When Bullying Goes too Far - Seph Lawless
The more I researched, the more I found attack after attack levelled at anyone who called into question Lawless’ facts or even questioned the quality of his books. The author(s) of the above conversations cannot be established with certainty. Lesia Miller Schnur Lesia Miller Schnur operates a paranormal based website known as “The Haunted Librarian”. Lesia voiced her concerns over some lack of facts in Lawless’ book, “13: An American Horror Story”(2). The publication, “An American Horror Story” is listed on Lawless’ website as being, “based on actual events of Seph Lawless’ journey”. Yet many of the details surrounding the horrific backgrounds of these locations could not be corroborated by research. As a paranormal researcher, Schnur would have an interest in establishing if these details were factual. Shortly after Schnur made her concerns public, a fake blog was created under the domain name of http://thehauntedlibrariandotco.wordpress.com. Schnur’s real website is http://www.thehauntedlibrarian.com.
In the aforementioned blog, an apology was publically issued to Seph Lawless allegedly from The Haunted Librarian claiming that Mr. Murray (Abandoned America) had provided the false information. Suffice to say that none of this had anything to do with trying to ascertain the facts behind Lawless’ claims made in his book. Mr. Murray had nothing to do with the unsubstantiated claims made in Lawless’ book by the way. The website was designed to look exactly like The Haunted Librarians. A secondary blog was created under the domain name of thehauntedlibrarian.co (.com being the real website, .co being the forgery) (3). A third website was created under the name of Blog Bully Busters (www.blogbullybusters.com). Blogbullybusters serves as an echo chamber for pro-Lawless opinion. One post went so far as to state that Lawless’ real name is not Joseph Melendez and that someone simply “incorrectly read” the copyright name provided for the book, “Black Friday”. That copyright by the way read, “Seph Lawless, pseud. of Joseph Melendez”(4). “Blogbullybusters” published a lengthy rant which attempted to portray The Haunted Librarian (Schnur) as a “bully” for daring to question the validity of “13: An American Horror Story”. Schnur was hardly alone, as several other members of the online community expressed their inability to find any published corroboration in their local archives. Some people went so far as to attending their local library or city records, to no avail.
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In the aforementioned blog, an apology was publically issued to <strong>Seph</strong> <strong>Lawless</strong> allegedly from The<br />
Haunted Librarian claiming that Mr. Murray (Abandoned America) had provided the false information.<br />
Suffice to say that none of this had anything to do with trying to ascertain the facts behind <strong>Lawless</strong>’<br />
claims made in his book. Mr. Murray had nothing to do with the unsubstantiated claims made in<br />
<strong>Lawless</strong>’ book by the way.<br />
The website was designed to look exactly like The Haunted Librarians. A secondary blog was created<br />
under the domain name of thehauntedlibrarian.co (.com being the real website, .co being the forgery)<br />
(3).<br />
A third website was created under the name of Blog Bully Busters (www.blogbullybusters.com).<br />
Blogbullybusters serves as an echo chamber for pro-<strong>Lawless</strong> opinion. One post went so far as to state<br />
that <strong>Lawless</strong>’ real name is not Joseph Melendez and that someone simply “incorrectly read” the<br />
copyright name provided for the book, “Black Friday”. That copyright by the way read, “<strong>Seph</strong> <strong>Lawless</strong>,<br />
pseud. of Joseph Melendez”(4).<br />
“Blogbullybusters” published a lengthy rant which attempted to portray The Haunted Librarian (Schnur)<br />
as a “bully” for daring to question the validity of “13: An American Horror Story”. Schnur was hardly<br />
alone, as several other members of the online community expressed their inability to find any published<br />
corroboration in their local archives. Some people went so far as to attending their local library or city<br />
records, to no avail.
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