In the '90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart posed as a young kid and wrote to various serial killers and controversial celebrities like Larry Flynt. This is Larry Flynt's awesome response to the letter he received. Click through for more of the fascinating correspondence that came out of this experiment.
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At least 50 college aged men from 11 states have died in the past 10 years in what is now being called the “Smiley Face” mystery. Most of their deaths have been ruled accidental drownings, but two New York cops are questioning one eerie coincidence. At each of these crime scenes there is a smiley face painted somewhere. It's still unclear as to whether this is a coincidence or the work of some deranged serial killer.
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Culture Buzz A group of private investigators say they’re able to link up dozens of seemingly unrelated deaths of college men through a common clue: Smiley faces found near where the drowned bodies were found. The deaths (murders?) all share common traits: Well-liked, athletic college guys who drowned mysteriously, usually disappearing after a night of drinking. The drownings are usually chalked up as accidents, but two former New York cops say they’ve found links that make them look more like murders, and they hypothesize that a sinister group of killers is behind them all.