Top 5 Death Valley Manson Family Hangouts
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #331
Charles Manson had a fascination with Death Valley, believing that it was home to the secret entrance to a bottomless pit where he and his Family could wait out the coming apocalypse. Check out these five places in and around Death Valley where the Manson Family spent the most time.
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IMHO, this is the best video you have ever done. Top notch storytelling.
I agree it was really cool.I was completely sucked in.
I watched helter skelter one time. I had to turn it off. Too violent.
Wow! Excellent script, narration, photography and editing. You just keep getting better and better.
Very nicely done
50 years ago and this story still gives me the creeps
This is one of the best videos you've done Sarah. I loved your story telling. I can't believe it's been 50 years since it all happened.
I was 8 years old and I can remember it.
Really good work by you.
In the mid 60's I went to the Death Valley region and spent some time exploring, by myself and with my room mate. I'm sure I was in places the Manson family hung out, and it is really creepy to look back on how close I came to colliding with that evil.
wow you sure did come close. They were probably looking over every person they met for robbing potential. Seriously.
The girls in jail used to brag about Charlie having magic powers.
My cousin, Johnny Otterstrom, is in the book "Helter Skelter". He wasn't involved with them, he was kind of a handy man in Death Valley. Manson offered him girls in payment for his services, he declined.
Weirder, the Manson family, those that didn't go to prison, moved less that five miles from where I lived in the 70's in the little town of Lucerne Valley, CA at the old C-H Ranch (my first real paycheck job at age 11 as an Assistant Cook, C-H was a Dude Ranch).
They used to come to Ridgecrest as well. I remember seeing a girl with the swastika carved in her forehead, in the mid Seventies. The family members did that during the trial to show support for Charlie. Yeah, they were nuts.
Omg your so old
In 1976 my ex-wife and I visited her bother who was serving time at the Vacaville State Prison in California. Charles Manson was also being held there at the time. While he was not in the general population, my brother in law’s cell mate had weekly ‘therapy’ sessions where Charley was one of the participants. Vacaville was a surprisingly small prison in the 70’s. My brother in law later told us we were probably within a hundred yards of Charley at that time when we visited.
Great video as always...I have an old 1955 Dodge Power Wagon Bus that the Manson girls ran around Death Valley in while Manson was in jail. The bus belonged to David Barton who was the husband of Catherine Myers alias Catherine Gillies. She was one of the four Manson girls that shaved her head outside the courthouse during his trial. She was the grand daughter of the Myers family in Death Valley
You picked some interesting bits out of the Manson story.
And being able to show us the spots around death valley created quite the mood. It would be a facinatingly creepy tour to take if one was inclined.
Hey wonderhussy, Hard to believe 50 years. About 30 years ago when I was hanging around in death valley, I stopped at a little mini mart near death valley junction, maybe trona, I can't remember, and there was a small stand/ table there with a gentleman selling his new book about the Manson family travels around death valley in the late 1960s, book was" Desert shadows" author was a park ranger Bob Murphy who worked that area. Very good book, he also signed it for me... Don't know if it's available anywhere but a great read if you can find it
Thanks, just ordered that book on Amazon. You can get used copies for around 20 - 25 dollars. They want 83 for a new volume. No thanks, used is fine with me.
Watch out for earthquake activity.
We don't want our Wonder Hussy
Getting hurt. Love you 😘.
yep,pretty much like that Jimmy Jones fellow. started out peaceful but with a tragic ending. i was 10yrs old in 1969 and i do remember a little bit about that.
Lovely work Sarah and to agree with others, one of your best! You have a natural talent for story telling which makes for a great video.
Cheers from down under,
Gregg.
*Wow, that was GREAT!*
A Wonderhussy Documentary! 60 Minutes better look out! It’s a shame that Power Wagon just rots away in silence! I think Sarah should interview one of the “Manson girls” who is still in prison! Trona was really hit hard by the quakes - maybe we’ll get a Wonderhussy exclusive on Quake-Ageddon and what happened to Trona, Ridgecrest and China Lake! I wonder how the “talc houses” held up to the quake?
I have a documentary on DVD that shows the ranch house and hiding place Manson was in prior to it burning to the ground and being in the state you found it. The cabinet he was on was even shorter than you got. As flexible as you are somehow that evil nut job got into a smaller space. Whole place had an off kilter vibe about it. Great video!
Your storytelling and commentary are priceless! Love it!👍
Nice work Desert Flower. Please stay awesome and thank you for taking us along.
