INTERVIEW WITH A MURDERER
August 19, 2025
Name: Jack Hanson (alias)
Location: Milton, Florida, United States
Details: Jack is serving a life sentence for multiple murder
Conducted by Larry Griffin
QUESTIONS
1. What's the most peculiar thing you've done on a Tuesday?
I ... rearranged my bunk in the middle of the night - for no reason.
2. Do you believe in a power nap?
Every nap is a power nap in 'ere. Napping ain't easy.
3. How do you feel about socks?
Man, socks ain't easy to get in 'ere.
4. Ever had a dance battle with an inanimate object?
In prison? No dancing, just stare downs.
5. What's your strategy for dealing with Mondays?
Every day is the same in this place.
6. Do you think cheese is a food group?
Cheese's a treat. We don't get treats.
7. How often do you reorganize your thoughts?
I sometimes replay stuff in my head. Not so nice stuff.
8. What's your favorite way to procrastinate?
I stare at walls and think about outside.
9. Ever talked to a plant? What did it say?
Only concrete in 'ere.
10. Do you have a secret talent for weird things?
I know angles in fights.
11. How do you define "adventure"?
That's what got me 'ere.
12. What's the last thing you googled out of curiosity?
Ain't got a phone in this joint.
13. Do you believe in luck?
My luck ran out.
14. How do you handle things that are "too real"?
Man, I just shut down - no other way.
15. What's your go-to excuse for weird behavior?
"Prison's makin' me do it."
16. Do you collect anything odd?
Just memories of outside.
17. How do you feel about pineapple on pizza?
Don't think about food like that in 'ere.
18. What's the most spontaneous thing you've done?
Something that took me here.
19. Do you have a ritual for calming down?
I breathe, man - take deep breaths in the yard.
20. If you could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, what would it be?
Umm ... I'd 'ave to say survival.