"On September 5, 2007, MSNBC aired ""The Mind of Manson"", a complete version of a 1987 interview at California's San Quentin State Prison. The footage of the ""unshackled, unapologetic, and unruly"" Manson had been considered ""so unbelievable"" that only seven minutes of it had originally been broadcast on ""The Today Show"", for which it had been recorded. In March 2009, a photograph of Manson showing a receding hairline, grizzled gray beard and hair, and the swastika tattoo still prominent on his forehead was released to the public by California corrections officials. In 2010, the ""Los Angeles Times"" reported that Manson"
"Manson's conduct, including violations of a gag order and submission of ""outlandish"" and ""nonsensical"" pretrial motions, the permission was withdrawn before the trial's start. Manson filed an affidavit of prejudice against Keene, who was replaced by Judge Charles H. Older. On Friday, July 24, the first day of testimony, Manson appeared in court with an X carved into his forehead. He issued a statement that he was ""considered inadequate and incompetent to speak or defend [him]self""—and had ""X'd [him]self from [the establishment's] world."" Over the following weekend, the female defendants duplicated the mark on their own foreheads, as did most"
"been supplied with LSD during the trial) and giggled during testimony about the victims. Van Houten took the stand and admitted committing the murders with which she was charged, but denied that Manson had been involved. An often-cited example of how he seemed to exert control over Van Houten and the others was when Manson carved an X on his forehead and she and the other two women defendants copied him. In the latter stages of the trial they stopped mimicking him, Bugliosi suggested, because they realized it was making the extent of his influence over them apparent. Van Houten"
"jury, leading to the penalty phase of the trial, which would decide the punishments of the convicted. Various female witnesses, including the defendants and other loyal ""family"" members (all of whom carved bloody Xs into their foreheads as a sign of their allegiance to Manson), testified that Kasabian, rather than Manson, had masterminded the crimes. The trial jury completely rejected their testimony, however. More recently, these accusations have been publicly repudiated by many of the former ""family"" members who originally offered the tale, including Catherine Share, Susan Atkins, and particularly Tex Watson, who has since described those allegations as ""patently"
"and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca murders in 1969, and Fromme and the remaining Manson Family camped outside the trial. Manson and fellow defendants Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, and Atkins carved Xs into their foreheads, and so did Fromme and her compatriots. They proclaimed Manson's innocence and preached his apocalyptic philosophy to the news media and to anyone else who would listen. Fromme was never charged with involvement in the murders, but she was convicted of attempting to prevent Manson's imprisoned followers from testifying, as well as contempt of court when she refused to testify. She was given short jail"
"friend."" Seemingly unfazed by the possibility of a guilty verdict and a death sentence, Krenwinkel reportedly spent much of the trial drawing doodles of devils and other satanic figures. All during the trial, she remained loyal to Manson and the Family. Demonstration of this unity included walking hand-in-hand with Atkins and Van Houten, singing songs written by Manson, as well as shaving their heads and carving an ""X"" in their foreheads, just as Manson was doing. At the end of the nine-month trial, Krenwinkel was convicted of all counts and sentenced to death on March 29, 1971. She and the"
"lifelong criminal who had been released from prison just in time for San Francisco's Summer of Love. With his long hair, charisma and the ability to charm a crowd with his guitar playing, his singing and rhetoric, Manson exhibited many of the outward manifestations of hippie identity. Yet he hardly exemplified the hippie ideals of peace, love, compassion and human fellowship; through twisted logic, hallucinogenic drugs, and psychological manipulation, he inspired his followers to commit murder. Manson's highly publicized 1970 trial and subsequent conviction in January 1971 irrevocably tarnished the hippie image in the eyes of many Americans. Also around"
"begins committing a series of fetishistic burglaries in which he breaks into women's homes, kills their pets, and steals from them after watching them engage in intercourse. Following the Tate/LaBianca Murders, Plunkett attempts to meet Charles Manson, only to improperly identify a generic hippie as Manson and break into an apartment where he is having sex. The hippie apprehends Plunkett, and Plunkett is sentenced to a year in prison. In prison, Plunkett works to perfect his body while studying under other criminals and learning their techniques. Doing janitorial work as a trusty, he encounters the recently incarcerated Manson; furious that"
"to Exist"", under the title ""Never Learn Not to Love"". It was released as a B-sided single in 1968 without crediting Manson. From the beginning of Manson's notoriety, a pop culture arose around him in which he ultimately became an emblem of insanity, violence, and the macabre. After he was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs written and performed by Manson were released commercially, starting with """" (1970). Various musicians have covered some of his songs. Manson was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of"
"Matrix"". After the release of ""Antichrist Superstar"" (1996), an album which sparked controversy among Christian fundamentalists, Marilyn Manson didn't want to resume playing the role of a bogeyman. He feared that this would cause him to be ""consigned to the one-note rock theatricality"" of Kiss and Alice Cooper. He desired to convince casual rock and pop fans who had previously dismissed him that he was ""more than a cartoon."" For his next album, ""Mechanical Animals"" (1998), he took inspiration from the glam rock music that David Bowie made in the 1970s, and adopted a wardrobe and hairstyle similar to Bowie's."
