txt	4864	The Book of the Unlawfuls by Shadowspawn Volume I
unlaw2.txt	2048	Other Unlawfuls by The Hoe Hoper and The Blue Buccaneer
upc.txt	6726	Cracking the Universal Product Code
v23.faq	6891	VIRUS 23 FAQsheet, by Darren Wershler-Henry
vomitgas.ana	2560	Vomit Gas, by The Primo Pyro
warehous.e	1776	Tag File for the Warehouse BBS
warrior.txt	4262	Axiom of a Warrior by Doctor Murdock
weapons.txt	2265	Stealth Systems Product Listings
werehere.mad	13168	Parody of Anarchy Files
wildkill.txt	21011	WildMan's Complete Guide to "Assinations"
wiretap.ana	3886	General Wiretap Information
wiretap.txt	13663	Wiretapping Abuse Report on the FBI in 1991
writers.txt	6514	How to Properly Write an Anarchy File by The Freddy, December 1991
wwiii.ana	11934	WWIII - a fantasy, from Shadow Stories, Inc.
zencor.txt	19957	The ZenCor Products and Services Catalog v4.0 (October 1st, 1992)

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There are 8 directories.

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