BERKOWITZ DAVID: (1953- ) American Serial Killer and Arsonist, known as Son of Sam. A.L.S. ...

BERKOWITZ DAVID: (1953- ) American Serial Killer and Arsonist, known as Son of Sam. A.L.S., Hobo Dave, four pages, 4to, n.p. (Sullivan Correctional Facility, Fallsburg, New York), 22nd January 1988, to Pete Connolly. Berkowitz states that he has received his correspondent's letter and photographs, commenting 'I see you're relaxing as usual on a comfortable bed of nails. I sleep on something similar.' He continues to ask 'Who the heck is Roland the Commie? He doesn't look like a communist guerilla at all. To be honest with you, he looks like a momma's boy instead of a partisan freedom fighter.' and further states 'No, I'm not the dude who sends you crank calls. It's probably the black dude who used to teach you Kung Fu. I guess he's pissed because you wouldn't share chrissy with him'. Berkowitz also refers to two books by Frederick Forsyth that he'd like to read, including The Day of the Jackel (sic), and also makes a reference to Mark Chapman, the assassin of John Lennon, 'Pete, I hate to tell you this, but I think Miss Sardine got beat for her photo. You should've sought my advice before you wrote to M. Chapman. You learned a lesson. Don't be sending photos to strangers. I don't know what will happen to that photo - he probably rubs against it at night. But there's no way you can get it back. I can ask ''Big J'' - he is big - 300lbs! The problem is that ''J'' is in general population and Chapman is in isolation/protective custody. There's no way for J to see Chapman. Also, my friend ''J'' is scheduled for a transfer soon. He should be leaving Attica any day now. I'll see what I can do. Next time, just take a photo of a ''bag lady'' on some street corner. Then mail it with a letter: ''Hi Mark, my name is Darlene. I'm a 75 year old hobo bag lady who lives in Queens. I love you, Marky pooh''.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Berkowitz and signed by him in full in the return address. Together with Richard Ramirez (1960-2013) American Serial Killer, known as the Night Stalker. A.L.S., Richard, one page, 4to, n.p. (San Quentin State Prison, California), 2nd July n.y. (1995), to Ken K. Ramirez writes a social letter, assuring his correspondent that he won't reveal his problems and asking how old his sister is, 'Why would she freak out w/ me?', further sending a drawing (no longer present) and explaining 'If it's gone it's cause someone took it out. I thought it was one drawing I owed you not 2.' Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Ramirez and signed by him in full in the return address. VG, 2

Mark David Chapman (1955- ) American Murderer of John Lennon on 8th December 1980. Chapman is imprisoned in the Attica Correctional Facility, New York.