Name me...

We adopted this Chihuahua today. She needs a name. My only condition is that it be a Manson name. What should it be?

Honor Few, Fear None - The Life & Times of a Mongol

More info on what became of Satans Slaves in the book "Honor Few, Fear None - The Life & Times of a Mongol":

Maravilla was interested in expanding the club's reach within California and set his sites on the San Fernando Valley, just over the hill from Los Angeles proper.

The only problem was that that turf was already taken by a small but tough outlaw club called Satan's Slaves. When the Mongols first showed up in the valley, they were told by the Slaves to get out, to which the Mongols replied, "Fuck your mother." The Mongols thought that was going to be the end of it, but the problem was, the Satans had the same answer for us. But then, Satan's Slaves disappeared. The Satans had gone to another club for help, and the price they had to pay was to be swallowed whole.

As a result, the Mongols were no longer up against a small, proud group but a much larger one named Hells Angels...

View it HERE

Thanks to Ole JC or the tip

Escape From Cielo Drive (A Tale of Three Charlies)

Paul Morantz is a Los Angeles-based lawyer who has specialized in cult and brainwashing cases for over 30 years, specializing (perhaps the only attorney to do so) in litigating against cults and self-help groups raising the issue of brainwashing. He also specialized in suing psychotherapists and religious leaders for dual relationship violations and undue influence and was a co-founder of priniciple that psychotherapists are absolutely liable to patients they have sex with. In addition to practicing law, he is an author of numerous screenplays, books and magazine articles.

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I am slightly older than Charles Denton Watson (born on August 16, l945 to his December 2, 1945) but I felt a lot wiser when we first met in June of l968 while we were both looking for a job at the same location. For me it was just a summer job before starting law school. Watson on the other hand after graduated high school from a small town in Texas and briefly attendig some college was trying his first time away from home and the controls of his middle class family.

When I found him in Hollywood he was a babe in the woods, saying, “yes sir, yes ma’m,” wearing suits with Texas thin ties in the middle of the summer heat. He was shy and courteous.

I had graduated USC and looking for something to do saw an ad in Los Angeles Times that said young men could make $50 an hour talking to women. So I arrived at the designated time on the designated morning where a lot of young men combing their hair stood in line hoping for this “dream” job. All there was to it was that we were supposed to go out in public and hand out cards to girls that said they could come to Contessa Creations on Melrose and La Cienega and get a free wiglet. In the 60’s it was part of the mod look for women to be able to change hair styles and wigs and other hairpieces were fashionable. We were supposed to put our initials on the card so if the girl came in and bought anything we got $5. Certainly each of us should be able to average handing out ten an hour with enough charm to commence them to come in.

Full Article Here

Q&A

From CieloDrive.com:

Yall ever heard of this place? It was in the pile of photographs I restored this past summer. It was marked with the LaBianca case number. If I've ever heard about this place, I've long forgotten about it. I'm trying to figure out it relevance to the LaBianca case. I'm assuming Spahn Ranch probably got stuff from here. Just a guess. Perhaps someone can identify where this place was located because I don't think it still exists.

If anyone knows the significance of "Chatsworth Equipment Rentals", please let us know...

UPDATE: Ad sent in by DebS...

The "Strip Cult" Rock Musical....

In May of 2008- Director Mike Z brought a show to the Parish Room in Austin Texas. He offered the following description:

For all its flower power sentiments, the psychedelic ’60s had their dark side, just as LSD offers the 50/50 promise of oneness with the universe or a soul-shattering bad trip. Fully embracing the brown acid, rock opera The Strip Cult plants its go-go boots firmly in the era’s seedy side, telling the Manson-inspired story of a wannabe ingénue corrupted by a drug-crazed serial killer. Ablaze with fuzz-laden grooves and liquid light, The Strip Cult is like a Kenneth Anger film come to life: Lost souls shake, rattle, and roll toward a violent end, exposing the dangerous nihilism behind “free love.” An opening set from Cavedweller causes the kundalini creeps with stark psych-blues, while Hacienda’s layered pop harmonies provide a smooth comedown.

(Cartoon done for the Show- from the Jay French Studio)

Update on Sandy

FROM A FRIEND OF THE BLOG

Hi Liz,

I'm finally getting back to you regarding Sandy.  Apparently she does keep in contact with Manson. 

This last week he received a letter from her & she as well sent him $600.

I was told she's no longer with George XXX & her return address was in Florida.... He couldn't remember what city or town.

He also said she's the only one from the originals that keeps in touch.

Heat Waves: Reflections on the Desert, Part II

All this talk of another Eviliz Tour has got Patty's mojo ticklin at her to finish her reflections on tour version 1.0.

In Little Paul's book (which you can read over at The Colonel's pad), he describes some of the landscape on the way up Goler Wash as looking like mounds of "melting ice cream":

Patty thinks he must have meant this spot. To her, they also look like reclining, nude bodies that Charlie himself might have choreographed. Geologically speaking, this spot is one where four different systems collide in the same place! It's otherworldly, and a good example of how the desert can trip you out just by virtue of being in it. On acid? I don't know for sure, but all Patty can imagine is, "holy crap!"

