Biopic Of Former Beach Boy Dennis Wilson In The Works
These two we've known about for a while, but they still seem to be moving forward:
Manson Girls by Susanna Lo
and Taming the Beast
Monday, August 23, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Parole Granted for Former Manson Family Member Bruce Davis
January 28th 2010: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s Board of Parole Hearings today recommended a grant of parole for convicted killer and former Charles Manson associate Bruce Davis during a parole consideration hearing at California Men’s Colony. Davis was sent to state prison on April 21, 1972 with a life sentence from Los Angeles County for two counts of first-degree murder. Today’s decision was the result of Davis' 26th parole suitability hearing.
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/cdcrstar/index.html
Friday, January 8, 2010
Ed...now & then
http://www.relix.com/features/2010/01/08/the-fugs-american-peace-creeps
The benefit concert is scheduled to take place on Friday, January 22, 2010, at St. Anne's Warehouse in Dumbo (Brooklyn, NY).
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/news.php?id=47072
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/archives/2009/11/clip_job_fug_yo.php
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Charles Manson is 75 today
"Charles Manson, the cult figure who masterminded one of the most cold-blooded murders of the 20th Century, turns 75 in Corcoran State Prison in California, where he is likely to end his days. His birthday falls in the 40th anniversary year of the murders. The 35th anniversary year of the best-seller that chronicles the prosecution, "Helter Skelter," also falls in 2009. The birthday could prompt a run on books, films, archived news clips and other media about the murders."
http://www.newsahead.com/preview/2009/11/12/united-states-12-nov-2009-charles-manson-turns-75-in-anniversary-year/index.php
http://www.newsahead.com/preview/2009/11/12/united-states-12-nov-2009-charles-manson-turns-75-in-anniversary-year/index.php
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Lauren Willett's murder: November 10/11, 1972
"The victim was subsequently identified as James T. Willett, twenty-six, a former Marine from Los Angeles County. This information appeared on radio and TV newscasts on Friday, November 10.
On Saturday, November 11, Stockton, California, police spotted Willett’s station wagon parked in front of a house at 720 West Flora Street. When refused entry to the house, they broke in, arresting two men and two women and confiscating a number of pistols and shotguns.
Both women had Manson Family X's on their foreheads. They were Priscilla Cooper, twenty-one, and Nancy Pitman, aka Brenda McCann, twenty. A few minutes after police entered the residence, a third female called, asking to be picked up and given a ride to the house. The police obliged, and also arrested Lynette Fromme, aka Squeaky, twenty-four, ex-officio leader of the Family in Manson’s absence.
The two men were Michael Monfort, twenty-four, and James Craig, thirty- three, both state prison escapees wanted for a number of armed robberies in various parts of California. Both had the letters "AB" tattooed on their left breasts. According to a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections, the initials stood for the Aryan Brotherhood, described as "a cult of white prison inmates, dedicated largely to racism but also involved in hoodlum activities, including murder contracts . . ."
While in the house, the police noticed freshly turned earth in the basement. After obtaining a search warrant, they began digging, and early the following morning exhumed the body of Lauren Willett, nineteen. She had been shot once in the head, her death occurring either late Friday night or early Saturday morning, not long after the identity of her slain husband was revealed on news broadcasts.
Questioned by the police, Priscilla Cooper claimed that Lauren Willett had killed herself "playing Russian roulette."
Although, like Zero, Mrs. Willett was not able to contradict this story, the Stockton police were far more skeptical than had been LASO."
-HS pg. 623
-Taming the Beast pg.52
"Shortly thereafter, police in Stockton noted that James Willett’s station wagon was parked outside the A.B.-family house. The police had a warrant out for bail-jumping against the A.B. member who had used Willett’s ID.
When they visited the house, the cops noticed electrical cords leading from outlets across the floor and down through a trap door. They obtained a search warrant and raided the building, discovering the body of Lauren Willett, dead just twenty-four hours, beneath fresh dirt in the cellar."
-The Family pg.476
On Saturday, November 11, Stockton, California, police spotted Willett’s station wagon parked in front of a house at 720 West Flora Street. When refused entry to the house, they broke in, arresting two men and two women and confiscating a number of pistols and shotguns.
Both women had Manson Family X's on their foreheads. They were Priscilla Cooper, twenty-one, and Nancy Pitman, aka Brenda McCann, twenty. A few minutes after police entered the residence, a third female called, asking to be picked up and given a ride to the house. The police obliged, and also arrested Lynette Fromme, aka Squeaky, twenty-four, ex-officio leader of the Family in Manson’s absence.
The two men were Michael Monfort, twenty-four, and James Craig, thirty- three, both state prison escapees wanted for a number of armed robberies in various parts of California. Both had the letters "AB" tattooed on their left breasts. According to a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections, the initials stood for the Aryan Brotherhood, described as "a cult of white prison inmates, dedicated largely to racism but also involved in hoodlum activities, including murder contracts . . ."
While in the house, the police noticed freshly turned earth in the basement. After obtaining a search warrant, they began digging, and early the following morning exhumed the body of Lauren Willett, nineteen. She had been shot once in the head, her death occurring either late Friday night or early Saturday morning, not long after the identity of her slain husband was revealed on news broadcasts.
