# Charles Manson is getting married! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907 "2014-11-17T23:09:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/81 "2015-02-14T01:33:14Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > [Well, the prospective MIL says it ain’t.](http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/charles-manson-afton-burton-wedding-corpse-20150211) > > FWIW. She must be very proud. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/82 "2015-02-14T07:20:20Z")
Well, I’m not holding my breath waiting for an invitation. Or even a “save the date”. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/83 "2015-02-14T15:25:14Z")
> [@williambaskerville](#): > > Well he’s not being that reasonable if a story I read about this is accurate. It claimed he thinks the corpse commercialization strategy is ridiculous because he’s not going to die. Hey, so far he’s been right. So how come the state of California says Manson can get legally married but my sister the lesbian can’t? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/84 "2015-02-14T18:07:57Z")
Now that the wedding is called off, should Charlie return the champagne flutes I sent him? ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2015, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/85 "2015-02-15T00:50:52Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > I just watched a few-days old episode of Letterman on my DVR, and he cleared this all up. > > Apparently, the wedding plans were going along smoothly, and then she happened to Google “Charles Manson.” Just curious: the Manson murders were over 40 years ago, and he hasn’t been in the news for a long time, except an occasional small article about being denied parole or something. Any idea how many people under 30 really don’t know who he is? I hear of kids not knowing who Paul McCartney is, and he’s been famous for pretty much all of the last 50+ years, even appearing at last week’s Grammys. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/86 "2015-02-16T05:40:59Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#): > > Just curious: the Manson murders were over 40 years ago, and he hasn’t been in the news for a long time, except an occasional small article about being denied parole or something. Any idea how many people under 30 really don’t know who he is? I hear of kids not knowing who Paul McCartney is, and he’s been famous for pretty much all of the last 50+ years, even appearing at last week’s Grammys. I think most kids at least recognize the name and know that he’s a convicted murderer. They probably don’t know the significance of his crimes or their gruesomeness. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/87 "2015-02-16T07:46:21Z")
> [@MsRobyn](#): > > I think most kids at least recognize the name and know that he’s a convicted murderer. They probably don’t know the significance of his crimes or their gruesomeness. As someone who can barely claim that monicker, that is pretty much true. I just know Manson as this serial murderer who got a lot of hippie girls to be his groupies through using drugs. I will say that, for a long time, I that he and Marylin Mason were one and the same, and wondered why people would listen to a murderer’s music. ---
**Author:** ![D.E.S.K.Top668](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/88 "2015-02-17T16:57:25Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I figure she called it off because the warden said he’d found a loophole to the “no conjugal visits” rule so they’d be allowed to have a honeymoon. > > Is it even legal to take a corpse on tour for profit? Sure it is. The Rolling Stones have been doing it for years As for Manson, sorry to hear it was called off. Now I’ll have to return their wedding present (a gift certificate from Blood Bath and Beyond.) ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/89 "2015-02-17T18:32:10Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Bangkok’s [Siriraj Medical Museum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siriraj_Medical_Museum) has on display the mummified remains of the first known serial killer in modern Thai history, who killed and ate children in the 1950s. > > Photo here (spoiler-boxed for the squeamish): > > [Siriraj Medical Museum - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siriraj_Medical_Museum#mediaviewer/File:The_Forensic_Science_Museum_in_Bangkok.jpg) Why is he being displayed in a phone booth? I’ve seen lots of mummified human remains in museums, but none have been black or standing up. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/90 "2015-02-18T00:06:29Z")
[The fiancée gives a TV interview.](http://www.insideedition.com/headlines/9735-exclusive-the-bride-of-charles-manson-her-first-tv-interview) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/91 "2015-02-19T03:14:43Z")
> [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Why is he being displayed in a phone booth? I’ve seen lots of mummified human remains in museums, but none have been black or standing up. Just seemed like a good idea at the time, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/92 "2015-02-19T05:03:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I will say that, for a long time, I that he and Marylin Mason were one and the same, and wondered why people would listen to a murderer’s music. Because really, Charlie’s musicianship isn’t too bad…. That sums it up in one big lump. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2015, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/93 "2015-02-19T06:03:53Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Because really, Charlie’s musicianship isn’t too bad…. He’s surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2015, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907/94 "2015-02-21T05:40:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > …Manson apparently figured out that Burton only loved him for his body (yes, I went there)… Balls of steel on **LN**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/charles-manson-is-getting-married/704907.md?page=4)