Anarchy and Explosives and General Mayhem

The term Anarchy got bandied about a lot in the early 80's, perhaps having some amount of political or social meaning attached at the outset, but by the first couple of years, it simply became a synonym for "blow shit up". Writers outdid themselves trying to imagine ways to create chaos and panic out of whatever household items they had available. How much of this destruction actually went on and how much was simply writing out angry missives about destruction, is unknown.

I wrote an essay about the meaning of the term "Anarchy" and how these files relate to that and the world at large.

The entirely stupid direction this country has taken regarding personal responsibility, freedom of expression and good ol' self-preservation necessitates the following paragraph:

Before you waste one entire second even considering mixing, creating, or otherwise implementing the instructions in these files, be aware that people have died from some of these very texts, attempting wholescale explosives and dangerous chemical reactions based on some flimsy text file written by god knows who for god knows what. It's just way too easy for someone to have typed a 5 instead of a 4 years and years ago when they were copying out of a badly photocopied pamphlet written by someone entirely different. Your life is too precious to take such an idiotic risk. If you're going to blow things (and yourself) up, at least go the route of learning with experts, where you'll become aware of risks and fun far beyond soaking tennis balls in gasoline and lighting them. OK?!

That aside, the justifications in some of the files are amazing, and a nice insight into the writer's mind.

Filename	Size	Description of the Textfile
CARDING		On Committing Credit Card Fraud
FDR		The FDR Anarchy File Collection
FREELOADING		Getting Something for Nothing
INCENDIARIES		Files With Instructions on Blowing Things Up
JOLLYROGER		Jolly Roger's Cookbook: Someone's Collection of Files
LOCKPICKING		Files About Getting Through Locks
MISCHIEF		Files About Making Life a Little More Messy
PAIN		Files about Hurting and Being Hurt
SCAMS		Files About Getting Something For Nothing
WEAPONS		Files About Creating Weapons
001.txt	1151	How to Make a Dry Ice Bomb, by Vortex
176.txt	7551	The Ninja Warrior Presents: Poison #1
201.txt	5949	ANFOS: Ammonium Nitrate - Fuel Oil Solution
202.txt	3362	Picric Acid, by Exodus
203.txt	5428	Chemical Fire Bottle
206.txt	681	Film Canisters 2, by Bill and Exodus
214.txt	3231	Lists of Suppliers and More Information
aa.txt	10217	Samaurai Cat Presents Scanning: The Art of Non-Selective Intervention
ac.ana	3725	Anarchist's Ordering Catalog
acbfile.txt	12119	Recipes for Nonsurvival - The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (Review by Esperanza Godot)
address.ana	21415	Gray-Area Company List - Technology 1 BBS - 89-01-15
alarm.fun	2404	Fun with Alarms, from the Stainless Steal Rat
alko170.txt	25645	The ALKO Buying Guide, for People Under 20 Years Version 1.7, by Matte (1991)
anarc25.txt	16753	The Anarchives: Power and Language
anarchist.txt	5041	Anarchists: The Social Loosers, by Mr. C
anarchy.txt	3999	A Guide to Anarchy by Berzerker
anarchy3	57272	Anarchy Today Issue #2: Evading Bomb Squad Tactics
anarcy1.txt	61440	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS
anarcy1b.txt	41057	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part II)
anarcy2.txt	32768	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (III)
anarcy4.txt	43008	A Collection of Anarchist Files downloaded from Thrasher's Way on the Pipeline BBS (Part IV)
anarkunc.txt	29247	You're Wrong! An Irregular Column, by Mykel Board
anarky.txt	8510	iXHS (Information Express by Helter Skelter Issue #18): r00iners AnArKy pHilEz v0l 1.
