Warning: A predatory individual named Doug Wiser prowls alt.suicide.methods and alt.suicide.holiday.
He plays dangerous mind games and will, at times goad a person into committing suicide, and at other times he'll interfere with a person's suicide plans.
Doug Wiser is an emotional confidence man. After he he has gotten a person's trust and gotten to know their vulnerabilities, he goes for the jugular--emitting the exact right sequence of words necessary to destroy that person's psyche.
And he does this in newsgroups where people are very vulnerable and even contemplating suicide.
Doug Wiser is a master in the art of the mind game. He's been playing these games for years in ASM and ASH.
DO NOT engage in a conversation with Doug Wiser. DO NOT reveal any personal information to him. DO NOT reveal any emotional information to him. Do not associate with Doug Wiser; avoid reading his posts if you can.
Doug Wiser is a predatory sociopath. After gaining the confidence of a visistor to ASM named "Tired," Mr. Wiser created a confrontation with him, and goaded Tired into committing suicide.
Shortly after this, Tired stopped posting. To cover his tracks, Doug Wiser deleted his messages from the Google archiving system. However, those messages are archived here. Click the link titled "Doug Wiser Exposed" to see them.
Update: It has been confirmed that Tired commited suicide a few hours after talking with Doug.