Love it,Sarah"Wonderhussy", Nov 2023
Happy to discover you! Great video!🌊🧜♀️❤
Manson was influenced by another book as well. He had found a book called "The Testament of Adolf Hitler", written by Hitler himself. That book was his motivation to try to start a race war, which he hoped the Tate - LaBianca murders would provoke.
Miss Hussy thanks for taking me along with you on your many journeys I do so love to explore like you ,on my many road trips across the country I have gotten off the beaten path and found some really interesting places to
Creepy ! Had no idea they where out in death valley !
You did a good job telling the sad story !
Glad I didnt know back in early 70s hanging out & camping in death valley !
To think that one of Manson girls is still alive is crazy !
Glad to see you back in your desert Sarah!😘
Wow you did an excellent job with that, thank you
Terry Melcher (son of Doris Day) was a music producer and was introduced to Manson by Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys. After meeting with Manson a couple of times and hearing him sing, Melcher decided not to work with him and to keep his distance because of the strange behavior he witnessed by Manson and his followers. In January of ‘69 Doris begged her son to move from his rented house and in with her because she was worried about the things he told her he saw when meeting Manson. When Manson decided to get revenge, Sharon Tate had moved into the rental vacated by Melcher. Melcher was the actual target.
Manson knew that Melcher no longer lived tgere.
There is a book I read recently about the whole Manson thing. What we have been led to believe all these years has all been discredited in this book. It's about a re-investigation of everything. Example; The Tate/LaBianca homes were not chosen randomly. They knew where they were going and who lived there. Several of the characters within those homes were major drug dealers, but Bugliosi came up with his Helter Skelter nonsense to move the trial away from the illegal activities within those homes because of who was behind it. The book is called, "Now Is The Only Thing That's Real: A re-examination of the Manson murders, motives and mythos". I got the Kindle version. Read it and you will never see the case the same again.
@@MichaelDBauer I'll have to try to check that book out.
@@debbiebrown4420 Hope you enjoy it. It really opens our eyes as to just how corrupt our judicial system can be. Reading it can be a bit strained at times because it seems like he wrote 4 or 5 books then tied them together into one book. Lots of repeated stuff. I've watched a lot of videos of interviews with Manson. After reading the book, a lot of the stuff that he says in interviews that seemed to be nonsense suddenly made sense and tied truth into the book. I was even able to finish some of his sentences. I was really surprised at many things I read about some of the things that went on in the Tate house. An open drug house, orgies, filming porn movies, sado-masichism and a lot of big name celebrities who "dropped in" to buy stuff from Sebring. Voytek Frykowski as well. Many well known celebrities involved.
@@MichaelDBauer I had read that many well known celebrities were said to have participated in satanic parties there and was curious as to who they were.
Nicely done. Your knowledge of the area serves you well.
Wow thats some great info i have never heard before.Thanks for sharing desert beauty.
You have a great sense of humor, thanks for the download.
GREAT VIDEO HONEYBUNNY ! Your shows are better than Hollywood !
Love all your great videos
Wild, also 50 yrs since the moon landing, Houston is all about moon landing. Great video Sarah Jane
Brooks Poston was another former family member who broke away and a local prospector Paul Crocket helped him by giving him a job that built up both his mind and body.
Wow! Great exposé! I’ve been interested in this story for a while myself and it was fun seeing your take on the subject. Nice job!
Hello Liberty doll. Ted from Texas here. You did a great job young lady. You Explore More and More. And do better and better with each video. Great job. Look for you in the next video. Your friend Ted
Another swell video Sarah Jane! Good job, I really enjoyed this one, very informative and interesting! Keep up the good work!
As always..... another interesting and informative video. Well done Sarah..... :-)
.....Like your smile..... Love your style.....Wow this is your very best chat by far.....you really are a superstar......!!
Excellent historic vlog.
Barker Ranch, Trona, Shoshone? You put time and miles on your Toyota producing this entertaining video. Good job, Wonderhussy!
This is just what is already knowledge from all the videos on Manson.
great storytelling and video work. professional job on this one.
Great reporting Sarah!!
BEST video yet, keep up the good work
What a great video and story teller. Wish I could go exploring like you do but my ability to do thing like that is gone.
Really makes you wonder Whois lookup to a guy like Charlie but anyway nice job Sarah you put a lot of work into this one
People still watching this video,like me, great job !
Killer work Hussy!!!
You have a real knack for this weird shit LOL!
Love ya, PEACE
💀👽🎸🎶🎵
I wanna visit the desert! Theres so much cool stuff I'd love to see thanks for sharing your adventures you're one cool chick!
Devils hole area is pretty cool. You can cut through Pahrump to get there or through death valley if you're going through California
Great work as usual Sarah. Thank You.
