Tuesday, August 30, 2005

The Lost History of TLB


This entry is more for my reference than yours, although you are welcome to decipher it.

So far-

1- FIVE DOWN ON CIELO- Book- Paul Tate- Manuscript exists- Reference- News Reports

2- MANSON'S SECOND IN COMMAND- Book- Paul Watkins- inaccurately titled early draft of MY LIFE WITH CHARLES MANSON- pages exist in the Archives of Aesthetic Nihilism- no idea if a full manuscript exists.....

2b- Screenplay based on Watkins book- never seen- referenced in 1989 by Paul on CNN's Larry King live with Maureen Reagan

3- UNTITLED- book by Linda Kasabian- book to warn people about what can happen to you- reference Trial Testimony as published in Zamora book. Kasabian was supposed to receieve 25% of the profits. May not exist.

4- UNTITLED- book of history of the Family- by Squeaky Fromme- was writing it at the time of Ford assassination attempt- referenced in Bravin book- continued existence unknown.

4 comments:

ColScott said...

Linda's scruples before, during and after the murders, even to the present day as a drug dealer, seem to be more like what I think they are than what you think. She is a thief ($5k from Melton) a 7 time murderess, who left her daughter with killers because she "felt" it would be okay.

No the Family screenplay, which I have read, was based on Sanders mess of a book, not Paul's. There also is a screenplay that I have that is based on Charlie's book- New World wanted to make it in 1989 with the director of STEPFATHER 2 starring Dennis Hopper. I think the screenplay you read was trying to take you through the Family trip via Paul and Mary- Mary comes off quite well in the script- in reality she was a whore and a robber and a gun moll.

ColScott said...

If you drove to TWO nights and stuck around while 7 people were butchered and you didn't do jack until they found you and swore out a warrant I promise you sir, PROMISE YOU, you would do major time for murder and we would call you a murderer.

Unless an extremely ambitious prosecutor REALLY REALLY needed your testimony of course.

ColScott said...

No

I know Karen Montecillo has one.
I know Tom O'Neill the magazine writer has one.
I know Debra Tate has one.

I want one too.

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