Tonight Bret will share with everyone what he shared with me two months ago.
What has the convicted killer of Shorty Shea been up to for decades?
How does he manage to stay in close contact with children?
Thurs Night.
...Truth has not special time of its own. Its hour is now — always and indeed then most truly when it seems unsuitable to actual circumstances. (Albert Schweitzer).....the truth about these murders has not been uncovered, but we believe the time for the truth is now. Join us, won't you?
By JULIANA BARBASSA – 2 hours ago
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A dig for clandestine graves at Charles Manson's last hideout ended Wednesday, yielding no bodies and leaving scientists puzzled over the clues that enticed them to go this far.
The dig had been scheduled to last three days, ending Thursday. But the work went faster than scheduled, with the crew of 20 digging until dusk, then camping out at night beside the ranch house Manson and his followers had used.
"There have been no human remains found," Inyo County Sheriff Bill Lutze said after the four sites with greatest probability of holding human remains were dug up. "We're finishing up this site and that'll be it for the day — nothing."
Manson and his followers hid out at the ranch following their killing spree in Los Angeles. For years, rumors have swirled about other possible Manson victims, including hitchhikers and runaways who visited the site and were never heard from again.
Scientists who conducted a preliminary probe of the rugged, remote site in February said they identified several spots that could be graves, leading Lutze to conduct the exploratory excavation.
By Wednesday afternoon, the four most promising sites had been excavated and the dirt sifted. With the work done, the teams packed up and went home for good.
The search revealed little more than a .38-caliber shell casing — found on the surface on the first day and promptly dismissed by law enforcement personnel as being recent — and a pack rat's underground nest.
One site revealed fragments of animal bones, an ash pit and some stones used to make arrowheads. Rangers determined it was of archaeological interest, so digging stopped and the site was turned over to the National Park Service.
The researchers and law enforcers involved said the unusual physical environment made it harder to determine what was underground. Plants that exude unusual chemicals and rocks with magnetic properties were throwing off their equipment, they said.
"I haven't been this frustrated in a very long time," said Arpad Vass, a senior researcher at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Vass said the excavation is a learning process.
"We're trying to improve the science. It's in its infancy," he said. "Every exercise we do like this will further the science so that one day we can say, 'Yes there is a body here.'"
Manson's clan was ultimately prosecuted for nine murders that took place in the summer of 1969. He is serving a life sentence at Corcoran State Prison.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Lindsay Lohan has withdrawn from an upcoming movie about convicted murderer Charles Manson, her publicist said Friday, following an Internet report she had been axed from the project.
The 21-year-old actress was due to play Manson family follower Nancy Pitman in the film "Manson Girls", but has pulled out of the production because of scheduling conflicts, spokeswoman Leslie Sloane said.
"She is not able to do the film as she has signed on to the film 'Labor Pains' and the TV show 'Ugly Betty' and the dates conflict," Sloane confirmed in an email to AFP. "She was interested in Manson if her schedule permitted."
News of Lohan's withdrawal from "Manson Girls" came as the respected movie industry blog, deadlinehollywooddaily.com reported that the actress had been dumped because other actors refused to work with her.
Lohan, regarded as one of Hollywood's brightest young actresses, has seen her career falter in recent years amid a string of personal problems which have included arrests for drink-driving, drug possession and a stint in rehab.
Her last movie was last summer's box-office flop "I Know Who Killed Me", which suffered a critical mauling and earned Lohan two awards at the Razzies, the annual parody of the Oscars that honors the worst of Hollywood.
Lohan has also been criticized in the past for her performance on set, with the producer of 2007 film "Georgia Rule", James G. Robinson infamously blasting her in a letter for her repeated late arrivals and absence from the set.
Robinson described Lohan's behavior as "discourteous, irresponsible and unprofessional," and accused the starlet of acting "like a spoiled child."
-------------------------EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE – MOMENTS LATER – NIGHT
Brenda sits in the operator’s seat of the EARTH MOVER, fiddles around with the controls, while her latest boyfriend, Michael Montfort, stands below looking impatient.
