Charles Manson - Live At San Quentin

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If there's a Charles Manson fan in your family - here's some stuff to "educate" them about the man behind the media-haze:

Murderabilia To Be Banned

A Bill has been introduced into the US House of Representatives to ban prisoners from selling personal items.

The Bill was introduced by Dave Rigchert who was a former county sherrif who spent almost 20 years tracking the Green River Killer - Gary Ridgway.

Apparently Charles Manson's gingerprint chart is up for sale.

Read more on the news.com.au site.

Manson prosecutor to speak at ISU Oct. 2

The Tribstar reports that the former Los Angeles prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi will speak at the Inidana Ste Univesity as part of their "Speakers Series"

Biopic Manson Film Due

The news is that the director of the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre", Marus Nispel, is due to make a film about Charles Manson with his former writer Scott Kosar.

Marcus stated:

"This is different for both of us, because we don't see it as a great reason to do some damage and splash blood. It's a responsible movie. I love those ones that have a detailed account of reality, like "Black Hawk Down", and you have to really pay attention to that--you can't go out and make a fantasy where anything can happen. But to do it takes discipline".

"Almost all of those films are told from a legal point of view, or what you'd
hear in a trial. So the thing you have to do is look at it from an emotional
angle... Scott found a very interesting point of view from an insider".

Nispel has the Pathfinder Movie coming out soon which may bring a lot of attention to the potential Manson biopic by association.

Parole in California

Sasha Abramsky has written a pretty interesting piece on the how "lifers" are unlikely to get parole in the Californian prison system.

He contrasts two inmates: Charles Manson & Jerry Elster. He contends that the various California Governors don't look at how an inmate has been rehabilitated and generally refuses parole.

Sasha states that it is correct to refuse Manson parole as "releasing him wouldn't serve the public interest". However, he cites that the decision to refuse Jerry Elster his freedom even though he could be considered " a model in inmate in San Quentin". The board of Governors recommended him for release but Governor Schwarzenegger refused stating that the public would be at risk were he be released.

So where do you draw the line, how do you qualify or even quantify risk? How can you say that one inmate would represent a risk and another not?

Is this "risk" really a "risk of not getting re-elected or loosing political capital? Which Governor would release a convicted killer early, there would surely be no advantage of doing so. Think of the effect that it would have if a killer paroled happened to kill someone again whether intentially or not. The impact would be huge.

If you're interested in the debate, I recommend you take a consider Sasha's view.

Sinister Forces: The Manson Secret - Book

This book proposes the concept that Manson was the product of a collective that involved secret private and public forces that moulded Manson into what he is know as today.

Amazon Says:
The roots of coincidence and conspiracy in American politics, crime, and culture are investigated in this examination of the connections between religion, political conspiracy, and occultism. Readers are presented with startling connections between Nobel Prize–winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, Carl Jung, and synchronicity; serial killers, multiple personality disorder, and demonic possession; and magic, surrealism, and mind control. Not a work of speculative history, this exposé is founded on primary source material and historical documents. Fascinating secrets are divulged involving Hollywood icons such as Marilyn Monroe, David Lynch, and Jane Fonda as well as links between the Cotton Club murders, the Bluegrass conspiracy, and the Son of Sam cult.

Buy Sinister Forces: The Manson Secret:
Amazon USA - $19.77
Amazon UK - £14.13

Letters from the Pen

The Karpeles Museum - 94 Broadway in Newburgh, has an exhibit until Sept. 30 called "Letters from the Pen," which shows original letters, in original handwriting, from the famous and the infamous during their various turns in jail.

There are letters from Leon Czolgosc who killed President McKinley as well as the Boston Strangler - Albert De Salvo.

Find out more at www.karpeles.com.

More Celebrity Tourism or Historical Education

The Hamilton County Museum of History is offering tours of the Sheriff's Residence and Jail in Courthouse Square in Noblesville (317) 770-0775.

So where do we draw the line between voyeurism and education? To me that line is so thin its almost impossible to define.

If there tour allows people to understand the mind of Charles Manson - or if it allows them an insight into his mind then sure its of benefit. Just because people believe his actions to be unsavoury, it doesn't mean his thoughts and deeds should be isolated to minds of psychologists.

For those that are interested, the jail is listed in the Register of Historic Places and was built in 1875 and has many items of local historical interest. It is open between 10am and 4pm Thursdays -Saturdays and 1-4pm on Sundays from Mermorial day through Labor Day.

Entrance is free but donations are welcome.

More information: Hamilton County Museum of History

The Manson Girls Documentary

This is an amazing documentary about the women that play a part in the Charles Manson story.

The show is ABC's Turning Point.

View each of them in turn:

NBC Interview

For all those that haven't seen the NBC interview with Charles Manson then this is a good opportunity.

The man doesn't come over incompetent as he says. This is a good insight into his character - well what you can get in the few minutes you get.

He sums himself as a "petty car thief". What are your opinions?