Joshua Sutter

Joshua Caleb Sutter (born ), also known as Wulfran Hall, is an American neo-Nazi, Satanist, book publisher, and FBI informant. The son of a white supremacist activist, Sutter became a Christian Identity adherent and was a Pennsylvania-area leader of Aryan Nations in the early 2000s. He attracted attention from law enforcement for repeatedly praising jihadist suicide bombers, suggesting that white supremacists emulate their tactics, and advocating for alliances between white supremacists and jihadists. He was appointed the "Minister for Islamic Liaison" of the Aryan Nations, before joining a spinoff group, the Church of the Sons of Yaweh.

Following a 2003 arrest on gun charges, Sutter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison. While imprisoned he became an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and was released early. Though Sutter was widely suspected of being an informant by other members of the far-right for decades, this was not publicly confirmed until 2021. The FBI paid Sutter over for his services from 2003 to 2021, and used his house as part of a scheme to target Americans who were pro-North Korea. He also operated a Hindu sect for some time.

Following his exit from the Aryan Nations, Sutter founded the Tempel ov Blood (ToB), a group affiliated with the Order of Nine Angles (ONA) that mixes Satanism with Hinduism, neo-Nazism, and radical Islam. Through the ToB's publisher Martinet Press, Sutter authored and published several influential neo-Nazi books: Liber 333, Iron Gates, and Bluebird. The ToB, and Sutter, infiltrated and ideologically influenced the later development of the neo-Nazi group the Atomwaffen Division, causing controversy among its members and leading to many leaving. Sutter's informant work was also instrumental in the prosecutions against that group. He has been a major force in spreading the ONA's ideology and influenced the sextortion network 764.

Early life Joshua Caleb Sutter was born in His father, David Sutter, was a Pentecostal minister and white supremacist activist. David Sutter was a member of the neo-Confederate group the League of the South. He had an interest in the Order of Nine Angles, a Satanist neo-Nazi group, as far back as 1997, when he was 15 or 16. An individual under his alias Wulfran Hall was recorded as contributing to their original ritual music that year. Sutter briefly enrolled in the U.S. Navy in 2000. He served from June to July, before failing out of basic training. Kreis set up a 3 person high council for his schism, which included Sutter, Charles Juba, and Morris Gullet. Sutter was a leader in this Pennsylvania branch led by Kreis.

At the time, Sutter was a close associate of Kreis; a local newspaper columnist called them the "dumb and dumber" of the neo-Nazi movement. Sutter moved in with him and his family in 2002. In July 2002, he appeared with Kreis and James Wickstrom in front of the media to represent the Aryan Nations. and attempting to form alliances between white supremacists and Islamic radicals. He attempted to, and claimed that he had, made contact with Islamic radicals as part of this position. It is unclear if this is true. According to scholar George Michael, he had apparently "spent much time scanning the Internet for secret messages from al Qaeda and Taliban operatives".

2003 arrest By 2003, he had left the Aryan Nations and joined a spinoff group called the Church of the Sons of Yaweh. Sutter was additionally charged with possessing an illegal silencer. Other neo-Nazis claimed this was a sting operation and that Sutter had been talked into participating by the agents.

He went quiet following his release, but began attending mosque; he did surveillance work for the FBI across the country and targeted many different networks at their behest. While he was imprisoned, the FBI bought Sutter's family home. They utilized it to target Americans who were pro-North Korea through a fraudulent operation created by the FBI and led by Sutter and Kreis.

Sutter founded the Rural People's Party (RPP), a group that promotes North Korea, Hitler, Stalin, and Jim Jones, based out of his house. As the leader of the RPP he became involved in the Songun Politics Study Group USA, another North Korean organization, taking over that group. He then became involved in Hindu esotericism, where he met Jillian Hoy, He later converted the RPP into a Hindu sect, the New Bihar Mandir, also based out of his house, operating it with Hoy. The group is small in numbers but has proven greatly ideologically influential on modern neo-Nazi Satanists. The ideology of the ToB is eclectic, and is strongly influenced by Sutter's ideology. One analysis described it as mixing "Satanism, radical Islam and vampirism" with neo-Nazism; it also incorporates Hinduism, pro-North Korean sentiment, and accelerationism. as a nexion (lodge) of the ONA, or as a group associated with the ONA. Some neo-Nazis deny that ToB is representative of the ONA, largely due to Sutter's history and status as a government informant. Sutter said that his goal with the ToB was to expose ToB followers to repeated violence and other lurid depictions to the extent that they would be radicalized and utterly desensitized to violence, and have no moral compunctions about doing anything the ToB wants them to do, including pedophilia or torture. He wrote that:

Denton made Sutter's books required for new initiates and approved them for reading for members. His books became required reading among some sections of the neo-Nazi movement, including the AWD but also The Base and Terrorgram. This enabled Martinet Press to expand in influence across the neo-Nazi scene. This shifted the aesthetic and ideals of the AWD to a more sinister and satanic direction; Sutter's influence became controversial among AWD members who despised the Satanic and violent direction the AWD took, which led to several members leaving.

Sutter's informant work was also instrumental in the prosecutions against that group. Some members of the Order of Nine Angles also blamed Sutter for killing the Order of Nine Angles through his books, infiltration of the AWD, and actions. Sutter continued to be involved in the AWD's successor, the National Socialist Order. For his time in Atomwaffen, Sutter was paid by the FBI.

Outing as federal informant Sutter being an FBI informant was publicly confirmed in 2021 due to documents publicized in the government's case against Atomwaffen Division member Kaleb Cole. This was further publicized in a 2022 piece for Rolling Stone by journalist Ali Winston, in a piece on Ethan Melzer, an ONA adherent convicted of attempting to kill U.S. soldiers. It was also confirmed by a former far-right activist. Cole was under Sutter's influence at the time of the crimes, and Cole's defense moved to suppress all information gained from Sutter, because the FBI did not disclose that all its information on Cole's online web communication had been obtained from Sutter. Sutter was called as a witness in the trial. The FBI has faced criticism for its involvement with Sutter, and have declined to comment on his actions.

Being outed as a federal agent did not make Sutter cease his activities, and he has continued to publish books through Martinet Press. He shut the press down in 2022, replacing it with Agony's Point Press. Sutter and Agony's Point Press have promoted the online sextortion network 764, which has been heavily influenced in some of its symbolism and ideology by Sutter.