Everyone grows up knowing about Charles Manson as one of America's most notoriously famous psychopaths. But do those of us who were not alive during that time really understand the true nature of the heinous crimes he directed his "family" to commit? I for one, had never fully grasped how horrible that night must've been, until I did some intense reading on the issue just last night.
Tonight is the 36th anniversary of the gruesome and shocking murders of Sharon Tate, her baby, and her friends at her Beverly Hills home back in 1969. http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/notorious/manson/murder_1.html
This is one of those crimes that defines America and the 1960's; how drugs and abandoned youth lost its innocence on this one night to a man with no conscience or understanding of human values or life.
For Christ's sake, even my precious Beatles and their masterpiece White Album was used to inspire this madman to brainwash his followers. Helter Skelter would never be the same song again.
Tonight, I pray for the murdered and roll my eyes in disgust to all the killers still in jail who now claim they are born-again Christians. PHOOEY!
My god, Sharon Tate was so beautiful, what a tragic shame...
Further reading (and boy there's lots out there):
http://www.charliemanson.com/
http://www.sharontate.info/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Tate
2 comments:
The long version of the theme from valley of the dolls sung by k.d.lang is so awesome. Yeah, NOW it's time to leave the poison of the city. XO
The more I read about this case, the more fascinating it becomes, but GEEZ LOUISE man, it's all so sick and depressing!
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