About Michael Crook

 

I am Michael Crook, blogger, author and former internet personality.  If you’re looking for Michael Crook the lawyer, music producer, photographer, professor, Chinese expert or whatever else, you’re looking in the wrong place.  There are many Michael Crooks, way more than I once thought! 

And no, the Crook surname does not involve theft.  No, I’m absolutely not the only Michael Crook (there are least 14,229), but I’m the best one!

A certified American Sign Language interpreter,  I have, since 1999, performed interpreting services for all manner of events, church services and meetings.  I have even assisted those in need of such assistance in jails and prisons.  But never again.   As I have been since 2008, I am a licensed wedding officiant.

 

 

I am one of the first people, if not the first person, to have established an American and internet-based fan club for a European dance act.  That club was the Unlimited Too Fan Club, which feted Dutch dance group 2 Unlimited from 1993 through 1996.  I and my fan club were mentioned in media outlets worldwide.

I have appeared in numerous television commercials.  I am a published author and a songwriter, registered with BMI.

Like many people before and after me, I have proudly served my country in the US Army.

I am known for many things on the internet, but I am best known for an online experiment that caught men cheating on their wives or girlfriends, potentially exposing them to STI.

I am the father of five daughters. Two are grown and two are still at home.  The remaining daughter passed away in early 2026 at the age of 15, due to the cowardice known as suicide.  Worse than that, she was involved with another girl. Two mortal sins.  She is not missed.  She got no memorial service, nor a Funeral Mass, nor a graveside service.  She was cremated and her ashes were held for a mass burial.  That’s what you do with daughters who act that way. 

I have two lively cats, adopted from the local animal shelter.

Having been raised Seventh-day Adventist (1978-1987) and Mormon (1987-2022) while growing up and into adulthood, I am now a Catholic (2022-present), but do not get it twisted: I do not represent my parish nor the Church.  In fact, I have been called on the carpet several times and have always honored priests’ requests to remove certain content.  If asked by a priest, I will remove content without complaint and without hesitation.  Free speech within the Catholic Church does not exist, and I accept that.

You are invited to visit this site often, especially the blog.  That is where you can truly see who I am and what I stand for.