Westchester/Venice

Squeaky's childhood home.

Squeaky penciled her name in the concrete as a young teen.

28 Clubhouse Ave in Venice Beach (the Zero house).

Deb speaking: I Zillow'd the property when we got back to the condo and was shocked to learn it is now valued at $1,609,000. WOW!

The Saladin Nader apartment building (Liz with Max Frost).

The door where they entered.

Sorry, Vincent...

Helter Skelter In Venice

Back in the early 1900's when Venice California was founded it had a very elaborate boardwalk called Midway Plaisance.  At the main entrance was an attraction called Helter Skelter!  I found an old 1909 postcard at ebay and snagged it.

I have been told that this was not a true Helter Skelter, though the name is clearly painted on the side of the slide in the post card.  A true Helter Skelter has the slide running around and around the outside of the tower that houses the stairway to climb to the top.  The Venice Helter Skelter has the slide shooting out from the top of the tower.

"All that Manson stuff was built around Paul’s song about an English fairground. It has nothing to do with anything. But, I don’t know, what's 'Helter Skelter' got to do with knifing somebody?" – John Lennon

"I was using the symbol of a Helter Skelter as a ride from the top to the bottom, and this was the fall, the demise, the going down." – Paul McCartney

"Helter Skelter means confusion. Literally. Confusion is coming down fast. If you don’t see the confusion coming down fast, you can call it what you wish. It is not my music. Why blame it on me? I didn’t write the music. I am not the person who projected it into your social consciousness." – Charles Manson

 I sincerely doubt that anyone in the Manson Family would have known about the attraction in Venice, it's just one of those weird coincidences.

Saladin Nader's Apartment

In going through old email looking for gems we may have missed, I found the pics from Saladin Nader's Venice apartment building. The old post was lost, but luckily the photos weren't. I'll keep looking for more and post as I find them.

Nader's apt 5th floor corner window just left of "Venice"

Door they entered is left of the guy on stilts. 

Other side of door they entered

Looking up the stairs they climbed

 The landing where the others hid

Room 403

Looking back at room 403 and where they hid

The landing where sadie dumped

28 Clubhouse Ave.

Commonly known as the place where sadly, Zero t/n John Philip Haught met his demise playing Russian roulette with a loaded gun.

Like the Willett's and Shorty Shea, some say Zero knew too much.

Venice Beach

The benches on Venice Beach where Charlie most likely picked up a crying, thrown away Lynn. Thanks to Ken for the photo