Questioned by the police, Priscilla Cooper claimed that Lauren Willett had killed herself "playing Russian roulette."
Although, like Zero, Mrs. Willett was not able to contradict this story, the Stockton police were far more skeptical than had been LASO."
-HS pg. 623
-Taming the Beast pg.52"Shortly thereafter, police in Stockton noted that James Willett’s station wagon was parked outside the A.B.-family house. The police had a warrant out for bail-jumping against the A.B. member who had used Willett’s ID.
When they visited the house, the cops noticed electrical cords leading from outlets across the floor and down through a trap door. They obtained a search warrant and raided the building, discovering the body of Lauren Willett, dead just twenty-four hours, beneath fresh dirt in the cellar."
-The Family pg.476
Sunday, November 8, 2009
James Willett's body found: November 8, 1972
"On November 6, a seventy-one-year-old man hiking in the woods outside Guerneville saw a hand protruding from the ground. Soon thereafter, authorities extracted a headless, rotting body from its grave. The right hand was missing, and the corpse was so badly decomposed that the coroner could not tell whether it had been male or female. He estimated it had been buried for several months, though, in fact, it had only lain there for a few weeks; James Willett had last been seen alive on October 18. Officials later surmised that Willett’s body had been partially uncovered by animals, which had torn off and eaten his head, his hand, and much of his insides."
-Jess Bravin in Squeaky p. 164
Bravin was very close, way closer than Wiki who cites his book. ;)
“On November 8, 1972, a hiker near the Russian River resort community of Guerneville, in Northern California, saw a hand protruding from the ground. When police exhumed the body, it was found to be that of a young man wearing the dark-blue tunic of a Marine dress uniform. He had been shotgunned and decapitated."
-Bugliosi/Gentry in Helter Skelter p. 479
HS is the source for yet another myth, Mr. Willett's beheading. The word "decapitated" leads the reader to infer that his head was chopped off. This was not the case. Unfortunately, Sanders reiterated that as well.
"Around October 10, James Willett was beheaded and buried on a hikers’ trail near Guemeville, on the coast above San Francisco. Police later speculated Willett was killed because it was feared he might snitch to police. His wife, Lauren, was apparently somehow kept in the dark about James’s demise. She began to stay with several family women and A.B. men in a house in Stockton, California. In a scene right out of a Tales from the Crypt horror story, James Willett’s hand became exposed at the hiker trail burial site, and someone discovered it on November 8 jutting above the dirt."
-Ed Sanders in The Family pg. 476
Sanders' passage on the Willetts is as vague as ever.
He doesn't mention Nancy Pitman's involvement or name any of the AB guys.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Patricia Krenwinkel's newest hearing date
California Institution for Women -- PANEL A
Inmate's Name
KRENWINKEL, PATRICIA
CDC # W08314
02/01/2010
01:00 PM
County
Los Angeles
Hearing Type
Subsequent Suitability Hearing
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Divisions_Boards/BOPH/docs/hearing_sched_0210.pdf
Inmate's Name
KRENWINKEL, PATRICIA
CDC # W08314
02/01/2010
01:00 PM
County
Los Angeles
Hearing Type
Subsequent Suitability Hearing
http://www.cdcr.ca.gov/Divisions_Boards/BOPH/docs/hearing_sched_0210.pdf
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Vincent Bugliosi in the Show Me State
Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor in the Charles Manson murder case, will speak on Friday, November 6, 2009 at noon at the Lumiere Place Theatre in St. Louis. The event is a Continuing Legal Education event sponsored by MissouriLawyers.com.
Bugliosi is coming to St. Louis on Friday, November 6 for an "Inside the Actor's Studio"-style Continuing Legal Education event, sponsored by MissouriLawyers.com. Bugliosi will discuss not only the Manson case, but his battle with famed defense attorney Gerry Spence in a mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (for which Bugliosi spent six months preparing) and his opinions on the O.J. Simpson case.
Bugliosi is coming to St. Louis on Friday, November 6 for an "Inside the Actor's Studio"-style Continuing Legal Education event, sponsored by MissouriLawyers.com. Bugliosi will discuss not only the Manson case, but his battle with famed defense attorney Gerry Spence in a mock trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (for which Bugliosi spent six months preparing) and his opinions on the O.J. Simpson case.
"The Charles Manson case has it all, as far as personal interest: Sex, drugs and rock and roll," said MissouriLawyers.com President Dale Wiley. "We are glad to get Mr. Bugliosi to give his insights on what was a fascinating trial."
MissouriLawyers.com is a new legal website created to provide a new voice to lawyers and the legal profession and provide excellent information to the general public. The site highlights Missouri law by practice area and geographically, and uses its new one-click technology to make navagation simple. MissouriLawyers.com also provides continuing legal education and Web 2.0 strategies for lawyers. MissouriLawyers.com attorneys include Steve Garner, Ed Hershewe, Gary Robb, Alan Mandel, Dee Wampler and many other leading Missouri attorneys.
The event is sponsored by MissouriLawyers.com, the Bar Association of Metro St. Louis and Injury Case Funding. Cost is $150 for lawyers, and the event is approved for 4.4 hours of Missouri Continuing Legal Education.
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