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 Not a work of speculative history, this exposé is founded on primary source material and historical documents.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.

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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