As I wrote yesterday, I have no artwork for sale...
No hobby craft items either. Nor have I sought to profit financially from my crimes. And should anyone come across items claiming to be for sale by me, these are fakes and forgeries. It has happened before.
In fact, for many years I have been assisting a gentleman by the name of Andy Kahan. Mr. Kahan is a crime victims advocate who has been working tirelessly to put an end to what has often been referred to as "murderabilia." This is the sale of crime related memorabilia, which is a dark cottage-type industry that seeks to encourage the sale and collecting of items produced by so called "notorious" criminals. Unfortunately for me, because of my terrible criminal past, I come under this category. And no amount of sorrow and regret can change it. I have to live with the consequences.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kahan and I have a lot of correspondence between us, although in recent years I seem to have lost contact with him. Nevertheless, I continue to support what he's doing. In the past I even granted several media interviews, one on camera with ABC's 20/20 program, and several via mail correspondence, on the subject of the sale of crime related merchandise.
It was in 2007 when I was featured on 20/20. A producer with ABC, Suzanne Yeo, asked if I would do an interview in a letter to me dated February 21, 2007. I replied with a "Yes, I would."
And back in 2003 I had been in communication with a reporter with the Houston Chronicle, Susan K. Bardwell, who was writing an article on the unique relationship between Andy Kahan and I, and that we were working together to try and put a stop to murderabilia.
Then in 2008 I received a letter from journalist Neely Tucker of The Washington Post. He, too, was writing an article on the subject. I provided my answers to his questions, which resulted in the Post doing a feature story. And while I no longer have a copy of the article with me, I still have the letter that Mr. Kahan sent me after the article was published, saying, "The Washington Post story was huge and the responses I received were all positive."
While occasional requests for artwork and signed items continue to come my way, I ignore them. These folks are wasting their time. And as for old letters of mine which sometimes show up for sale on various collector websites, there's nothing I can do about it. Letters I've written to people are the property of those individuals. Therefore, what they eventually do with those letters is their business. While I am disappointed that such items are being sold, I've no animosity towards these people. I prefer to forgive and forget. Life goes on, and so do I.
D.B.
Susan K. Bardwell, "Unlikely Duo Fights Crime Sales,"
Houston Chronicle, Monday, October 27, 2003.
In fact, for many years I have been assisting a gentleman by the name of Andy Kahan. Mr. Kahan is a crime victims advocate who has been working tirelessly to put an end to what has often been referred to as "murderabilia." This is the sale of crime related memorabilia, which is a dark cottage-type industry that seeks to encourage the sale and collecting of items produced by so called "notorious" criminals. Unfortunately for me, because of my terrible criminal past, I come under this category. And no amount of sorrow and regret can change it. I have to live with the consequences.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kahan and I have a lot of correspondence between us, although in recent years I seem to have lost contact with him. Nevertheless, I continue to support what he's doing. In the past I even granted several media interviews, one on camera with ABC's 20/20 program, and several via mail correspondence, on the subject of the sale of crime related merchandise.
It was in 2007 when I was featured on 20/20. A producer with ABC, Suzanne Yeo, asked if I would do an interview in a letter to me dated February 21, 2007. I replied with a "Yes, I would."
And back in 2003 I had been in communication with a reporter with the Houston Chronicle, Susan K. Bardwell, who was writing an article on the unique relationship between Andy Kahan and I, and that we were working together to try and put a stop to murderabilia.
Then in 2008 I received a letter from journalist Neely Tucker of The Washington Post. He, too, was writing an article on the subject. I provided my answers to his questions, which resulted in the Post doing a feature story. And while I no longer have a copy of the article with me, I still have the letter that Mr. Kahan sent me after the article was published, saying, "The Washington Post story was huge and the responses I received were all positive."
While occasional requests for artwork and signed items continue to come my way, I ignore them. These folks are wasting their time. And as for old letters of mine which sometimes show up for sale on various collector websites, there's nothing I can do about it. Letters I've written to people are the property of those individuals. Therefore, what they eventually do with those letters is their business. While I am disappointed that such items are being sold, I've no animosity towards these people. I prefer to forgive and forget. Life goes on, and so do I.
D.B.
Susan K. Bardwell, "Unlikely Duo Fights Crime Sales,"
Houston Chronicle, Monday, October 27, 2003.
