Satanist Bob Johnson Takes Over Private USA

deepundercover · 05-19-2003

Johnson designed the Crescent Publications scam busted by the FTC for ripping off about $200 million from surfers.

http://www.setgo.com/article.html?id=f187a...913f31fd6d6446b

This information used to be on www.lukeford.com until the "Carl Ruderman" and "Crescent Publications" links were removed along with the content.

AVN.com fluffs Johnson and Private USA:

http://www.avn.com/articles/12598.html

Besides video production, highlights of Johnson's 15 year career in adult include a stint as VP of Editorial at Crescent Publishing, which publishes High Society, Cheri and Playgirl, among others, and establishing the Web operations of Vivid Entertainment.

"Basically, I'm a triple-threat. Print, Web and video. That fits very well with Private North America," Johnson said.

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You can email him at BJohnson@private.com. He'd love to hear from you about Satanism, orgies, Anton LaVay et al and how to rip off the consumer.

From the archives of lukeford.com for January 19, 2001, an interview with someone who worked for Bob Johnson:

XXX says: Bob Johnson, from Brooklyn, is now a project manager for Vivid's internet operation. He's an interesting story. He's a Satan worshipping former editorial director for High Society aka Crescent. He's a Hallmark Satanist. He would quake in his boots if he ever ran across an honest to God Satanist. But he had all the Satanic accoutremont at his office.

It made people wonder if there wasn't something to worshipping Satan because the guy did absolutely nothing. He never lifted a finger. He did no work. People who worked for him would actually write on the galleys that people would send round, and everybody would sign off on it, that "Bob Johnson is a scum bag and he will never read this." And he would just sign off on it. A very lazy guy.

He moved from the editorial director's position to the head of the internet (1998) when they first broke the internet off and made it a separate entity on a separate floor. He is credited within the company, by most employees, of thinking up the scheme of the free tour. Getting people's credit card numbers to supposedly verify age. Promise the surfers the tour was free and they would not get charged. Then charge them up the yazoo.

Bob Johnson, his real name, possibly implemented a similar scam at Vivid in April - June 1999.

He's an avowed worshipper of Satan, but only in the most superficial way. Almost as if someone said, 'I'm going to be a punkrocker.' And they get their hair cut, and they get the jacket, and the boots and they go to the concert. But next week they could be Britpop fans.

Every Halloween was his High Holiday [Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur]. He would decorate his office and give out free donuts.

His big coup was when he interviewed Satanist Anton LeVay. That was the one piece of work that anybody could attribute to him. He got on a plane because he wanted to meet his hero Anton LeVay. A two part interview that appeared in High Society and the numbers on those issues tanked. They put an inset of LeVay's face on the cover and they sold about half the normal amount of newsstand copies. And not only did those two issues tank, but they affected the numbers for the next half dozen issues that came out.

Anton LeVay wrote "The Satanic Bible" which to this day rakes in tons of money. He had an affair with Jayne Mansfield. He had the affair with her and supposedly put a curse on her that resulted in her deadly car accident. He litigated to have Satanism recognized as a religion that deserves the same constitutional protection as other religions. He's based in San Francisco and heads the American Satanic Church. He's the self proclaimed pope of Satanism in North America. He's well traveled along the fringes of Hollywood celebrity.

Bob Johnson was editorial director at Crescent from 1984 to 1998, when he moved to the internet.

sarettah · 05-19-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by deepundercover@May 19 2003, 05:52 PM
Johnson designed the Crescent Publications scam busted by the FTC for ripping off about $200 million from surfers.

http://www.setgo.com/article.html?id=f187a...913f31fd6d6446b

This information used to be on www.lukeford.com until the "Carl Ruderman" and "Crescent Publications" links were removed along with the content.

Damn, Duck, when are you going to learn your medium and the research tools available ....

That link is still available in the archives at www.archive.org

Last edited by sarettah at May 19 2003, 07:00 PM

gigi · 05-20-2003

I'm not too sure what him being a Satanist has to do with his business.... *shrugs*

Last edited by gigi at May 20 2003, 09:53 AM

Nickatilynx · 05-20-2003

I like the sound of the guy.

