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| Who wouldn't fall for this guy? Well, nobody would. Charles Manson is once again unlucky in love as Valentine's Day approaches. |
Hey, I've got to be a contrarian.
Before I go on, I have to tell you I'm not making up any of what you are about to read up. My imagination isn't that good, or that sick. Maybe people involved are making a lot of stuff up, but not me.
So here it goes:
If any of this is true, and it's coming from the New York Post, so it might be embellished, it appears the expected wedding of Charles Manson is not going to happen after all.
The news is enough to make your red roses wilt on the spot, isn't it.
Manson, you might recall, is the ringleader of a weird murder spree in California way back in 1969. He and his followers thought that if they murdered actress Sharon Tate and eight others to start some sort of race riot or revolution or something, I don't know.
Manson was sentenced to life behind bars and is now 80 years old.
But, romance blooms, even in prison, or so Manson thought. A woman named Afton Elaine Burton, 27, announced in 2013 she planned to marry Manson.
Rolling Stone magazine had all the deets on the marriage back in November, 2013. At least that's how things stood, until romance faded. So sad.
But back then the love affair between Manson and Burton, referred to as "Star" in Rolling Stone, was in full torrid bloom.
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| Star and her apparently ex-fiance Charlie Manson in, um, happier times last year. |
"Star is a (then) 25 year old brunette who's been loyally visiting Manson in jail since she was 19 years old and maintains several websites devoted to defending Manson and his pro-Earth environmental causes," Rolling Stone reported.
Too bad Manson wasn't also anti-murder, but I guess you can't have everything.
Rolling Stone goes on:
"In 2007, Star moved to Corcoran to be near Charlie, who she visits each Saturday and Sunday for up to five hours a day. 'Yeah, well, people can think I'm crazy,' she likes to say. 'But they don't know. This is what's right for me. This is what I was born for.'"
Well, she's right on one point. She did seem crazy. I guess at the time we would have congratulated Star for snagging the world's least available bachelor, and the one you'd least want to take home to meet Momma.
Burton, or Star, had some pretty strong opinions. She carved an "X" into her forehead to match Manson's lovely visage. Star strongly resembles Susan Atkins, one of the members of Manson's "family" that carried out the horrible murders back in 1969.
Jealous lover that she was portraying, Burton, or "Star" hated Atkins. "That bitch was fucking crazy....She was a crazy fucking whore."
Alrighty, then.
But as I noted, sometimes blossoming love withers on the vine. And such is the case with Star and Charlie.
If the New York Post is right, Star's intention was not to marry out of love, but for money. Yeah, yeah, I know, Manson doesn't have any money, given that he's been in prison for what, 45 years or so?
It turns out Star is an entrepreneur!
Her plan was to marry Manson, then when he died, she'd gain custody of his corpse. And it might not be too long before Manson dies. He is 80 years old. So Star maybe thought she was getting a quick return on her investment.
How would she make money, though?
Easy! After Manson dies, she and her pal Craig Hammond would put his corpse in a glass crypt. As the New York Post put it, "The pair figured their bizarre California version of Lenin's Tomb would draw huge crowds and make big money."
There's where I question the business plan.
It is true that California draws LOTS of tourists, what with Yosemite Park, Hollywood, the redwood forests, the beauty of San Francisco, the luscious wines of Napa Valley and Disneyland Resort (despite the measles epidemic.)
Maybe I'm closed minded, but I don't think tourists would exactly flock to see Charlie Manson's dead body. If I went to California as a tourist, that would be extra low on my bucket list. But what do I know? I'm not the lead editor at Travel and Leisure, so my expertise in tourism might not be up to snuff.
The Post reported that a journalist told the paper that the cunning Manson found out about that Star was in it for money, not love, so Manson pulled the plug on the wedding plans.
Besides, Manson reportedly had another reason not to go along with Star's plan. He believes he is immortal, so Star would have no corpse to display. No corpse, no tourist attraction, right?
As you can see, this story isn't exactly a lovely Valentine. But now you can be cheerful.
Even if there's no romance in your life at the moment. Even if Mr. or Ms. Right hasn't entered the picture yet. Even if you're going to spend Valentine's Day alone watching re-runs of "Divorce Court," your life is still much more romantic and lovely than Manson or Star's.
You've got to count your blessings, right?
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