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'. 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.
