Gary Ray Bowles : Letter Excerpt
Excerpt from a letter from serial killer Gary Ray Bowles, dated April 13, 2016. The original syntax has been preserved.
David
Gary Ray Bowles, the Interstate 95 Killer
Gary Ray Bowles (25 janvier 1962 – 22 août 2019) was an American serial killer, nicknamed the "I-95 Killer." Apprehended on October 22, 1995, Bowles was tried and sentenced to death in 1999 for the murder of six gay men; the sentence was carried out on August 22, 2019.
Since I acquired the ability to hold a pencil between my fingers
Since I acquired the ability to hold a pencil between my fingers, I have always sought to transcribe my vision of the world and what lies within me. My early childhood drawings were done with markers and colored pencils. Naively, I mainly drew ducks (drawings from 1989). However, soon my works took on a more disturbing dimension.
Student interview
Interview conducted with a master's research student in Fine Arts for her thesis on carceral art and the phenomenon of murderabilia.
Armin Meiwes, the cannibal of Rotenburg
Armin Meiwes, born 1 December 1961, is a German former computer repair technician who received international attention for murdering and eating a voluntary victim in 2001, whom he had found via the Internet.
Interview with Étienne Ruhaud
Etienne Ruhaud chose to grant me an interview about my interest in drawing and painting. I gladly accepted his interview proposal, which stood out from others usually focused on my activities related to serial killers.
Visiting the abandoned house of Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal
Since 2001, when his case came to light, I had always desired to visit the house of Armin Meiwes, the German cannibal. However, I never thought I would be able to do so. For over 20 years, it was just a vague fantasy of "dark tourism" and urbex that lingered in the recesses of my mind, but something was about to change.
My correspondence with Richard Ramirez
Richard Ramirez has become an iconic figure in a certain counterculture in the United States. It’s hard to overlook when delving into American myths and urban legends. I began corresponding with Richard Ramirez in the course of the year 2010. Initially, I didn’t expect a response because I knew he received many letters. I received his first letter on April 10, 2010.
My correspondence with Ian Stewart Brady
I began writing to Ian Stewart Brady in 2010. Detained in the Ashworth high-security hospital, I was apprehensive that my correspondence would be immediately prohibited, but that was not the case. More than a month after my first letter, on April 22, I finally received a response from the Moors Murderer.
My correspondence with Francis Heaulme
One of my American correspondents, the Californian serial killer Patrick Wayne Kearney, once provided me with the address of Francis Heaulme. This American, serving a life sentence, had long been in contact with people outside who regularly passed on addresses of other inmates from around the world so he could correspond with them.
