Cranky Greg's View

Susan Denise Atkins Is Dead!

Cranky Greg is heartened by the news that Manson-follower Susan Denise Atkins is finally dead.  Cranky heard the news late because he was having fun at airports yesterday, but his e-mail box was overflowing with Manson followers telling Cranky that he "will rot in hell" unlike Susan who will "spend eternity with God" because she found Jesus after the bloody slaughters in which she participated.

Despite the usual spate of e-mails from Manson people, Cranky's e-mail box is not all that bad - there were many more messages from people happy at the recent news.

Atkins prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi says Atkins gave different versions of what happened at the Tate house.  She told people and the grand jury that she stabbed Sharon Tate while Tex Watson says he did it.  It doesn't really matter.  She was there and she used Sharon's blood to write PIGS on her front door.

Susan Atkins was an animal of the lowest order, and maybe she made things right with God, Cranky Greg guesses she's found out by now.  But she never made things right on Earth.

Cranky Greg's not so sure he believes in Hell, but if there is Hell, he hopes SUsan Denise Atkins is feeling the heat.

Susan Denise Atkins: DENIED!

Susan Denise Atkins will die in prison, as well she should.  Yesterday after a hearing in Chowchilla, the state parole board denied Susan Atkins' request for a "compassionate release."  Since Susan didn't show any compassion to the pregnant Sharon Tate, Susan deserves to die in prison.

As you can see from the video, Susan's looking pretty bad now.  She's not such a bad-ass anymore.  No more smirking little faces and little jokes with Charlie.  She'll be smirking at Satan before long.

Squeaky's Free!!

Squeaky Fromme is Free!  Free to promote Manson!  Cranky Greg hopes someone is keeping an eye on her.

Forty Years of Manson

It was 40 years ago today that Charles Manson ordered his minions, Tex Watson, Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Linda Kasabian to start Helter Skelter by going to 10050 Cielo Drive and murdering all occupants of the house there.

The killing spree continued a night later when Manson took Watson and Leslie Van Houten and Krenwinkel to Leno and Rosemary LaBianca's house and ordered them murdered, too.

These gruesome crimes freaked everyone out, and if you haven't read Helter Skelter by prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi and The Family by Ed Sanders, you should do so if you like crime stories.  They don't get any better than this.  And don't forget about the made for TV movie, Helter Skelter.  It is one of the best crime films around, and is scary without silly special effects.  Steve Railsback's portrayal of Charles Manson is downright creepy.

The best website for everything Manson is The Manson Family Today.

Unfortunately, some are starting to have some sympathy for the aging savages.  Susan Denise Atkins is in Chowchilla sans a leg and with a brain tumor.  Some say she should be given a compassionate release.  Cranky Greg thinks she should be executed instead, or allowed to die without any pain killers.

Squeaky Fromme, who tried to kill President Ford, is awaiting release in Fort Worth, Texas.  She'll probably move to Corcoran, California to be near her man, Charlie.

Cranky Greg has always been fascinated by this case ever since he read Helter Skelter when he was very young and it was first published.  Cranky Greg isn't sure why the case still garners a lot of attention, but it probably has to do with the times.  It was 1969, Woodstock, hippies, Hollywood, the Beatles and it all going so wrong.

Is it Time to Parole Leslie Van Houten?

John Waters says it's time to free Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten, even though she helped kill Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and then laughed about it afterwords at trial.  In fact, after stabbing their victims that awful night, she and her cohorts, Tex Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel, sat down in the LaBianca's kitchen for an post-killing meal.

Call Cranky Greg crazy, but In Cranky Greg's mind, that means she does not ever deserve to get out of prison.  And hopefully she will rot in hell.

Charles Manson...Then and Now

Charles Manson from 1968 and yesterday.  He's not such a bad ass anymore, is he?

Good News! A Dead Robber at Fruitvale BART Station

All the action seems to be at the Fruitvale BART Station in the East Bay.

Back in January, a BART officer shot a guy to death.

Last night, two punk robbers tried to rob a guy at the Fruitvale Station parking lot and the would-be victim grabbed a knife from one of the punks and stabbed one to death.  The dead punk is Christopher Gonzalez.

Cranky Greg says that's a victory for all law-abiding citizens everywhere.

Nothing warms Cranky Greg's heart more than another dead punk who threatened fear and death to others in order to steal property.

O.J. Simpson: GUILTY!!

O.J. Simpson was found guilty on all charges tonight in Las Vegas.

Thirteen years to the day he was acquitted in Los Angeles of killing Nicole and Ron!

Wow!

Cranky Greg doesn't know much about the case, but Cranky ain't sad to see OJ going away for a long time.

Don't Forget About O.J.!!

With all the hysteria caused by the current financial crisis, most Americans have forgotten about what really is important: and that is the O.J. Simpson trial in Las Vegas.

The defense rested today, O.J. didn't testify (now there's a newsflash!) and O.J.'s fate will soon rest with a Nevada jury.

Just so y'all don't forget.

Warning Fresno! Spice Rub - Sausage Attacker!

This guy broke into a house near Fresno, grabbed some Pappy's Spice Rub, rubbed it on one of residents, and then grabbed a sausage and beat the other resident in the face with it!

The sumbitch ran out of the house and was found and arrested in a field and the dog ate the sausage.