No Journey's End: My Tragic Romance with Ex-Manson Girl, Leslie Van Houten by Peter Chiaramonte

Author:Peter Chiaramonte [Chiaramonte, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2015-01-26T19:00:00+00:00

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On Thursday, June 9th, 1977, I was in court when Leslie testified about how things changed so dramatically at Spahn Ranch throughout 1969.

When asked by Max Keith about what life was like when she first joined the Family a year before that, Leslie said, “At that time, it was a mellow situation. It was an easy, slow life. No one had any ambitions or goals in life, other than to get rid of our thoughts and live only for the moment. That’s what Spahn was all about then. Manson’s songs and lyrics were about loving your fellow man. It was what I had been looking for.”

Then, she testified by the spring of that year, there was an increased mood of fear and anger surrounding Manson that replaced all the peace and love that had gone on before.

Leslie only stayed with Manson in the first place because she was seeking a spiritual advisor to lead her on the path to enlightenment. Lots of the girls her age were of that mindset. Those were the times and circumstances. Then, of course, he kept them isolated from their family and friends so he might bend their wills to his own. For instance, Charlie would malign or abuse any girl who dared get out of line. Then, he’d immediately follow that up with a full dose of ecstasy (or LSD) and a firm bout of sex with his victim. Manson didn’t want girls who were totally wrecked—only fractured.

Other cardinal rules Manson learned from the more experienced crooks and pimps in prison were things like: Never allow the girls to carry their own money—even coins, let alone dollars. That way, they couldn’t pay for a call to friends or relatives or buy themselves a bus ticket home. And if a girl refused to perform as she was told, Manson might strip her naked of all but her bruises and teach her a lesson in front of the others. He used the same tricks a lot.

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