anti.modem.weap	2509	The Anti-Modem Weapon from the Enemy Within
aoa4.txt	3233	How to Make your Own Poison, by Moradian of AoA
aofa-1.txt	5443	Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 1)
aofa-2.txt	4851	Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 2)
aofa-3.txt	4592	Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 3(
aofa-4.txt	4619	Anarchist of America by Clarence Bodicker (Part 4)
assassination.txt	32741	CIA Assassination Manual (From Freedom of Information Act) (1997)
at.txt	44184	Anarchy Today Issue #1 by Jack The Ripper
atmosph.ere	16080	Kenmore Square, Boston...atmospheric test site discovered
badmind2.txt	5394	Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #2
badmind3.txt	4374	Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #3
badmind4.txt	1024	Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #4
badmind6.txt	3539	Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #6
badmind7.txt	2721	Dr. Badmind's Chemistry Files #7
balloon.txt	960	Balloon Bombs, by Anarchist Elf
bank	3003	The Brotherhood of the Falcon Presents How to Rip Off Your Local Bank, by Conan the Barbarian
bankomat.txt	876	How to Take Money From a Bankomat Without Paying For It
beaspy.ana	3752	A Quick Quiz to See if you'd make a Good Spy
beat.the.scan.t	3712	Mastering the Scantron by The Warhead
bibfraud.txt	9159	The Bible of Fraud, by Sneak Thief (1985)
bigsecr1.txt	5535	Big Secrets Volume 1, by the Wyvern
bigsecr2.txt	8199	Big Secrets Volume 2, by the Wyvern
books	8458	The MAD! Source Book Part #3 Revised Addition (December 20, 1987)
break.in.car	5048	How to Break into a Car, by Zoron
bridged.txt	5617	Bridge Destruction
build_an_h_bomb.txt	23675	Basement H-Bomb Production (Have You Really Come to Love the Bomb?)
catlogs.txt	14636	The Canonical List of Undergroup Catalogs
change.machine	2304	Change Machine Fraud by The Prisoner of The 3rd Reich
chekgame.txt	14172	Check Games, by Dark Grif (Septmber 26, 1993)
chemical.txt	50881	Know What You're Handling: A List of Chemicals, Their Dangers and Uses
ciaman.txt	14772	The FM 95-1A CIA Guerrilla War Manual (Part I) by Samurai Cat
civilian.war	22535	The Anarchist's Guide to Civilian Warfare and Sabotage by The Tracker (February, 1987(
commando.1	5843	The Commando Series Part 1 by Elliot Ness and The Untouchable
commando.2	4115	The Commando Series File 2: Vietnam Phrases, by Elliot Ness and The Untouchable
cookbook.iv	5107	The Anarchist Cookbook Version IV from Exodus (1994)
courier.txt	12526	Fly Free: The Courier Route
crack.upc	6587	Cracking the Universal Product Code, by Count Nibble
curing.boredom	9979	Anti-Boredom Activities: 44 Things to Do When You're Bored, by Shooting Shark
departmentt.sto	2102	Department Store Fun, by Agent 81, from TAP Magazine
depth.charge.fi	2560	Fishing with Depth Charges by The Blue Buccaneer
dingdong.txt	1208	Ding Dong Ditch by Jonin Meka of the Black Hand Society
dmv.txt	1894	Driver's License Fingerprint and Document Requirments
drive.killing	2537	Head Grinder, by The Talon
drugs	3632	Smuggling and Dope, by John Shaver (December, 1982)
dry.ice.gun	12482	A Step by Step Guide to Making a Dry Ice Gun, by The Voice Over
dstrylox.txt	1746	Lock Destruction by Captain Hack (March 18, 1995)
dust.bomb	2432	Initiator for Dust Explosions, by Mr. Byte-Zap
easy.money	11660	Earn Large Amounts of Money With YOur Computer From Your Own Home!