SykkBoy · 05-20-2003

Thanks for the head's up Luke! I wonder if this guy is currently available for a new project?

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Last edited by SykkBoy at May 20 2003, 02:47 PM

american pervert · 05-20-2003

bob's a good guy.. I've known him for a few years and can't say anything bad about him..

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deepundercover Members Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 107	Johnson designed the Crescent Publications scam busted by the FTC for ripping off about $200 million from surfers. http://www.setgo.com/article.html?id=f187a...913f31fd6d6446b This information used to be on www.lukeford.com until the "Carl Ruderman" and "Crescent Publications" links were removed along with the content. AVN.com fluffs Johnson and Private USA: http://www.avn.com/articles/12598.html Besides video production, highlights of Johnson's 15 year career in adult include a stint as VP of Editorial at Crescent Publishing, which publishes High Society, Cheri and Playgirl, among others, and establishing the Web operations of Vivid Entertainment. "Basically, I'm a triple-threat. Print, Web and video. That fits very well with Private North America," Johnson said. ............................... You can email him at BJohnson@private.com. He'd love to hear from you about Satanism, orgies, Anton LaVay et al and how to rip off the consumer. From the archives of lukeford.com for January 19, 2001, an interview with someone who worked for Bob Johnson: XXX says: Bob Johnson, from Brooklyn, is now a project manager for Vivid's internet operation. He's an interesting story. He's a Satan worshipping former editorial director for High Society aka Crescent. He's a Hallmark Satanist. He would quake in his boots if he ever ran across an honest to God Satanist. But he had all the Satanic accoutremont at his office. It made people wonder if there wasn't something to worshipping Satan because the guy did absolutely nothing. He never lifted a finger. He did no work. People who worked for him would actually write on the galleys that people would send round, and everybody would sign off on it, that "Bob Johnson is a scum bag and he will never read this." And he would just sign off on it. A very lazy guy. He moved from the editorial director's position to the head of the internet (1998) when they first broke the internet off and made it a separate entity on a separate floor. He is credited within the company, by most employees, of thinking up the scheme of the free tour. Getting people's credit card numbers to supposedly verify age. Promise the surfers the tour was free and they would not get charged. Then charge them up the yazoo. Bob Johnson, his real name, possibly implemented a similar scam at Vivid in April - June 1999. He's an avowed worshipper of Satan, but only in the most superficial way. Almost as if someone said, 'I'm going to be a punkrocker.' And they get their hair cut, and they get the jacket, and the boots and they go to the concert. But next week they could be Britpop fans. Every Halloween was his High Holiday [Rosh Hashannah, Yom Kippur]. He would decorate his office and give out free donuts. His big coup was when he interviewed Satanist Anton LeVay. That was the one piece of work that anybody could attribute to him. He got on a plane because he wanted to meet his hero Anton LeVay. A two part interview that appeared in High Society and the numbers on those issues tanked. They put an inset of LeVay's face on the cover and they sold about half the normal amount of newsstand copies. And not only did those two issues tank, but they affected the numbers for the next half dozen issues that came out. Anton LeVay wrote "The Satanic Bible" which to this day rakes in tons of money. He had an affair with Jayne Mansfield. He had the affair with her and supposedly put a curse on her that resulted in her deadly car accident. He litigated to have Satanism recognized as a religion that deserves the same constitutional protection as other religions. He's based in San Francisco and heads the American Satanic Church. He's the self proclaimed pope of Satanism in North America. He's well traveled along the fringes of Hollywood celebrity. Bob Johnson was editorial director at Crescent from 1984 to 1998, when he moved to the internet.

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Nickatilynx Banned Want to see your own Advertising Here! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Vancouver Canada Posts: 15,115	I like the sound of the guy.

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american pervert Members Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 41	bob's a good guy.. I've known him for a few years and can't say anything bad about him..