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.
Category Correspondences, interviews
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.
Student interview
Interview conducted with a master's research student in Fine Arts for her thesis on carceral art and the phenomenon of murderabilia.
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.
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.