elecfun.txt	2271	Fun With Electronics by The King of Roo
electronic.bugs	10976	The Bug Detector! By Ford Prefect
fakeid	2843	Getting a Fake Driver's License by The Sultan (February 26, 1986)
famphun.txt	3061	The Pyromaniac's Guide to Family Entertainment Volume 1 by The Great White and Cal Songsinger
feds1.txt	4352	The Feds Part I: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of The Shadow Brotherhood II
feds2.txt	2560	The Feds Part II: Electronic Surveillance by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
feds3.txt	3072	The Feds Part III: Fed Fraud, by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
feds4.txt	3072	The Feds Part IV: Fed Fraud by The Dutchman of Shadow Brotherhood
freenews.ana	3279	Everyone Has a Right to the News
freenews.txt	2736	Getting Free Access to Newspapers
fuksomeone.txt	6923	How to Get Detailed Information on Anybody by BTS
gambling.txt	8190	Running a Successful and Profitable Gambling Ring by Candyman (1993)
games1.con	3157	Tap Corner, Word Processed by the Mulcher ][ for Apple Trek Systems
getinfo.ana	10252	How to Get Anything on Anyone, by Toxic Tunic
glassdem.txt	2349	Glass Demolition by Captain Hack (November 16, 1995)
good_start.txt	2977	A Good Start to Being a Survivalist by J. Moschell (September 15, 1994)
guide.to.shopli	2402	How to Shoplift, by Ziggy
gunfact.dos	51283	Firearms, Hunting and Trapping: Facts and Positions by Stephen P. Jeffries
gunpowder	4052	How to Make Gunpowder and Detonation Devices by The Wave
hackcabl.txt	2189	The Hacker's Guide to Cable TV on San Francisco Viacom
handbook.txt	122702	The Anarchists' Home Companion: First Release: June 1st 1989
highway.txt	2858	Roadway Fun, by Hell's Angel (June 14, 1996)
hijack.hac	8354	Nuclear Transit on the Highways, by Data Line.
holiday.anarchy	6272	Happy Holidays, The Latest File from The Static Syndicate and The Ninja
home.fun.2	11945	A Nitroglycerin Recipe
homemade.fun	7476	Anarchy: How to Make Smoke Bombs
hotwire	1536	How to Hot-Wire a Car, from the Boca Bandit
how.hotwire.car	1408	How to Hot-Wire a Car by the Boca Bandit
hydrocloric.aci	4352	The Hydrochloric Acid Goody
illegalcomp.txt	21918	A Listing of Illegal Stuff, by Desiro Nurvoso of the ATDT BBS (January 24, 1993)
imh1.txt	44823	Improvised Munitions Handbook TM 31-210 from the Department of the Army
imh2.txt	21464	Improvised Munitions Handbook TM 31-210 from the Department of the Army (Part II)
imh3.txt	30296	Improvised Munitions Handbook TM 31-210 from the Department of the Army (Part III)
index.txt	6980	Index to the Anarchist Cookbook IV, ver. 4.14
info.ana	11546	How to get Anything on Anyone
info.txt	32067	What Information Can be Obtained, and Where to Obtain it, by CarbonBoy (1995)
ipecac.txt	2285	IPECAC: The Anarchist's Friend by The Mage
irritant.txt	9109	Chemical Warfare, by Sir Francis Drake
irview.txt	14592	Infrared Viewer Plans, by Dick Smith, alias The Ghost (July 13, 1986)
irviewer.txt	14366	Infrared Viewer Plans
jacob.fun	12327	How to Construct a High Voltage Jacob's Ladder by Count Zero
jammer	2302	Highway Radar Jamming
kanalx.txt	19150	Pirate TV in Eastern Europe by Evelyn Messinger
killbees.txt	12754	How to Have Phun with Bottle Rockets and Bees, Hornets and Large Stinging Insects by Joe Shmoe the Eskimo and Tour De France
kurt.txt	8582	A Listing of Kurt Saxon Books by The Wild Bunch
lab-safe.txt	14205	An Introduction to Laboratory Safety (October 31, 1993)