MICHAEL
(annoyed)
I thought you said you knew how to work this
thing!
BRENDA
This one’s kind’a big, okay?!
INSERT ON CONTROLS – as Brenda pushes a button, making THE ENGINE TURN OVER and START UP..
BACK TO SCENE
MICHAEL
Okay, okay! Let’s get this thing moving!
Just hold on, goddamnit! I’m doing the best I can!
Just hurry the fuck up!
Now dig that fuckin’ hole!
Okay, okay!!!
Two COPS put Michael in handcuffs.
INSERT ON TRUNK – the BODIES of TWO MEN are stuffed into the trunk.
COP O.S.
Looks like they were killed with a shotgun...
COP
(to Brenda)
What, you were just gonna bury these guys on
the side of the road?
Call an ambulance! This one’s still alive!
(calling)
Got something here!
We’ve got a body down here... Looks pretty
fresh...
Altogether, because of a technicality, I ended
up serving a little over three years for being an
accessory after the fact to four murders, while
Michael got life...
(CNN) -- Authorities said Friday they will begin digging for evidence of graves at a California ranch that once was home to the infamous "family" of convicted killer Charles Manson.
Soil testing to determine the possible presence of buried bodies was inconclusive, authorities said Friday, so "exploratory excavation" will be done later this month, Inyo County Sheriff Bill Lutze said.
The dig will be carried out "to either confirm or put to rest speculation that bodies may remain there from the Charles Manson era," Lutze said in a written statement.
In March, search crews found indications that human remains may lie within a few yards of Barker Ranch, the onetime hideout of the "Manson family."
The sites were first identified by trained dogs, and testing equipment from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory also indicated the possible presence of remains, said Sgt. Paul Dostie of the Mammoth Lakes, California, police department.
The excavation will take place at sites where cadaver dogs gave mixed indications and soil testing was inconclusive, Lutze said.
"There was no consistent response from the dogs that searched, and no conclusive findings from the soil samplings tested by top experts in the field," he said. "Therefore, I believe the only way to determine once and for all whether there are bodies buried at Barker Ranch from the time of the Manson family is to proceed with limited excavation in a very few areas."
He said four methods of testing were used at five sites on the ranch. No site was identified by all four methods as possibly having remains, but positive findings by one method were corroborated by another at some of the sites, the sheriff's department said.
The excavations will begin May 20 and will continue through about May 23, although additional days will be added if needed, he said.
Barker Ranch is National Park Service property, and will be closed to the public during the excavation, the sheriff's department said. Media access will be limited, but daily briefings will be provided.
After Dostie's dog and another dog, from NecroSearch, a nonprofit organization that specializes in finding clandestine graves, indicated the possible presence of human remains, testing equipment from Tennessee's Oak Ridge laboratory indicated two likely grave sites and a third possible grave site, Dostie said.
Manson and four others were convicted of murder and other charges in connection with a two-night spree in August 1969 that included the slaying of actress Sharon Tate. The slayings -- and Manson and his family members -- transfixed the nation.
Manson is serving a life sentence at California's Corcoran State Prison. CNN sent letters to him and to codefendant "Tex" Watson, asking if there were victims buried behind Barker Ranch.
Manson did not reply, but Watson did, writing in a letter:
"I was the first family member to go to the desert after the murders and also the first to leave. I say this only to let you know that no one was killed while I was in the desert. But I don't know what took place after I left. I don't think there were any more killed, I hope not! I have absolutely nothing to hide."
Dear members of the California Board of Prison Terms:
I am writing in regards to prisoner #W 13378 Leslie Van Houten.
I have been silent too long. My family never thought that the day would come when any of these animals could possibly be released back into society, but here we are. It is time to speak out.
My name is Janet Parent and I am the sister of Steven Parent one of the victims of the Tate murders. I am appalled that this woman even has a right to possibly return to society. All the therapy and degrees in the world doesn't change the fact that she is a cold blooded murderer.
