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Letters to serial killers

Spero

ass rainbow
Jul 12, 2005
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Tejas
http://www.radarmagazine.com/from-the-magazine/2008/04/letter_to_charles_manson_richard_ramirez_ted_kacyinski_bill.php

In the late '90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart had a little too much time on his hands and a surfeit of stamps. So, for his own entertainment, the then-unemployed thirtysomething launched a letter-writing campaign to some of the most powerful and infamous figures in the country, posing as a curious 10-year-old named Billy.
The first few are pretty funny. The Manson letters had me rolling.
 

Spero

ass rainbow
Jul 12, 2005
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Tejas
The fact that Richard Ramirez has personalized 'Night Stalker' stationary gives me the willies.
 

Velocity Girl

whack-a-mole
Sep 12, 2001
1,279
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Atlanta
The Manson one was very disturbing. But glad to know the guy is where he needs to be...and that is no where near the general public!!!
 

Ciaran

Fear my banana
Apr 5, 2004
9,839
15
So Cal
You can see the longing for human contact in the letters from the prisoners. It's sad in a strange way. Not that I feel any sympathy for Manson or Ramirez.