"held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions Centre. ""Art in America""s Max Henry likened them to the works of a ""psychiatric patient given materials to use as therapy"" and said his work would never be taken seriously in a fine art context, writing that the value was ""in their celebrity, not the work"". On September 14–15, 2004, Manson held a second exhibition on the first night in Paris and the second in Berlin. The show was named 'Trismegistus' which was also the title of the center piece of the exhibit – a large, three-headed Christ painted onto an antique wood"
"""Man of the Year"". In June 1970, he was the subject of a ""Rolling Stone"" cover story, ""Charles Manson: The Incredible Story of the Most Dangerous Man Alive"". When a ""Rolling Stone"" writer visited the Los Angeles District Attorney's office in preparing that story, he was shocked by a photograph of the bloody ""Healter Skelter"" that would bind Manson to popular culture. Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi pointed out the dispute in the underground press over whether Manson was ""Christ returned"" or ""a sick symbol of our times"" to his ""Helter Skelter"" co-author, Curt Gentry. Bernardine Dohrn, a leader of the Weather"
"total of 12 times with the bayonet. When he had finished, Watson carved ""WAR"" on the man's exposed abdomen. He stated this in his autobiography. In an unclear portion of her eventual grand jury testimony, Atkins, who did not enter the LaBianca house, said she believed Krenwinkel had carved the word. In a ghost-written newspaper account based on a statement she had made earlier to her attorney, she said Watson carved it. Returning to the bedroom, Watson found Krenwinkel stabbing Rosemary LaBianca with a knife from the LaBianca kitchen. Heeding Manson's instruction to make sure each of the women played"
"was also convicted of first-degree murder for the August 1969 death of Donald Jerome ""Shorty"" Shea. A footnote to the conclusion of ""California v. Anderson"", the 1972 decision that neutralized California's death sentences, stated that, ""any prisoner now under a sentence of death ... may file a petition for writ of ""habeas corpus"" in the superior court inviting that court to modify its judgment to provide for the appropriate alternative punishment of life imprisonment or life imprisonment without possibility of parole specified by statute for the crime for which he was sentenced to death."" This made Manson eligible to apply"
"in late 1969, and eventually tried and found guilty in 1971 of 27 counts, including first-degree murder, an event now called the Manson murders. Because at the time it was one of the most ""horrific crimes in modern history,"" the crime and trial of Manson and his followers became a media sensation, leading to movies, documentaries and bestselling books. Polanski has said that his absence on the night of the murders is the greatest regret of his life. In his autobiography, he wrote, ""Sharon's death is the only watershed in my life that really matters"", and commented that her murder"
"exacting vengeance against him. Preparations for what he saw as a coming attack by the Black Panthers included Tex Watson demonstrating how to kill with a knife. Manson, who denied responsibility, never explained his motive for moving from being an aspiring pop star to orchestrating murder. At the trial, and in a bestselling book, the prosecutor suggested Manson was attempting to start a racial civil war. The racial nature of the motive for the murders Van Houten was convicted of was later adduced by a judge, increasing the gravity of her offense. On August 8, 1969, Brunner was arrested for"
"album was recorded as the murder trial was ongoing, with the song ""Get on Home"" containing the eerie line referring to the killers carving x's into their foreheads. ""When you see the children with x's on their head, if you dare to look at them, soon you will be dead."" Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids has released an unrelated demo with the same title, but this is not to be confused with the Manson Family's album. The British Doom Metal band Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats recorded a version of 'Get on Home' to use as a b-side for"
"with the nails in his feet and hands. Sometime around 1967, he began using the alias ""Charles Willis Manson."" He often said it very slowly (""Charles's Will Is Man's Son"")—implying that his will was the same as that of the Son of Man. Before the summer ended, Manson and eight or nine of his enthusiasts piled into an old school bus they had re-wrought in hippie style, with colored rugs and pillows in place of the many seats they had removed. They roamed as far north as Washington State, then southward through Los Angeles, Mexico, and the southwest. Returning to"
