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Campbell knows that mainstream society looks harshly on how he has spent his life. For him, it somehow seemed normal and even right at the time, even though many of the stories in these pages are bizarre even to himself in the retelling. In the end, it also felt natural to quietly move on from life in an outlaw biker brotherhood so that he could spend more time with his family. It felt natural because his story has always really been about family. “I love the club, but I love my wife more. I love my family more.”
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Lorne Campbell thanks: My wife Ev, the love of my life, and all my girls, Janice, Kylie, Jemelie, Joriana and Chaedra, for their unconditional love; Ovidio and Elizabeth Sanchez for lighting the fire under my ass; Tony Biancafiore, the son I never had; Steve Earle, champion of the underdog; Peter Edwards for your confidence in me; Jim and Mary Liscoumb for getting the ball rolling; Satan’s Choice Motorcycle Club; Hells Angels Motorcycle Club; Vagabonds Motorcycle Club; Bernie Guindon for life; Joe Ertel for making the hard times easy; Larry McIlroy for his loyalty, especially in the 1970s; Larry and Brenda Vallentyne … friendship is priceless; Jimmy Antonopolis for always being there; Ronnie Mallott and Jacquie Ross, my dear friends; Mike and Regina Ribeiro, for your help through the rough times; Wayne Willerton, for your memories from the early years and your friendship; Scotty and Marisa Jongkind for their never-ending support. Doug Hoyle and Ashley Bailey, forever friends.
Peter Edwards thanks: Mary Liscoumb for getting everything going and insightful comments along the way; my agent Daphne Hart of the Helen Heller Agency for cheerfully finding a home for this project; Anne Collins and Craig Pyette of Random House Canada for seeing its value; Ovidio and Elizabeth Sanchez and Evelyn Campbell for making all those Sundays a pleasure and serving me world-class comfort food, including my first taste of tequila con serpientes. Thanks always to Barbara, James and Sarah for love and support, and to Steve Earle, Ron Broitman of Warner Chappell Music Inc., Matt Jones, Seth Faber, Ryan Barkan, Justin Shukat of Primary Wave Music and Jesse Bauer of GoldVE for their co-operation and permission to quote Steve Earle song lyrics. And, of course, thanks to Lorne Campbell for remaining true to his word and telling an honest story.
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS
Caron, Roger. Bingo! The Horrifying Eyewitness Account of a Prison Riot. Toronto: Methuen, 1985.
Lowe, Mick. Conspiracy of Brothers: A shocking true story of murder, bikers and the law. Toronto: Seal Books, 1988.
Norris, Don. Riding With Attitude: A journey through life on a motorcycle. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2005.
Sanger, Daniel. Hell’s Witness: The many lives and curious death of Dany Kane. Toronto: Viking Canada, 2005.
Scott, George D., with Bill Trent. Inmate: The casebook revelations of a Canadian penitentiary psychiatrist. Montreal: Optimum Publishing, 1982.
Thompson, Hunter S. Hell’s Angels: The strange and terrible saga of the outlaw motorcycle gangs. New York: Ballantine, 1966.
ARTICLES
Blanchfield, Mike. “LSD experiments ‘good research back then’: Prison’s former head of psychiatry stands behind testing on inmates.” Ottawa Citizen, July 10, 1998, A3.
———. “ ‘I was reduced to a lab rat’: Ex-inmate Dorothy Proctor says she was used in LSD experiments. Federal documents appear to corroborate her claim.” Ottawa Citizen, July 21, 1998, A1.
——— and Jim Bronskill. “Prison doctor sheds no tears.” Ottawa Citizen, September 27, 1998, A1.
Edwards, Peter. “Blogger leaked order to raid Hells Angels.” Toronto Star, April 7, 2007, A1.
Gamester, George. “Size was no handicap to little guy with grit.” Toronto Star, April 28, 1988, A2.
Gladstone, Bill. “Old Lake Ontario town sets out an historic welcome mat.” Globe and Mail, July 10, 1998, Metro 4.
Hagarty, Britt. “No bleeding-heart liberalism, but a tremendous insight into the prison system—and prisoners.” Globe and Mail, August 21, 1982, E11.
Kenna, Kathleen. “Savage ‘jungle justice’ dealt out by inmates in our penitentiaries.” Toronto Star, October 14, 1986, A1.
———. “There’s always ‘shine’ brewing in Millhaven, its inmates say.” Toronto Star, October 16, 1986, A19.
Lowe, Mick. “MD accuses parole board of treating man unfairly.” Globe and Mail, April 21, 1987, A16.
Makin, Kirk. “Jail is demolished, Kirk Makin gains extremely rare access to this infamous Canadian landmark and unearths its chilling history.” Globe and Mail, April 20, 2011, A8.
Nolan, Stephanie. “Love on the rock: Rogues have mythic appeal, but is dating in the 1990s so dire that women are driven from looking in bars to looking behind them?” Globe and Mail, June 19, 1999, A8.
Powell, Betsy. “Jail ‘like the Black Hole of Calcutta.’ ” Toronto Star, January 6, 2010, GT3.
Tyler, Tracey. “Jail system creates criminals, lifer says killers’ convention would have offered chance to assess rehabilitation.” Toronto Star, May 27, 1991, A10.
———. “Food fight over chow in prison: The Rock serves salmon while Toronto inmates scrape by on lettuce.” Toronto Star, October 18, 2010, A1.
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS
World War II records of Lorne Campbell Sr.
Bath Institution records of Lorne Campbell Jr. (Millhaven and Collins Bay records not available)
MUSIC LYRICS
“The Other Kind” and “Justice in Ontario” from The Hard Way, MCA Records, by Steve Earle and the Dukes, 1990.