Some of True Crime's most famous writers remain anonymous.

Perhaps it's because their spelling and grammar leave something to be desired.

Or perhaps the content of their work is so disturbing no one wants

credit. By work of course we mean what letters claim credit for horrifying

murders. Today we're looking at the top 10 most disturbing letters from serial killers.

Some of these are the sole peak we have inside the killer's head.

Others could be hoaxes, distractions that kept authorities from catching the real killer.

And that's a horrifying crime in itself.

But many of these letters hold the hidden clues that can finally put a vicious murderer behind bars. Hey all you weirdos welcome. Welcome to the Parcast Original Crime Countdown.

I'm Ash.

And I'm Elena.

Every week will highlight 10 fascinating stories

of history's most engaging and unsettling crimes,

all picked by the parcast research gods.

Today we're counting down the top 10 disturbing serial killer letters.

I personally have never received a serial killer letter,

but I've read a lot of them.

That's true.

Let me say you can tell a lot about someone by their handwriting.

What would you say that your handwriting says about you?

I write very neat and tiny, so I think it means that I'm very neat and tiny so I think it means that I'm very neat and tiny.

Okay that's what I think that's good. Mine is like very big and bubbly so I guess I'm big and bubbly I love that like Barbara'm like Barbara Jean. There you go where my Reba fans at. That's a deep cut. That's a really deep cut. It is. So if you had to hear in letter form from one serial killer, who would it be?

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