Cheri Seymour has worked as an investigative reporter, newspaper editor, and private detective for two decades while pursuing a career as a non-fiction writer. Her real-life exploration through the criminal labyrinth of the “Octopus” and the theft of the PROMIS software is reflected in various writings for newspapers and magazines, including “The Ghost of Danny Casolaro” in High Times magazine in August 2001. Most of these writings expose organized criminal elements and their symbiotic relationship with members of the U.S. government.