laughing.gas	4096	Laughing Gas, from the Poor Man's James Bond by Scarlet Armadillo
letter.bomb	3234	How to Make a Working Letter-Bomb by The Revel Warhead
lock.picking	3586	Lock Picking, by Black Cobra
lockerdocs.txt	7786	Locked Docs: by Cablecast Operator and Silver Sphere
lockpick	21854	FAQ: The Alt.Locksmithing FAQ (June 16, 1992)
lookup.txt	1879	Sources for Doing Lookups and Checkups on People (from 2600)
maim.nfo	2447	The MAIM Member List and BBS List
makealco.txt	12990	The Guys Six Feet Under Present Part I of the Getting Homemade Highs File: Alcohol
makelsd	2056	Making LSD
makepois.on	6656	The Ninja Warrior Presents: Poison #1
makestun.txt	3840	The Underground! Present How to make a Stun Gun by the Green Dean, April 5, 1999
making.afpo.n	2010	AFPO, by Ripper (January 11, 1987)
making.tnt	2544	How to make TNT by The Computer Pirates of Utah and Screamer
mallphun.txt	4901	Phun Things To Do at a Mall, by the Road Warrior
master.locks	5632	Master Combination Locks (April 29, 1991)
minibomb	2306	Making a Gunpowder Minibomb by D_L0K (August 5, 1987)
miscan2.txt	4728	Miscellaneous Anarchy (Tennis Ball Cannons)
mism5.hac	6272	General Nuclear Reactor Design
napalm.ana	796	Very Small Napalm Grenades, by Bountyhunter
napalm.grenade	2114	Napalm Made Easy by Sir Knight
newid.txt	7312	How to Create a New Identity by the Walking Glitch
nicotine.ana	2388	Nicotine, from The Poor Man's James Bond
night.fun	7729	The Anarchist's Guide to Nighttime Fun (February 3, 1986)
nightvis.txt	5564	Nightvision by Morpheus
ninja1.ana	6656	the Ninja Warrior presents Poison #1
nitro	3313	How to Make and Use Nitroglycerin, by Karl Marx
nitro.txt	3540	How to Make and Use Nitroglycerin by Ninja Master
no.school.1	4736	20 Ways to Sabotage Your School by Cosmic Charlie
no.school.2	4864	School Stoppers VOlume #2 by Cosmic Charlie and The Doctor
nuclear.ana	8461	Nuclear Transit on the Highways
nuclear.txt	8529	Nuclear Transit on the Highways: A Primer by Data Line
nucreact.txt	4912	Sir Death's Laboratory: How to Build a Nuclear Reactor (October 23, 1990)
onetimepad.txt	12047	How to use One-Time Pads for Secret Communications
pipe.bomb	2731	How to Make a Really Nice Pipe Bomb Out of Everyday Materials by Gray Mouser
piratetv.txt	6223	How To Build Your Own Television Station by Jersey Devil (April 5, 1991)
pisecret.msg	110235	How to Get Anything on Anyone from Mike Enlow, Private Detective 1992
pocket.flamethr	2796	How to Make a Flamethrower, by The Cracksman
postal.fraud	3959	The Poor Man's Guide to Fraud Part 1 by The Prince of Darkness
powder	751	Gun Powder by The Moritician
pranks	8388	Cat Trax Presents Phuking Pholks With a Fone (June 19, 1985)
premchan.txt	1806	How to Get Premium Channels by Steve Rochin
pressure.txt	10855	Manuscript I: Pressure Devices (June 1988)
psonpens	2546	The Poison Pen
pyro.2	3685	Pyro Book II by Captain Hack and Grey Wolf
pyro.delights	3200	Pyrotechnical Delights by Ragner Rocker
pyro1.txt	25088	Preparation of Contact Explosives
pyro2.txt	32640	Touch Paper, Self Igniting Mixtures, Percussion Explosives
pyromag.feb	14906	The Spoke Gun by Dark Angel
quicky.bomb	1123	A Quickie Bomb Stolen from MacGyver by Shadow Hawk of The J-Men (1986)
radar.jamming	7612	Radar Jamming: Motorists Fight Back! Byt eh Scarlet Armadillo
rcd.ana	8270	Making Radio Controlled Detonators, by The Road Warrior
rdiocont.txt	7138	How to Make Things Radio Controlled!
