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Saturday, September 06, 2008

The Devil’s in the Slide: Playbill; Meet the "amily"

 A select list of Manson and associates.

Atkins, Susan (aka Sadie Mae Glutz, Donna Powell, Sharon King) !ndera#ed stripper and pr$t%#%e

$& 'nt$n (a)ey* '++$rdin# t$ harles Mans$n, she -as als$ a se.ual a+/uaintan+e $& ay Sebrin#*Putative auth$r $& A Psychosexual History of the Manson Family, and the Death (ist*

Beausoleil, Bobby (aka Cuid, !aser, Cherub, "obert #ee $ardy, !ason #ee Daniels) !Musi+ian,s$&t1+$re p$rn$#raphi+ a+t$r  -$r31sa&e lin34, $++ultist* $rmer ($ve #uitarist* Pr$t%#% and +l$se &riendlater bitter enemy4 $& 5enneth 'n#er* 'lth$u#h deemed by m$st mainstream s$ur+es as a Mans$n&$ll$-er, 'dam $ri#htly n$tes that many +l$se resear+hers see him m$re as a +$mpetin# alpha male,-h$ $++asi$nally -ent in and $ut $& the #r$up as he pleased* ust as Mans$n had 7harlie’s irls,9eaus$leil +ame -ith his $-n &emale ent$ura#e, -hi+h in+luded atherine Share and (eslie )an $uten*

Brunner, Mary (aka Mother Mary, #inda Dee Moser, Mario%he, &%h, Christine Marie 'u%hts) ! 

(ibrarian, 9er3eley* She be+ame Mans$n’s &irst re+ruit in <6=*

Dais, Bru%e (aka !a%k Paul, Bru%e M%Millan, George M%Gregor) !$rmer S+ient$l$#ist -h$ >$inedharles Mans$n’s #r$up in <68* ?um$red t$ have been the @$dia+ 5iller , $r at least $ne $& them in+$n>un+ti$n -ith members $& the Pr$+ess hur+h $& the inal ud#ment* '++$rdin# t$ a ebruary 2000letter  -ritten by 9arbara $yt t$ Davis’ Par$le 9$ard, he se+retly planned t$ ta3e leadership $& the7amily a-ay &r$m harles Mans$n*

DeCarlo, Danny (aka Donkey Dan, Daniel "oeo, "i%hard Sith) !9i3er Strai#ht Satans4 and dru#smu##ler* Despite harles Mans$n’s attempts t$ enti+e him deeper int$ the 7amily, Dearl$ remainedindependent* An B$vember C, <6<, Dearl$ e.plained the +$n+ept $& elter1S3elter’ t$ p$li+e durin#

/uesti$nin#*

*roe, #ynette (aka S+ueaky, "ed, 'lizabeth illiason) !' ne#le+ted teena#er, Mans$n t$$3 herunder his -in# m$ments a&ter her &ather 3i+3ed her $ut $& the &amily h$me* '&ter Mans$n’s arrest, PaulEat3in’s de&e+ti$n, and the in+ar+erati$n $& m$st $& the men, she served as the 7amily’s ersatF leaderuntil her arrest &$r the attempted assassinati$n $& President erald $rd*

Good, Sandra (aka Sandy, Blue, Sandra Collins, Sandra Pugh) !' -ealthy s$+ialite and +ivil ri#htsa+tivist, she be+ame the 7amily’s m$st pr$minent sp$3espers$n, a r$le that she ardently maintains t$this day* $1&$unded 'ir, Trees, Eater, 'nimals 'TE'4, an envir$nmental $r#aniFati$n, -ith harlesMans$n and (ynette r$mme*

Grogan, Stee (aka Cle, S%rablehead, Grant Mollan) !i#h s+h$$l dr$p$ut, petty +riminal andmusi+ian*

$oyt, Barbara !Burse* 's $ne $& the last re+ruits be&$re the 3illin#s, $yt had n$t re+eived su&&i+ientind$+trinati$n t$ +$nd$ne the 3illin#s, $n+e she heard ab$ut them* She later be+ame a +riti+al pr$se+uti$n-itness a&ter $ther 7amily members tried t$ murder her*

