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Everyone loves 10 year-old boys, even the criminally insane:

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.

Charles Manson’s responses are… well they are very Manson:

oh well I’m just playing clown words to say I didn’t forgit Hellbilly—Bill we always had good days + I’m glad your gonna be a D.A. Be one who works for justice + not one who wants to win win + and don’t care if people didn’t do rong

And Clarence Thomas apparently loves Egg McMuffins.

PJ pointed out something I completely missed. Richard Ramirez, a man who raped and/or killed some 25 people in Los Angeles, has collateral and a logo.

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