In a strange and entertaining social experiment, in the late 90s Bill Geerhart “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.” These people included Donald Rumsfeld, Oprah Winfrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger — and also some more… evil celebrities, including Charles Manson, Ted Kaczynski and several other notorious serial killers.

In the May/June issue of Radar Magazine, Geerhart reports on the follow-up to this experiment.

Excerpt of Manson’s reply: