He was arrested again in 1984 for methamphetamine charges, and put in the Waupun Correctional Institution.

Two years later, he was arrested for methamphetamine possession and was sentenced to probation. Preisler graduated in 1981 from Marquette University with a Chemistry & Biology degree. Preisler is an industrial chemist working in an electroplating factory he calls 'the rat hole.' In his spare time, he writes books. 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. Preisler gained underground fame after publishing his first book Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture in the early 1980s. Uncle Fester is the pen name of Steve Preisler, author of such controversial books as Secrets of Methamphetamine Manufacture and Silent Death.

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