Kasabian, #inda (aka #inda Christian, #inda Chio%hios, -ana the it%h) !5asabian &le- $ut &r$m

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the Gast $ast t$ S$uthern ali&$rnia in a last1dit+h e&&$rt t$ re+$n+ile -ith her estran#ed husband,?$bert, durin# the summer $& <6<* Hn ali&$rnia, she lived in a trailer -ith her husband ?$bert and his&riend harles Melt$n* Melt$n met atherine Share, and intr$du+ed her t$ the 5asabians* Hn turn, Share,mana#ed t$ +$nvin+e a still1unhappy (inda t$ a++$mpany her t$ Spahn ?an+h, -here harles Eats$nse.ually initiated int$ the 7amily* The "amily" then +$nvin+ed her t$ steal IJ,000*00 +ash &r$m herhusband, -h$ then le&t her &$r #$$d, a&ter harles Mans$n and the rest $& the #an# dr$ve him $&& $& the?an+h* 9e+ause she had the $nly valid driver’s li+ense, Mans$n $r s$me$ne else4 tapped her t$ drive t$

00J0 iel$ Drive and CC0 Eaverly Drive $n the ni#ht $& the Tate1(a9ian+a murders* rantedimmunity, she be+ame the pr$se+uti$n’s star -itness*

Krenwinkel, Patri%ia (aka Big Patty, -ellow, Mary Ann S%ott, Katie) !Pr$+essin# +ler3 and aspirin#nun* Made initial +$nta+t -ith Dennis Eils$n*

#ake, Dianne (Snake, Diane Bluestein) !Then1&i&teen1year1$ld (a3e met harles Mans$n as she partied -ith her m$m and dad at the Spiral Stair+ase* Eith parental +$nsent, Mans$n se.ually initiatedher int$ his #r$up* P$li+e arrested her durin# the 9ar3er ?an+h raid* Despite blisterin# interr$#ati$n, she-$uld n$t v$lunteer any in&$rmati$n until be&riended and later +ared &$r4 by Hny$ $unty Deputy Sheri&&a+3 ardiner and his -i&e* 'uth$rities +redited her -ith pr$vidin# valuable leads and +$rr$b$rati$n*

#utesinger, Kathryn (aka Catherine Drake)11Ane $& 9$bby 9eaus$leilKs #irl&riends -h$ dri&ted in and$ut $& the &amily durin# the time $& the murder and the trials* She and Stephanie S+hram es+aped 9ar3er?an+h be&$re the raid, and dis+ussed Mans$n, 9eaus$leil and 't3insK p$ssible r$le in the ary inmanmurder -ith p$li+e*

Manson, Charles (aka Charlie, !esus Christ, Satan, "obert Moore, "obert DeGriston, Chu%k

Suers) !Petty +areer +riminal -h$ has spent the vast ma>$rity $& his li&e in+ar+erated* ?e&ashi$nin#himsel& as a #uru $& s$rts in the <6= ei#ht1'shbury s+ene $& San ran+is+$, he sh$-ed pr$mise as amusi+ian and s$n#-riter* is 7&$ll$-ers in+luded Susan 't3ins, Patri+ia 5ren-in3el, Diane (a3e, PaulEat3ins, harles Eats$n, Steve r$#an, Mary 9runner, (ynette r$mme, Sandra $$d, ?uth 'nn

M$reh$use, ?ev* Dean M$reh$use, 9arbara $yt, (inda 5asabian, 9ru+e Davis, and $thers* E$r3edmusi+ally -ith Dennis Eils$n, Terry Mel+her, and re# a+$bs$n* 'lle#edly had +$nta+ts -ith a number$& pe$ple via the Spiral Stair+ase, am$n# them ass Glli$t and ay Sebrin#* ad $ne 3n$-n +$nta+t -ithShar$n Tate at 00J0 iel$ Drive*