These people are not insane and were not at the time they committed these murders. They planned and conspired to commit these crimes. Insanity might be a small reason to help understand how these horrendous crimes were committed, but insanity wasn't a factor. They knew exactly what they did and being a model prisoner doesn't give them the right to be released.
Leslie Van Houten is a murderer, granted she wasn't at the Tate house but she wanted to be there and in my mind that doesn't make her any different than the rest.
Where is my brothers degree? Eighteen, just graduated from high school, accepted to college. No, he didn't even get the chance.
Miss Van Houten isn't supposed to be alive, because our system sentenced her to death, but she is alive and should spend the rest of her life right where she is, remembering each and every day of her life what she has done.
If any of these animals are let out our system is telling us that you can murder and murder and murder and get away with it.
Please don't let my family and the other victims families down.
Say no to her release.
Sincerely,
Janet Parent
Barbara has been after me for some time to offer Leslie Van Houten a challenge. Barbara has said that maybe if Leslie took her up on it and passed, that perhaps she might back off a little from opposing a release date for the twice convicted murderess.
I received a call last night from Barbara as she had just read my updates of July 14, 2000. She was deeply moved by the letter from Angela Smaldino and asked me to convey her deep admiration for the way she handled herself in the letter. Then, Barbara began talking about how all of the killers are still lying and none of them tell the truth. She spoke of Susan Atkins and stated, "She is still protecting Charlie!" "When Susan tells the parole board about the motive for the Tate murders being a 'Copycat' killing to get Bobby out of jail, she is lying."
"That was not even introduced into the trial until the death penalty phase following the guilty verdicts and even Gypsy admitted that on that Hard Copy show with Vince Bugliosi."
"To the degree that Susan keeps telling that story, she is still protecting Charlie."
To Leslie: Take a polygraph test on the subject of the killing of Shorty.
Said Barbara, "Now that I read on your new page about Faces of Susan Atkins that she admits to helping cover up the area the murder took place, I find it hard to believe that Leslie did not know about it too.
Gypsy knew. Susan knew, and I believe Leslie knew."
Submit to a polygraph.
Pass it.
Show no knowledge of the murder of Shorty Shea at that time, no participation in the burial of Shorty and then I will consider backing off.
Barbara Hoyt: Star prosecution witness...
On March 16, 2008, in an article entitled, “Oak Ridge scientist help tests for bodies in Manson ranch”, Associated Press writer Juliana Barbassa stated: “Manson follower Susan Atkins boasted to her cell mate on November 1, 1969, that there were ‘three people out in the desert that they done in.’” It seems that Susan’s agenda was to boast in pride to her cell mate, but I agree with Debra Tate: “If there are bodies here,” she said at Barker ranch, “we need to find them and send them home.” I’d like to hear what Susan Atkins has to say today, about what she said in 1969? [I hear only through the media concerning former Manson family members.]
What is the agenda? Is it to write books for personal gain? Is it to hype the Manson murders in the press before parole hearings? Or, is it so families of possible victims can find closure? If it is the later, let’s dig with much skepticism. I know of no bodies
He mentions later on two members of the Family who remain devoted to Charlie. Squeaky and Sandy? Or who?
I so happy Lisa has taken time away from her busy career selling out Sharon on EBay. OOPS I forgot She and her friend who runs the Official Sharon board only play the good guys in front of the camera. Sorry gals for blowing your cover. Hope Debra doesn't read this. But maybe it's time she add two and two...
. At 1:02 PM, September 09, 2005,
SPeterson said...
If it wasn't for Lisa making blood money off of Sharon on Ebay, she'd have no income at all. She might actually have to get up off her ass and work.
lisa makes my bum itch. she is dirty.
Wow even I am impressed by the hatred.
What does Lisa sell on ebay?
Any links?
