ARE THERE ANY OTHER WEBSITES WHICH CHRONICLE THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MR. DEC?
You bet. Not many, granted, but a few. I myself first heard about Francis E. Dec from the site The Kooks Museum, which is a great site, run by author Donna Kossy, that has been online for more than 10 years. It has a section on Dec along with lots of other wackos. Some of my initial information on Francis was borrowed from this site, although nowadays most of it has been either extrapolated from the rants themselves or dug up by other fans of Dec from various government archives and the like. Additionally, be sure to check out Mr. Forrest Jackson’s account of actually meeting Francis E. Dec, Esq. In the flesh! On his DEATHBED! Definitely a worthwhile read! If you like both kooks and Donna’s site about them, you should definitely check out her book, too! Audio versions of several of Dec’s rants are also available via UbuWeb, the web’s leading non- commercial resource for avant-garde recordings and material. Be sure to check out additional recordings by other outsider artists while you’r