"Catherine Share Catherine Louise ""Gypsy"" Share (born December 10, 1942) is a former member of the Manson family. She was convicted of one or more crimes and served five years in prison. Following her release in 1975, she disassociated herself from the ""Family"" and sought plastic surgery to remove the ""X"" that she and others had burned and carved into their foreheads following Manson's lead during his infamous trial. Share was born in Paris, to a Hungarian violinist father and a German mother. Her parents were both members of the French Resistance movement during World War II, and both committed"
"that she never heard any mention by Beausoleil indicating that the reason they went to Hinman's residence had anything to do with a drug transaction. See Helter Skelter (Manson scenario) for more details on the murders perpetrated by Charles Manson and members of his Family. On April 18, 1970, a Superior Court jury in Los Angeles found Beausoleil, aged 22, guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced him to death. His sentence was commuted to life imprisonment when the California Supreme Court ruled the then-prevailing death penalty statutes unconstitutional in 1972. Beausoleil began serving his sentence on June 23, 1970. He"
"new forms. By April 1969, Manson had involved followers in criminal activity such as auto theft and residential burglaries, and Van Houten (who burglarized her father's home twice) had been arrested and spent a few days in jail. That same month, in a dispute over drugs, Manson confronted and shot a man named Bernard ""Lotsapapa"" Crowe. Although Crowe survived, Manson believed that he had killed him. He also falsely believed that Crowe, an African American, was a member of the Black Panther Party. This incident led Manson to become increasingly paranoid, and to imagine that Black Panthers were intent on"
"April 1960. When one of the women was arrested for prostitution, Manson was arrested in June in Laredo, Texas, and was returned to Los Angeles. For violating his probation on the check-cashing charge, he was ordered to serve his ten year sentence. Manson spent a year trying unsuccessfully to appeal the revocation of his probation. In July 1961, he was transferred from the Los Angeles County Jail to the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington. There, he took guitar lessons from Barker–Karpis gang leader Alvin ""Creepy"" Karpis, and obtained a contact name of someone at Universal Studios in Hollywood"
"one of the most visually striking of the medium. The horror punk band Misfits adapted his visage as their skull logo, and he has appeared in the music video for the song ""The Number of the Beast"" by Iron Maiden. A mysterious villain, the eponymous Crimson Ghost, is determined to steal a counter atomic device known as Cyclotrode X, which can short out any electrical device. ""The Crimson Ghost"" was budgeted at $137,912, although the final negative cost was $161,174 (a $23,262, or 16.9%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1946. It was filmed between March 28"
"a strap-on dildo"" and ""urinating on the crowd,"" resulting in his arrest just one night into the tour. When concluding the concerts with a South Carolina show on March 11, 1995, Manson slipped on a beer bottle, smashing it. Angry, Manson picked up a piece of the bottle and cut his chest ""from one side to the other,"" his first act of notoriously cutting himself on-stage. Closing the performance, the band also ignited drummer Sara Lee Lucas' kit in an attempt to ignite only his bass drum. Claims that Lucas himself was lit aflame have been made by Manson but"
"of humor in a series of television commercials for Zest body wash, introducing a generation of American men to the modern version of the Luffa that is now a fixture in many showers and bathtubs. The ""lather-builder"" and Heyward's tough-guy image created a humorous contrast in the advertisement, culminating in a voting campaign that named it the ""thingy"". In November 1998 Heyward reported blurred vision in his right eye, and was diagnosed with a malignant bone cancer, reportedly a chordoma, at the base of his skull that was pressing on the optic nerve. After it was partially removed in a"
