What would you do if you received a letter from the infamous murderer (and noted Scientology scholar) Charles Manson, who just happened to think you were a swell guy? Well, if you are Henry Rollins, you would write that twisted fucker a return letter…. or maybe even a handful of correspondence:

The singer says, “He wrote me a letter out of the blue once and he said, ‘I saw you on MTV and I thought you were pretty cool’. So we corresponded a few times in 1984; I’d just tell him about what we were doing with our new record and he’d send back semi-lucid responses.

“He made references to the Beach Boys stealing his ideas, which sounded like sour grapes, and told me to tell everybody else to take care of wildlife. That must have been the old hippy in him talking.

“At the time, I was very young and having him write me letters made me feel very intense and heavy. I’d always know I’d have a letter in my PO Box from him because the woman behind the counter at the post office would give you this awful look.

“His letters would always have swastikas on them so they were easy to spot.”

Bloody hell! To actually touch such a letter without the use of rubber gloves and disinfectant, Rollins must have some serious balls. Perhaps in the name of research, becoming penpals with the dude could serve a legitimate purpose. Still, receiving personal letters from Manson and knowing that he scoped you out as a “pretty cool” dude, well, that could easily give someone serious nightmares.