Letters from the Inside, Michael Swango, #86

I had recently sent Swango a letter asking him several questions about his crimes. I asked if he had the urge to poison still and also because he wrote about how fascinated he is with Lady GaGa's recent Telephone video I asked him if it had to do with the poison theme. His answers are intriguing:

I will just type in the portions that relate to this from his latest letter as they are the only ones of note:









>The answer to your question is absolutely not. No uncontrollable urge, Kelly. No urge at all. I know that part of you (for some reason) doesn't want that to be true, but it is.

You are bright, very intelligent, OCD-tolerant, a necessity for someone who has the same to varying degrees, most attractive in that "Lea MIchelle/Catherine Keener sort of way! (This is an amazing compliment, KK.) The only thing I'm unclear about is your sexual energy and passion. But again--that is so dependent on the sexual emotional partner. There are so many places to go and things I would love to do with you. You are an amazing woman in so many ways...

>Since you asked, here' s a bit of "behind the curtain" insight for you: When you say that something was "my thing" ( Ed: I said clearly killing via poison is his thing.) believe me so much more. So when I see that GaGa video, I think what is she using? Would it work? What should she use? etc. etc. Almost second nature--just analysis of the situation. Like you might analyze a restaurant meal from a cook's perspective.