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RAGE OF THE RANDOM ACTOR
Disarming Catastrophic Acts and Restoring Lives
By Dan Korem


Unique Live Web Addendum
 IFP is one of the first publishers (since 1995) to use the Internet to act as a live addendum for a non-fiction book in print. Just click on the chapters for Rage of the Random Actor to view:  •Updated comments by the author  •Relevant articles and news items since the book was published  •Full text of many interviews in the book •Errata. The date in parentheses indicates the last date new content was posted.

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Significant New Items posted in the Live Addendum Chapter updates below
  1. Click here for list of recent Random Actor incidents.
     
  2. 75-100 times a day students are found with bombs, weapons, and plots to take out their schools — Columbine anniversary threats only tip of the iceberg — Line between student-led "terrorist" incidents and juvenile mischief blurring - Teenager and young adult arrested for terrorist plot (Chapter 20) 11-17-2007
  3. Virginia Tech mass shooting - largest in US history - Reports confirm he had Random Actor Profile and campus staff was aware of him (04-16-2007) (Chapter 20)
  4. N. Illinois U. - 6 killed, over dozen wounded on Valentine's Day -  there was absolutely nothing remarkable about this case that isn't consistent with the other school attackers (02-14-2008) (Chapter 20)
  5. Louisiana Tech Nursing students kills two and self (02-08-2008) (Chapter 20)
  6. Suburbanite kills 5 in city hall in St. Louis suburb (02-07-2008) (Chapter 3)
    18    -year-old Finnish small-town student kills 8 and self (11-07-07)  (Chapter 20)
  7. 14-year-old Cleveland student shoots students and staff, kills self (10-10-07)  (Chapter 20)
  8. Teenager wearing trench coat slays 6 at upscale Salt Lake Mall (02-12-07) (Chapter 3)
  9. Another mass German school shooting, 11 wounded, Random Actor traits visible in first media accounts by BBC and Der Spiegel (Chapter 20) 11-20-2006
  10. 3 US school shootings by adults and a youth (includes Amish shooting) - All apparently Random Actors (Chapter 20) 10-2-2006
  11. North Korean leader, Kim Jong II Random Actor (Chapter 19) 10-12-06
  12. Montreal School Shooter - kills one, wounds 19. Like every other school case, killer (25) who was attired in a trench coat and mohawk, had Random Actor profile from statistically safe suburban community; from broken home, spiritualized his rage (common in most cases where Random Actors kill), and people knew he was escalating. (Chapter 20) 09-14-06
  13. UK Suicide Plane Terror Plot Foiled - Familiar Random Actor pattern: Most suspects are teens and young adults, educated, from middle-class families, includes Brits who aren't of Asian or Middle Eastern heritage, and news accounts already spell out the Random Actor traits. This is the same pattern as the London Tube bombing and the foiled Canadian terror plot earlier this year (Chapter 23) 08-15-2006
  14. Phoenix serial killer suspect call slayings "Random Recreational Violence" & fit Random Actor pattern: Both had Random Actor profile, lived in a suburb, randomly killed in upscale statistically safe communities, both from broken homes, no rational motive (Chapter 3) 08-05-06
  15. 15 suburban Canadian teens & young adults plotted Canadian terror attack - Example of a terrorist suburban gang predicted in my book, Suburban Gangs and amplified in Rage of the Random Actor (Chapter 23) 06-11-06
  16. Iraq - As noted in Chapter 19, there is the merging of gangs, militia, extremists, etc. (Chapter 19) 07-20-06
  17. Study - 1 in 4 do not have a close friend / confidant (was only 10% in 1985); increase in Random Actors tied to this increase (Chapter 5) 06-22-06
  18. Answering the "why" question behind senseless Random Actor slayings and attacks - one reader's take. (Chapter 3) 04-11-06
  19. Seattle Jewish Center Muslim shooter is Random Actor, like the rave shooter earlier this
    year     (Chapter 3) (07-30-2006)
  20. Seattle mass shooting at a rave party: Random Actor from small town, educated, familiar pattern, people speak of pleasing communication actions. (Chapter 3) 3-28-06
  21. Rash of Baptist Church fires in Alabama - Random Actor repeat of earlier fires? That was my posting on February 14. On March 8 three students were arrested and at least 2 were Random Actors. (Chapter 19) 3-9-06
  22. First Female Postal shooter has Random Actor profile, kills 8 (Chapter 18) 1-31-06
  23. First US College Student Suicide Bomber at OU — Had Random Actor Traits; Second major incident involving bombs and an OU student in 60 days (Chapter 20) 10-06-2005
  24. Her colleague self-identified that he once had the Random Actor Profile — Recent case (Chapter 18) 12-05-2005
  25. Moussaoui, Random Actor & familiar pattern: irrational motive, broken home (Chapter 22) 04-18-06
  26. First Female European Suicide Bomber — Dan Korem accurately predicts on CNN she will have Random Actor profile and specific facts about her life before they were made public (Chapter 23) 12-05-05
  27. First Female Bomb Maker Arrested — updated stats on female suicide attackers (Chapter 23) 10-12-2005
  28. First Husband-Wife Suicide Team — Gives new meaning to a dysfunctional family (Chapter 23) 11-14-2005
  29. French Youth Riots — Not Random Actor driven, but affluent could attach themselves to the "cause" and commit attacks (Chapter 19) 11-12-2005
  30. Safety #1 Factor When Purchasing a Home — statistically safe suburbs & small towns highest at risk for Random Actor Incident (Chapter 4) 10-12-2-05

Live Addendum postings by chapter
Chapter 3 — The Random Actor Profile
Chapter 4 — Who They Like and Don't Like and Why
 Chapter 6 — Overview of the Four Random Actor Profiles
Chapter 11 — The Bunker Syndrome and the African American and Female Factors
Chapter 12 — Spiritual Darkness
Chapter 18 — Organization and Workplace Prevention
Chapter 19 — Groups and the Random Actor — Gangs to Cults to Armies
Chapter 20 — Schools and Random Actor Students
Chapter 21 — Ground Zero, The Student Response
Chapter 22 — Suicide Attackers, Start with Random Actors
Chapter 23 — Suicide Attackers, Casting a Wider Net
Chapter 24 — Suicide Attackers, Taking the Wires Apart