The cops did a little illegal search and seizure in that case. They knew they couldn’t get a search warrant from the court, so they had the Poli Sci department secretary go into Franc’s office while he wasn’t there on a pretext to rummage around. She found a .38 pistol in a desk drawer. For those who might be horrified that a professor kept a gun in his office desk, this all happened in the early 1980s, when people weren’t so frightened about folks going postal.

Max Franc died in prison of a heart attack nine or 10 years ago.

As for the IT men’s room. Fresno State has been, over the years, a popular cruising spot for sex (both heterosexual and same-sex). The racquetball courts, as well as certain bathrooms have been used for sexual gymnastics for many, many years. Other popular spots have included the men’s room on the third floor of Family Sciences.

I have to mention that Fresno State hasn’t been “out in the country” since the 1960s. Everything that surrounds campus (except University Village) has been there since the 1960s, 70s or 80s.

The campus cops historically don’t take enforcement action. They’ll work through the campus community to get the message out to knock it off. IT locks the restrooms up more to stop people from blowing them up or setting them on fire, than for any other reason.

Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s the Barstow was a major street like shaw. Since the university was basically located out in farmlands this was a stop for truckers. They use to fornicate in the restroom of the IT building because it was right next to the street. In the late 90’s there were posting on the internet by some people about it. The news and police caught on and started investigating. So they lock the building up at night. That is when it stopped. Sicko’s.

The UHS student is true, she hung herself and some music student or something found her in the morning. They never followed up on it though so I am still wondering why she did it.

The pyscho political science professor happened not to long ago. I never heard anything about it again either.

Fresno state has a rich history you just have to dig deep to find out more.

Did he die in prison? If not, when was he released?

Some years later, as an ordained priest, I opened up the newspaper to read that he had murdered and dismembered his “lover” in Hollywood. They found a pistol in his office on campus and he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. A few years ago, I heard he had died of a heart attack in prison.

The most creepy thing is that I was one of the few people who had ever seen the inside of his home. No grass in front or back–only cement. No furniture. He had range kitchen cabinets and a terribly matted shag rug. Later I read interviews with his neighbors who indicated that no one was ever invited into his home! Later, the police report also indicated that he was building a sound proof booth in his living room.

There I was–an innocent college student who agreed to correct papers for a man who turned out to be a deeply troubled man.

I prayed for him when I heard he had died. I’ve never heard of any ghost stories dealing with him.

I totally remember that hair piece. UGH! It was awful…….just like his sense of dress. OMG. It was hideous. As far as I know he’s still in prison for murdering that male prostitute. You and I were at FSU at the same time. Fall 1983 I was going into my second year there.

What happened to him anyway?

By the time this all happened, I was out of school and living in Santa Cruz. I went to Fresno for Christmas to see my family. My aunt and uncle, both alumni of Fresno State asked me if it was Max Franc that had been my poli sci professor because they remembered me complaining about how one of my profs was really weird and I told them yes it was him. They then told me what was going on and I do remember seeing a news clip when I was there of him in court. Still kind of freaks me out about how right I was about the man!!!