American Serial Killers

41st Anniversary of the Charles Manson murders

by bela.black on Aug.09, 2010, under Real Monsters, the Mind of a Serial Killer

It was 41 years ago this weekend that a group of young people led by Charles Manson sent a wave of terror through the hills and valleys of the Los Angeles area.

Manson, then 34, and a group of followers known as the Family were convicted for killing seven people, including Hollywood starlet Sharon Tate, who was more than eight months pregnant with husband Roman Polanski’s son.

On Aug. 8, 1969, Manson instructed Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten to kill everyone at the L.A. home rented by Tate. Later that day, Manson instructed his followers to strike again. Members entered the Los Feliz home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and killed the couple.

The gory slayings left the public stunned. The group was given life sentences. They have spent most of their adult lives behind bars, some claiming they have renounced their devotion to Manson.

“These are sociopaths,” says Tate’s sister Debra Tate, 57. “They’re no less violent today then they were then.”

One Family member faces the parole boards again this year and another – not associated with the Tate-LaBianca murders – is about to be released.

“These are five of 168,000 offenders in our custody,” says Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation in Sacramento, Calif. “There’s no special treatment that they get just because of who they are. Manson is in the same unit as Sirhan Sirhan (who assassinated U.S. Sen Robert F. Kennedy). They’re not the only high-profile offenders we have.”

Here is a list of a few people involved and where they are now:

Charles Manson, 75
Currently locked in California State Prison in Corcoran. He dreamed of becoming a musician and now plays his guitar in his cell or the dayroom, says Thornton. He has been denied parole 11 times. His next hearing is in 2012.

Susan Atkins, 62
Also known as Sadie Mae Glutz, she confessed to stabbing Tate to death. In May 2008, she filed for a “compassionate release” after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness and given six months to live. Her request was denied. In September, she was transferred to the Central California Women’s Facility in Chowchilla because it provides a higher level of medical care. She is in serious but stable condition, Thornton says. Her next parole hearing is Sept. 2. She is the longest-serving female inmate in the state.

Patricia “Katie” Krenwinkel, 62
She actively participated in both murders. She has been called a model prisoner at the California Institution for Women in Frontera, earning a degree and teaching inmates how to read. She has been denied parole 12 times.

source: People.com

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Rodney Alcala – 100 new photos released, more victims?

by bela.black on Mar.20, 2010, under Latest News, Stories, Victims

One thousand or more photos were found in a storage locker owned by Rodney Alcala. There are some claims that these photos could contain potential victims and at least one-hundred of them have been released to the public for review.

Personally I think he’s just on his last leg for some new publicity stunt. What else could a limited psychopath behind bars come up with? After all he IS a photographer and he did make an idiot out of himself in court by representing himself and pulling grandiose re-enactments of his crimes.

There are photos ranging from nude boys and women to kids playing on the beach. It is quite possible that at least a few people in the photos are victims of this man’s horrific death deeds but it is without a doubt they are all victims of his psychopathic charm.

source & photos:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/world_us/88714732.html

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ASK now on Twitter and Facebook

by bela.black on Mar.15, 2010, under Site News

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Genene Jones – The Death Nurse

by bela.black on Mar.11, 2010, under Real Monsters

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David Carpenter, the Trailside Killer

by bela.black on Mar.09, 2010, under Sheer Terror

David Carpenter AKA the Trailside Killer – San Francisco, CA

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The Poughkeepsie Killer – Kendall Francois

by bela.black on Mar.04, 2010, under Sheer Terror

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A&E Biography John Gacy Pt. 2

by bela.black on Mar.01, 2010, under Real Monsters

BastisWifey asked:


John Wayne Gacy (March 17, 1942 – May 10, 1994) also known as The Killer Clown, was an American serial killer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of 33 boys and young men between 1972 and his arrest in 1978, 27 of whom he buried in a crawl space under the floor of his house, while others were found in nearby rivers. He became notorious as the “Killer Clown” because of the many block parties he threw for his friends and neighbors, entertaining children in a clown suit …

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Rodney Alcala, the new Ted Bundy?

by bela.black on Feb.28, 2010, under Sheer Terror

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Addicted to Killing

by bela.black on Jan.21, 2010, under the Mind of a Serial Killer

The scarring and lashing of being vexed by others can take a lifetime to subdue, if it ever does. In this impasse, the mind’s network circuitry becomes saturated by bouncing thoughts of resentment and horrors. The fears blanketed by smiles and plastic acts of civil complacency are buried deep below, never to be seen until the right note or phrase is heard.

What would bring more pleasure than to stab the tongues who have lashed for so many years? Or the like minded, well enough. The overwhelming pleasure of placing torment on the wound of a guilty cry brings addictive joy into the synapses.

The adrenaline from tearing limb for limb, skin from limb, stabbing the face of disgust. This foul stench of dismemberment rips away the pain of years, but only temporarily.

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The Grim Sleeper: South Los Angeles Serial Killer

by bela.black on Jan.09, 2010, under Latest News, Real Monsters, Victims

What’s worse than one of these monsters featured here behind bars or dead? One still at large of course. The Grim Sleeper is a recent story of a serial killer who has yet to have been stopped.

His victims include the following known people:

* 1: Debra Jackson
* 2: Henrietta Wright
* 3: Thomas Steele
* 4: Barbara Ware
* 5: Bernita Sparks
* 6: Mary Lowe
* 7: Lachrica Jefferson
* 8: Alicia Alexander,
* 8a ‘Enietra’ Margette
* 9: Princess Berthomieux
* 10: Valerie McCorvey
* 11: Janecia Peters

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