The minds of Billy Milligan

Out of control of his own actions, Billy Milligan was a man tormented by twenty-four distinct personalities battling for supremacy over his body - a battle that culminated when he awoke in jail, arrested for the kidnap and rape of three women. In a landmark trial, Billy was acquitted of his crimes by reason of insanity caused by multiple personality - the first such in court history - bringing to public light the most remarkable and harrowing case of multiple personality ever recorded. Twenty four people lived inside Billy Milligan: Philip, a petty criminal; Kevin, who dealt drugs and masterminded a drugstore robbery; Arthur, an intelligent Englishman and an expert in science and medicine; Ragen, the 'keeper of hate', a Yugoslavian who can write and speak Serbian; Adalana, the shy, lonely, affection-starved lesbian who 'used' Billy's body in the rapes that led to his arrest; David, the eight-year-old 'keeper of pain'; and all of the others, including men, women, several children, and the Teacher, the only one who can put them all together. You will meet each in this true story and will be drawn deeply into the mind of Billy and his splintered, terrifying world.

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