Uncle Fester is the pen name of Steve Preisler,[1] author of such controversial books as Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture and Silent Death.
He says that he got the nickname "Uncle Fester" from his college years, since he was very well known for producing explosives, and blowing things up, like the character in The Addams Family.
Outraged, Fester borrowed a typewriter from a fellow inmate, and began writing the manuscript for Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture.
[4] Preisler was the object of the 40-minute documentary film "Friction", by Robert Ellman, made at a cost of approximately $300,000, whose premiere on Czech Television was cancelled after the September 11 attacks rendered the topic "politically incorrect".
[5] Preisler was also featured in season 3 episode 2 of VICE's Hamilton's Pharmacopeia, which covered the production process, history, and several users' experience of methamphetamine.