Speaking of "holy crap!" That is what Patty had said out loud when she saw The Grump from Pahrump's book collection. Check it out:

He had this cool poster too:

And he was an amazing host. But, Patty digresses: back to the desert. Death Valley is usually beyond dry. But when it gets wet, the water shoots right over and through it, and VIOLENTLY. In some parts of Goler Wash, you can really graphically see the scale of how and where this happens:

So, if Sergeant Dostie says that there's eight feel of dirt over some bodies at the top of the wash, and another 40 feet over some more bodies at the bottom of it, then as a matter of fact YES, Patty DOES believe him.

And speaing of bodies, here's a shot midway up the foot path beween Barker's and Myers' ranches. This is a spot where yet another body is supposed to be: a girl who "got homesick" is said to have been slain here. The image gives a good perspective on how close the two ranches really are: next door neighbors of a sort.

The next closest neighbor is Newman's, which is about a mile down the wash from Barker's. Newman's Cabin is what the Family called the "Halfway House." Patty was more than a little surprised to see his business card still there, because it's amazing that no one has swiped it yet. Don't get any ideas, either. And if you call the number on the card, you have to tell Patty about who answered and what they said, okay? Come on now, pinkie promise.

Well, that's all she's got for now. Nice to see y'all, it's been a while. Let's not go much longer than, say, April 2013 before we do it again, okay?

Cheers!

Satan's Slaves and the Straight Satans

In doing a little research on both the Satan's Slaves and the Straight Satans I learned that they were two different motorcycle clubs.  Both are said to have been 1%er clubs.  The term 1% comes from the idea that 99% of motorcycle riders are law abiding citizens and the remaining 1% are outlaws.

Informally, in the 1950's, there was an agreement among the 1%ers to agree to certain guidelines, regardless of club affiliation, concerning stealing from one another, rat-packing, etc. and to be committed to biking and brotherhood not as a weekend activity but as a way of life.  The Hells Angels originally went along with this but soon decided that they were committed to no one except their fellow Hells Angels.  This put them in a class by themselves leaving the remainder of the outlaw motorcycle clubs to be known as the 1%ers.

I was able to find mid '60's articles on the Satan's Slaves which legitimizes them as true 1%ers, using the same logo over the years until they patched over with the Hells Angels.

Bugliosi in Helter Skelter does not mention the Satan's Slaves but there is plenty on the Straight Satans.  Both Al Springer and Danny DeCarlo reportedly gave evidence of the Family's involvement with many murders attributed to the Family.  Generally there is a code of silence among the 1%ers but some members of the Straight Satans were like babbling brooks.  The March 13-19, 1970 article that appeared in the Los Angeles Free Press has me wondering how legitimate the Straight Satans were as a 1%er club.

I was able to find an article saying that one Straight Satan, Robert Driscoll, was charged with murdering a fellow who was impersonating a Straight Satan in June 1971.  Apparently 10 people were originally arrested but by the end of 10 days only one person was charged.  I could not find anything further on the arrest, a trial or a conviction.  The person murdered is listed in the California Death Index.  After that there are no more articles on the Straight Satans.  This article struck me as a little odd considering the LA Free Press article on people impersonating the Straight Satans.

Quote accompanying the patch:

"Satan's Slaves. MC SFV. We do know the Slaves were a well known outlaw club from 1960 till New Years Day 1978. Then they patched over. My ole man got these around the 50th anniversary of the club. They are a memory collection item. Produced around that time.

"A one chapter hard core outfit. Some called them a club. Others called them a gang. A big part of the history of the 1%er. 'Any thing you heard about them is likely true.', one of their ole ladies told my ole man.

"Selling my ole man's collection. He was injured by a violent act but is recovering."

Q&A's

Unknown girl in pic: Question from Eviliz

A pic sent to me which I think originated at Helter Skleter Forum. Does anyone know who the girl in this pic is?  It looks like it was taken in the jail at Spahn Ranch.

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On Susan Murphy: From Candy and Nuts

what has happened to her - in photos she was definitely following RED and BLUE-I know once she got to terminal island prison she hit a guard and tried to escape after this Red wrote some statement that Susan Heather Murphy wasn't Manson family as they don't want violence ( hello?) Ive included some pics of her-wonders did they give her the name Heather? did she wear red robe or have her own color? I'm sure she knows a lot of RED and BLUe be interesting for her thoughts Also the link with PAtty Hearst she spent time in prison with REd and BLue and wrote about them in her autobiography also in Taming of the Beast Charlie asks RED on the phone about Patty HEarst would be interesting topic

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Question from Eviliz- This has bothered me for years-does anyone know the origin of these two pics of Bobby? I know neither of them are from The Ramrodder.

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I saw a group in the 70's called the Desert Sun in Independence, CA who were X Mansonites. Do you have any info on them?

From Yosel