revenge	2048	Revenge II by Night Crawler (December 29, 1984)
revengehtg.txt	2946	All About Revenge, by Surfer Bob
riflemic.ana	4143	Rifle Mikes, by Omnipotent, Inc.
roadpizz.ana	5547	The Complete Guide to Road Pizza, by Black Kat
rocket.txt	20825	Home Built Rocket Enginers, by Chris Beauregard
rockwool.txt	11353	Information on Rockwool
rod001.txt	2800	Riders of Death Issue 1
rod002.txt	2085	Riders of Death Issue 2
rod003.txt	4737	Riders of Death Issue 3
rod004.txt	4701	Riders of Death Issue 4 (ANSI)
san-bug1.txt	8611	Audio Surveillance, by SANctuary
san-bug2.txt	3824	Audio Surveillance Part 2, by SANctuary
san-bug3.txt	6090	Audio Surveillance Part 3, by SANctuary
san-bug4.txt	3363	Audio Surveillance Part 4, by SANctuary
sanlock	65402	The Art of Lockpicking Volume #1 (October 5, 1990)
scanning.txt	10453	Samurai Cat Presents Scanning, the Art of Non-Selective Intervention
school.fun	14336	How to Have Fun at School, by Walkon
screwpst.txt	3696	A Nice Way to Screw Over the Post Office
secretmeetings.txt	7671	Secret Meetings
secrets.msg	30519	On-Line Investigations: Investigating by Computer! By Michael E. Enlow
secrs.gph	5120	Big Secrets Volume #1 by The Wyvern
secrserv.ana	2019	How to Contact the Secret Service, by Jedi Warrior
shopping.center	2299	Shopping Center Antics by The Trooper
shortfil.txt	4579	A Short File on the Central Intelligence Agency
sinksub.txt	2242	Sinking a Sub by Hellrazor
sirius.1	3330	The Sirius Affairs #1 by Sylex Sirius (February 3, 1986)
sirius.2	3252	The Sirius Affairs #2 by Sylex Sirius (February 3, 1986)
sirius.3	3732	Sirius Affair #3 - Terrorism (February 9-11, 1986)
sirius.4	2710	Sirius Affair #4 - Trashing by Sylex Sirius (February 18, 1986)
sirius.txt	13315	The Sirius Affairs #1 by Sylex Sirius (February 3, 1986)
skippy.hum	5490	Ask The Expert by D'Ark Angel
soil2pnt.txt	3125	Extraction of Potassium Nitrate from Soil
somethin.ana	12855	A wide selection of KY and IN Radio Frequencies
sonicjam.txt	7821	Ultra Sonic Jammer Plans by Xanrek the Conjurer
specialw	10799	Special Warfare Manual by Baby Huey and The Titan (1985)
ssnum.ana	1791	About Social Security Numbers, by Scan Man
ssurvival.txt	7762	The Suburban Survival Guide Issue #1 from Incorsis Daethr
stench.txt	6764	Stenches For All by Kurt Saxon, typed by Mach Three
still.ana	4557	The Still by Cobalt-60 and Airborne Ranger
still.hac	5139	The Still: An Article from the Poor Man's James Bond
still.txt	4693	How to Make a Still, by Lex Luthor (needs formatting)
stinkbom.txt	2299	How to Make the Smelliest Stink-Bomb of All by the Hitmen, Vito and Vinnie
stinkum	36096	Stinkum: From the Poor Man's James Bond by Kurt Saxon by The Penguin
streetfi.ana	6417	Survival by The Nimpha
stungun.txt	5571	How to Make a Home-Made Stun Gun, from Morbid Angel of MAIM
sugar.rocket	9986	How to Make Sugar Rockets by Cloaked Warrior
sugar.rocket.2	6284	Improving Your Rocket by Cloaked Warrior (1986)