Morehouse, "e. Dean !ather $& ?uth 'nn M$reh$use, -h$ $&&ered harles Mans$n a ride, a stay athis h$use, and a pian$, -hi+h Mans$n /ui+3ly bartered &$r a )$l3s-a#en van* pset -ith Mans$n &$rta3in# the undera#ed ?uth 'nn a-ay and havin# se. -ith her, M$reh$use +$n&r$nted Mans$n* Mans$nmana#ed t$ +$nvin+e him t$ let ?uth 'nn stay -ith the "amily" by pla+atin# the reverend -ith a#ener$us hit $& (SD, sm$$th tal3, and a bl$->$b* r$m that p$int $n, M$reh$use in part &unded the7amily via his +redit +ard* Hn turn, Mans$n +$nvin+ed Terry Mel+her t$ let ?ev* M$reh$use live in the

#uesth$use at 00J0 iel$ Drive*

Morehouse, "uth Ann (aka &uis%h, "uth Ann $uebelhurst, "a%hel Susan Morse) !?ev*M$reh$use’s dau#hter, M$reh$use met harles Mans$n -hen her &ather pi+3ed him up hit+hhi3in# in<6=* '&ter her &ather put him up in the &amily h$me &$r the ni#ht, the then1si.teen1year1$ld ?uth 'nnle&t -ith Mans$n* 'rrested durin# the Spahn ?an+h raid $& 'u#ust 6, <6<, and subse/uently released t$her m$ther, M$reh$use +ame ba+3 t$ the 7amily in <=0*

S%hra, Stehanie11Seventeen1year1$ld S+hram met harles Mans$n $n a ali&$rnia hy-ay $nly days

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 be&$re the elter S3elter murders* Mans$n had ta3en a -ee31l$n# tre3 t$ San Die#$ and the GsalenHnstitute in 9i# Sur* '++$rdin# t$ s$me s$ur+es, Mans$n really &ell &$r her, n$t $nly be+ause $& her y$uth but be+ause $& her purebred Teut$ni+ herita#e* This ir3ed many $& the &emale members $& the "amily,"-h$ met her &$r the &irst time $nly h$urs be&$re the slau#hter $& Shar$n Tate and her &riends*

Share, Catherine (aka Gysy, Manon Minette, !essi%a) !9$rn <L2 in Paris, she -as the $ldest&emale 7amily member* er parents, anti1BaFis spies, $rphaned her at an early a#e -hen they

+$mmitted sui+ide, apparently in an e&&$rt t$ av$id dete+ti$n and arrest by the ermans* 'd$pted by an'meri+an &amily, she be+ame her &ather’s main +are#iver a&ter the sui+ide $& her se+$nd m$ther* Ehenher &ather remarried, she dri&ted, ma3in# ends meet d$in# a number $& thin#s, -hi+h in+luded a+tin# ins$&t1+$re p$rn$#raphi+ m$vies -$r31sa&e lin34, -here she met 9$bby 9eaus$leil, and subse/uently be+ame $ne $& his #irl&riends*

/an $outen, #eslie (aka #ulu, #eslie Skankston, #ouella Ale0andria) !$rmer h$me+$min# /ueen,h$rrible speller, and $ne $& 9$bby 9eaus$leil’s #irl&riends* ame -ithin harles Mans$n’s sphere $&in&luen+e -hen 9eaus$leil >$ined in*

atkins, Paul (aka #ittle Paul) !harles Mans$n’s se+$nd1in1+$mmand durin# mu+h $& their

e.isten+e* e le&t the #r$up be&$re the 3illin#s*

atson, Charles (aka 1e0, Charles Montgoery) !$rmer hi#h s+h$$l star athlete, Eats$n +ame t$(' a&ter a stint handlin# ba##a#e &$r 9rani&& 'irlines* e $-ned a -i#1ma3in# sh$p in (aurel any$n*'ppears t$ have been Mans$n’s +hie& ass$+iate a&ter the de&e+ti$n $& Paul Eat3ins* Made early +$nta+t-ith Dennis Eils$n*

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