Levi Stanford, 31
Holding a handful of toilet paper, I struck the lighter I’d found in the garage and watched it go up in flames. Aged seven, I was mesmerised.
Growing up in a small town, my eight siblings and I were always finding new ways to make mischief.
Throwing flour onto a campfire, seeing the quick explosion was exhilarating.
Aged 16, I made a flame thrower using a water gun, but accidentally set our backyard firewood pile alight.
‘You have to be more careful,’ my parents Roy and Linda warned.
But I was obsessed, and started buying explosives
