You Better Sit Down, Dale...

Joe Guy · Post by **Joe Guy** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:25 am

Cult leader Charles Manson has been hospitalized in California with a bleak prognosis, according to a report Wednesday.

The 83-year-old was brought to a Bakersfield hospital three days ago, TMZ.com said.

The notorious mass murderer serving seven life sentences in Corcoran State Prison in California has been suffering from health issues for some time.

In January he had to be hospitalized for severe intestinal bleeding. He also needed surgery to repair a lesion but doctors said he was too weak and sent him back to prison.

Since arriving at the Bakersfield facility three days ago, Manson has been getting various treatments around the hospital _ always guarded by five police officers, TMZ said.

A source familiar with Manson's condition told the website "it's not going to get any better for him." The source also added, "it's just a matter of time," TMZ said.

The Los Angeles Times later confirmed Manson's hospitalization with Kern County Sheriff's Lt. Bill Smallwood, though he declined to elaborate on the patient's condition.

Famous for the crude, self-carved swastika on his forehead, Manson shocked the world on Aug. 9, 1969, when he directed his protege Charles Watson to take three female members of his cult — known as the Manson Family — to a posh house above Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and slaughter everyone there.

The Manson Family members brutally butchered movie director Roman Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate along with celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, writer Wojciech Frykowski, and visiting teen Steven Parent.

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The next night, Manson joined the same four followers along with two more as they broke into the Los Feliz home of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary.

Manson wanted to show the group the correct way to execute and ordered the LaBiancas bound with lamp cords and their heads covered by pillowcases before the savage stabbing started.

The vicious Manson killings stunned Los Angeles and caused a worldwide sensation.

Manson was tried for the horrific murders and sentenced to death along with several members of his cult. The sentences were commuted to life when the death penalty was briefly outlawed in 1972. Prosecutors said Manson and his followers were trying to incite a race war he believed was suggested in the Beatles' song "Helter Skelter."

Behind bars since 1971, Manson has been denied parole a dozen times. His next hearing is scheduled for 2027.

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dales · Post by **dales** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 4:38 am

Looks like he won't be able to make his 2027 parole hearing.

Bicycle Bill · Post by **Bicycle Bill** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 5:08 pm

The government has wasted I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of dollars feeding him, clothing him, housing him, and keeping this sunuvabitch alive over the last forty-plus years. When he finally does kick the bucket don't waste any more money on any sort of a funeral. Just toss his sorry ass into a compost heap somewhere so his miserable existence will finally be of some good use to someone out there.

-"BB"-

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 6:12 pm

Damn! I was hoping the ol' charmer would live forever -- with no parole.

No justice... no peace.

If you're going to do something, do it well. And leave something witchy.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:10 pm

Cult leader Charles Manson has been hospitalized in California with a bleak prognosis

You mean he's expected to recover?

rubato · Post by **rubato** » Thu Nov 16, 2017 7:17 pm

Dales;

Who don't you send him a nice wreath ... of nightshade and hemlock?

yrs,
rubato

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Fri Nov 17, 2017 1:11 pm

Bicycle Bill wrote:The government has wasted I don't know how many hundreds of thousands of dollars feeding him, clothing him, housing him, and keeping this sunuvabitch alive over the last forty-plus years. When he finally does kick the bucket don't waste any more money on any sort of a funeral. Just toss his sorry ass into a compost heap somewhere so his miserable existence will finally be of some good use to someone out there.

-"BB"-

I doubt there's any problem of that; so far as I know the government spends no money on funerals for prisoners--it's up to the family/friends or, if they have none, it's potter's field, cremation, or the medical school depending on the state.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:56 am

OK, now he's dead. Good riddance. Enough said.

dales · Post by **dales** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 6:10 am

His life touched so many others.

and not in a good way.

Lord Jim · Post by **Lord Jim** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 7:31 am

He finally takes the seat that has been too long awaiting him in Hell...

MajGenl.Meade · Post by **MajGenl.Meade** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:06 am

He's done. Stick a fork in him

datsunaholic · Post by **datsunaholic** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 8:18 am

Trite, but good riddance to bad rubbish. 50 years too late.

Jarlaxle · Post by **Jarlaxle** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:17 pm

I was hoping he would spend at least a year conscious, aware, but unable to talk, move, or communicate in any way.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 1:39 pm

Jarlaxle wrote:I was hoping he would spend at least a year conscious, aware, but unable to talk, move, or communicate in any way.

From what I've read of his childhood, somehow I would think nothing like that would even have made an impression on him.

I can't say I believe in the traditional hell of endless torment that Jim does, but at least he's gone.

RayThom · Post by **RayThom** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:50 pm

Are we sure it's Charlie? Or is he just sleeping? He's very good at fucking with everyone's mind.

ex-khobar Andy · Post by **ex-khobar Andy** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:59 pm

Of course it's the lead story on CNN, and no doubt elsewhere. He would have loved that. I wish they had placed it among the second or third tier items.

dales · Post by **dales** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:01 pm

In other news:

Mel Tillis died on the same day as CM.

Big RR · Post by **Big RR** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:05 pm

How very odd; I don't want to start any rumors but I have never seen them together at the same time. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not.

Econoline · Post by **Econoline** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:24 pm

Best comment on this subject so far (from Facebook):

- David Gerrold wrote:I was raised only to say good of the dead.
  Charles Manson is dead.
  Good.

Gob · Post by **Gob** » Mon Nov 20, 2017 11:58 pm

Charlie's life in pictures....

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