I want to know what made them do what they did. Mires, a student at Cisco Junior College, plans to attend the University of Texas to study criminal pathology and psychology. One would think his mother would worry about her son contacting some of the nation's most pathological killers, however, Mires said his mom has actually talked to Manson on the telephone. Once she realized I wasn't in it for murder, she was all right with it. Mires stumbled into his macabre hobby when he started a correspondence with Manson three years ago while working on a high school term paper.
Mires now uses a post office box to correspond with a variety of psychopaths.
He keeps three-ring binders for Manson, Ramirez, Pat Kearney and several other killers. When he writes, Mires doesn't ask directly about their crimes. Most won't talk about their crimes anyway, he said. Mires is not alone in his hobby. The last thing they would do is take a life.