sun.bomb	945	Oxygen: Very Flammable, Sammy the God (September 6, 1987)
supermar.fun	9856	Supermarket Fun by 007
surrvival	2652	WDP UU's Survival Files for the 507 College District
survaili.ana	6623	Sir Francis Drake Presents Remote Surveilance
tapcorner.txt	7671	Tap Corner (Various Articles from TAP) Word-Processed by The Mulcher ][
tapfones	11956	Private Audience (*A Basic Lesson in the Art of Listening In*)
tbbom15.txt	195597	The Big Book of Mischief by David Richards Version 1.5 (1993)
techter.txt	1890	Some Facts About Oil Pipelines and Technological Terrorism
terrcomp	34752	The Terrorist Home Companion by The Mentor and The Dead Kennedy
terror.hb	95508	How to Make a Blackmatch Fuse
test	124443	The Avenger's Handboot by The Last Viking Version 1.20 (1995)
therm.txt	2038	Creation of My Favorite, Thermite!
thieving.ups	4096	UPSetting, by Axiom Codex and Lazar
toliet.bomb	6113	The Toilet Bomb by Angus Young
toxins.txt	2776	Information on Plutonium typed in by Mike Pompura, November 1989
tracing.msg	44658	Tracing Made Simple: Track 'Em Down by Michael E. Enlow, 1993
trash3.phk	3412	Trashing Techniques by The Underground Alliance
tripwire.ana	1854	Trip Wires by The Mortician
trukpipe.txt	1761	Truck Weaponry by Captain Hack (June 26, 1995)
tv.box	3961	How to Put Together a TV Station
tvjam.txt	7484	TV Jammer, by Dr. Rat 1985
tvro.txt	18317	How to Monitor Microwave Telecommunication Links with an orfinary TVRO by Thallion of WUFO (1984)
unlaw1.txt	4864	The Book of the Unlawfuls by Shadowspawn Volume I
unlaw2.txt	2048	Other Unlawfuls by The Hoe Hoper and The Blue Buccaneer
upc.txt	6726	Cracking the Universal Product Code
v23.faq	6891	VIRUS 23 FAQsheet, by Darren Wershler-Henry
vending.machine	4352	Vending Machines Issue #2 by Lord Knight
vomitgas.ana	2560	Vomit Gas, by The Primo Pyro
warehous.e	1776	Tag File for the Warehouse BBS
warfare	2525	How to Make a Landmine, by Marlin and Black Knight
warrior.txt	4262	Axiom of a Warrior by Doctor Murdock
weapons.txt	2265	Stealth Systems Product Listings
weekend.anarchy	18441	Weekend Anarchy: A Documentary, Nay, Manual on the Widely Studied and Practiced Art of Creating Havoc and General Social Disarray
werehere.mad	13168	Parody of Anarchy Files
wildkill.txt	21011	WildMan's Complete Guide to "Assinations"
wrist.rocket.bo	635	A Wrist Rocket by Sammy the God (September 5, 1987)
writers.txt	6514	How to Properly Write an Anarchy File by The Freddy, December 1991
wwiii.ana	11934	WWIII - a fantasy, from Shadow Stories, Inc.
zencor.txt	19957	The ZenCor Products and Services Catalog v4.0 (October 1st, 1992)
zip.gun	8576	The Ringmaster Gun Part I: How to Build a .22 (March 7, 1986)

There are 256 files for a total of 2,956,441 bytes.

There are 10 directories.

If you wish to have the entire directory conveniently archived and compressed into one file, please download either anarchy.tar.gz (12966870 bytes) or anarchy.zip (14314612 bytes) instead of all the files separately.