"his ankle, which he had sprained during a show in Pittsburgh. Manson made his film debut in 1997, as an actor in David Lynch's ""Lost Highway"". Since then he has appeared in a variety of minor roles and cameos, including ""Party Monster""; then-girlfriend Rose McGowan's 1999 film ""Jawbreaker""; Asia Argento's 2004 film ""The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things""; """"; ""The Hire: Beat The Devil"", the sixth installment in the BMW films series; and Showtime's comedy-drama TV series ""Californication"" in 2013, in which Manson portrayed himself. He also appeared on HBO's ""Eastbound & Down"", of which Manson is reportedly a"
"played the human Weaver in archive footage viewed by the T-1001 in the episode ""The Tower Is Tall, But the Fall Is Short"". In 2009, Manson made her first venture into the videogame industry by becoming digitally mapped to create an avatar of herself for the ""Guitar Hero"" franchise. In the fifth game in the series, Manson is an unlockable character, while the game also features a licensed Garbage track. The next year, Manson was one of the final guests to appear on the cult US children's show ""Pancake Mountain"". Featured in a segment titled ""Around the World with Shirley"
"would assume responsibility for the child. Her son was adopted and renamed from the time of her incarceration in 1969. She had no further contact with him. During the summer of 1969, Manson and his commune at Spahn's Ranch were attracting the attention of the police, who suspected them of auto thefts and were suspicious of the high number of underage runaways. In an attempt to raise money to move away to the desert, Manson encouraged drug dealing. Purportedly, a botched drug scam by Family member Charles ""Tex"" Watson led Manson to confront and shoot a man by the name"
"Grammy Awards. Manson made his film debut in 1997 as an actor in David Lynch's ""Lost Highway"". Since then, he has appeared in a variety of minor roles and cameos. He was interviewed in Michael Moore's political documentary about gun violence, ""Bowling for Columbine"", discussing possible motivations for the 1999 Columbine massacre; he denied allegations that his music was a contributory factor. From September 13 to 14, 2002, his first art show, ""The Golden Age of Grotesque"", was held at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions center. He unveiled a series of 20 paintings in 2010 entitled ""Genealogies of Pain"", an"
"Ranch. Like Charles Manson, he was friends with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. He was often considered dumb, or even ""retarded"", by other Family members, earning him the nickname ""Scramblehead"", but some felt he was only ""playing dumb"". Allegedly, it was Grogan who wrecked Wilson's uninsured Ferrari. In 1969, he was sentenced to 90 days observation at Camarillo State Mental Hospital for exposing his penis to a group of school children, but he returned to the ranch after two days. The night of August 10, 1969 he rode with members of the Manson family. Tex Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel and"
"using barbiturates to stop his heart. Dammers abducts Lucy, revealing that he had been a victim of Charles Manson and his ""Family"" in 1969. In his ghostly form, Frank confronts the Grim Reaper and discovers that he is the ghost of Johnny Bartlett, a psychiatric hospital orderly who killed twelve people 30 years earlier, before being captured, convicted and executed. Newspaper reports reveal that his greatest desire was to become the most prolific serial killer ever, showing pride at killing more than contemporaries like Charles Starkweather. Patricia Bradley, then a teenager, was accused as his accomplice, although she escaped the"
"and pop fans who had previously dismissed him that he was ""more than a cartoon"". For his next album, ""Mechanical Animals"" (1998), he took inspiration from the glam rock music that David Bowie made in the 1970s, and adopted a wardrobe and hairstyle similar to Bowie's. Discussing ""Mechanical Animals"" with Lorraine Ali, Manson said : ""There is a bit of a love story that exists on this record. The name I gave to the thing I was in love with was Coma White. It starts as the name of a girl I'm in love with, then ends up to really"
"Later, Keenan would sing on a track for the ""Mr. Show"" incarnation ""Run Ronnie Run"", and appear in the ""music video sex scene"" on its DVD. Keenan appeared on the cover of the May/June 1999 issue of ""Pop Smear"" magazine, portraying Charles Manson as part of a photo essay, imitating a famous ""Life"" magazine portrait. He also appeared as Satan in the 2002 film ""Bikini Bandits"" and its 2004 sequel ""Bikini Bandits 2: Golden Rod"". When asked in an interview which role was more difficult, Keenan responded, ""Oh, Manson. He's a real person. People know what he looks like, how"