Here is her Ebay profile:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=9tommer8
She sells poor quality Sharon Tate photos that she prints off on her computer printer at home. Pretty pathetic if you ask me, making a buck off of Sharon. Why not get a real job
9tommer8
there is nothing wrong with selling pictures of sharon. least the pictures she sells are authentic. it's the guy who sells the fake nightgowns and other crap claiming it belonged to sharon that pisses me off. and if that is lisa's only source of income, she must be the poorest person on ebay because she's not getting high dollar amounts. i'm sure debra is quite aware of all of this. lisa and paige are best buddies and paige is the most obsessed person i've seen related to this case. she's shoved so far up debras ass she must be a hemorrhoid. it's paige that has the issues. she thinks she is sharon.
Paige is a lunatic.
paige is an alcoholic with multiple personalities. srsly.
okay now kids.....
who's Paige?
paige runs the official sharon tate message board and sharon tate candids with lisa. she is beyond obsessed. she thinks she is the spokesperson for sharon. and shes the lap dog for debra
i been told she does not really speak to debra but she goes through her spokesperson chris s. i been told some other bad things. she is a bad person. very mentally ill. very dirty. her and lisa make a great pair. srsly.
Wow
Is Chris S Chris Simmons?
I remember him from some old school boards.
Borderline retard.
yes chris s is chris simmons. don't know where he is any more. think paige ate him. every one who gets praise from board members seem to disappear. she can say what ever she wants now and any one who knows the truth is not around to correct her. scary. paige is crazy.
paige is always saying that she'll call debra and ask her this or that. according to her they are in constant contact. i think paige is probably attracted to debra. thats why shes so fixated on her. or even worse, she really believes she is sharon
Paige lives in a fantasy world where she thinks she is a member of the Tate family. Needless to say, she has major mental problems. If Debra Tate had any sense, she would cut all ties with her. The woman is a stalker. I would not be surprised if she puts on a wig and pretends to be Sharon at home. And yes, Chris S is Chris Simmons, the borderline retard from the old message boards.
wow, I have no idea who any of these people are that you folks are referring to (except of course Debra Tate) but this is some wacky wacky shit!
wacky but true. i would not lie about this stuff. what every one is saying is true. don't know them either but sadly they do not lie. paige is crazy. she needs help. don't know why her husband does not get her the help she needs. very sad. very sad too that debra has these people around her. she hates people who are sane and has all these crazy people around her or trying to be around her, like paige. very sad. don't even want to think of the crazy people doris and patti had around them. know about bill and robin and do not want to know about others. paige takes the cake in the crazy race though. srsly.
Well at least they can express their feelings here-- I honestly only barely follow it, but I am banned from your site for telling the truth and Lisa is allowed to post something called a CASE FACT that is pure bullshit.
I'll choose the place where free speech prevails.
if paige is worried about the way she looks then she needs to stop stepping on everyone in her way. the people she steps on have feelings too. if she does not want to reveal her crazy side she needs to stop her evil ways. she needs to take medication and go to a therapist. she is crazy. sane people do not do what she does. sane people are not like paige. she needs to change her name to crazy horse. srsly. paige needs help. paige does not know debra. she needs to be a friend and stop lying to everyone. she does not fool the smart people. she does not fool people here.
colscott thanks for this blog. at least we know where we can say the truth and not be censored. this blog is much better than kts. good job and thank you.
Again, I don't know any of the people being discussed, but the image of some crazy person pulling the shades down in her apartment, dressing in a bikini bra and panties with a long blonde wig and reciting lines to no one in particular like "I just want to have my baby!" made me almost piss my pants.
Maybe I'm a sick person for finding that image both shocking and humorous at the same time (NOT the image of the REAL Sharon - that would not be funny at all - , but the image of a wannabe impersonator getting their kicks that way). Sounds like something out of a John Waters movie.
I'll say the posters here are nothing if not entertaining!
funny how only her friends say she talks to debra. tells many truths right there. you may say we are the crazy ones but the person doing these evils deeds is truly the insane. we only reveal her deeds.