We've all seen a multitude of variations on the "brainwashed by Satanists" confessional, but this has to be the granddaddy of them all. Just before Thanksgiving, the mayor of Centerton, Arkansas resigned his post. It seemed an injection of truth serum (but wait, it gets weirder!) had caused the mayor to suddenly recall that he was someone else. Specifically, that he had been living under an assumed name for three decades, but had forgotten all about his true identity. Why did the mayor feel the need to make this sudden confession? It seems that he just happened to host a website all about the mysterious disappearance of his former self, and the family of the former preacher was curious to know what he'd been up to.

So the mayor confessed- sort of. You can read his rambling account on his own website how he was deliberately "brainwashed" by Satanic kidnappers who gave him impromptu electric shock treatment and then presented him with a brand new identity, which he maintained until "rescued" by his wife...all because she happened across the website he maintained about his "missing" former self. Then he took off again, apparently afraid the Satanists were after him. While hiding out as an elected official and radio personality, he even managed to get remarried.

Also fun: the alter-ego's website, where he raves about evolution and his favorite gospel singer.