This is an absolutely well written piece..... kudos to you!!! It's good to see the solid foundation under the sparkle.....
HEY GOOD LOOKIN, GREAT VIDEO AND STORY. THANKS FOR SHARING
This was an awesome video Hussy! great job telling the story.
I love you, you've shown these places in past videos, i like the way you brought them together.
You mentioned the family going to either LA, Las Vegas or Shoshone NV. For supplies. Trona Calif at the time was less than 25 miles from Ballarat and had 2 grocery stories multiple restaurants, gas stations. We would see them all the time in Trona and Ridgecrest.
It was a fascinating time. My Neighbors at the time were in 4x4 / CB club we went to the Barker Ranch 1 month after the arrest. They had a school bus that had been drove up there the back way, they had taken all the seats out of it, painted the windows black and used Florissant paint to draw flowers and what not on the in side with mattress on the floor. It was a strange Sean. I still have beads that I found there.
You never disappoint. Thank you.
Thank u so much for sharing beautiful things.
Great job narrating this story.
The Power Wagon Tex took off in was stuck in the salt flats for years, until someone pulled it out to restore it, but he never finished it before he passed. It was the orange one. The one in Ballarat is Bobby's.
The Jones family lived in Ballarat at the time When tex drove the power wagon into the salt marsh one of the young boys of the Joneses went down to go see the commotion. Long story short the family had the truck accidentally scraped back in the 90s I believe. That power wagon is close enough to the original.
Great video. You tell the story great! Keep it up!!
Hey WH, you are getting closer and closer to 100,000.You were right to point out that the family is not totally gone. Squeaky, for instance, lives in upper state New York. Quick story. In 1977 a friend lived in Box Canyon off a dirt road. One evening we were having a couple of beers and he told me how the only other people on the road were some ex-Manson family members. A few minutes later five to ten (long time ago, it seemed like a lot) blew past us headed towards that house. My friend and I decided it was a good time to leave and we drove out. Not a fascinating story; but, it was when I found out that not all of the family had been jailed. I don't remember the ladies name; but, one of the Manson family tried to hijack a plane to Hawaii, I believe, in order to get Manson released.
Great video! I really enjoyed it! You did an excellent job telling the Manson Family story.
I just have to say (what a lot of others have already stated) This is you're best ever, well researched! Thank you
You are a good story-teller. I don't comment much but I just want to say three things. 1. Thank you. 2. I almost met him/them twice [2nd time saw him looking at me] and 3. I have inherited a SUV built by Toyota and will go camping in it SO NUMBER FOUR thanks for that too :-)
I lived out in the Mojave Desert for 35 years boy I tell you I've seen some stuff buildings and all kinds of things I remember when the tortoises were really big that desert can be really scary but at the same time it's beautiful
Top notch video storytelling Sarah, I liked the narrative in this one, by far it has been your best. You almost sounded like one of those docudramas, so popular on television.
Remember it like it was yesterday!
great story have you ever looked into the Scientology story of missing Shelly Miscavige
As all the other posters have said this was a well researched, interesting video. Thank you. UA-cam must be crazy to think sponsors wouldn't want to fund this work since this is the 50th anniversary of the Manson murders.
No...it wasn't that well researched. She said there was no connection between the locations of the murders when there are. She got a lot of her info skewed.
Excellent work !!! This is a fascinating story indeed !!!
RockOn! Great video WH!
Thank you. You make great videos. Just subscribed.
Great history lesson. Thanks. Loved this video your getting better and better keep up the brilliant work👍❤️❤️🇬🇧
Never heard this part of the Manson family story ✌️
Another great video! This one is full of fascinating details of the Manson clan's time in the desert. I'd say you have become the go-to expert on all things Death Valley!
My son met and talked to Charles Manson in a prison visiting room when he was young.
Good story! I didn't know a lot of the story of the Manson Family. I knew the drummer of the Beach Boys was a member.
well done!
You are a great story-teller and historian! This is the most interesting video! Best wishes a for another great adventure, young lady!🧧😀👍🌅
Great video, thanks!
I really enjoyed this Sarah,,Great job again...Safe travels,Stay well
Interesting never knew all this history
I have been to barker ranch before they burned it to the ground so sad
Spent the night
JMHO
Hi SJ, excellent, thank you, gg😊
Wonderhussy is a GRRRR-ate storyteller & cute to boot.
WH,You forgot to mention that Paul Watkins became the mayor of a town in the Area.
totally bizarre. very comprehensive. thanks WH! Jim BCC AZ
Good stuff, nice to see the locations
Incredible work! Remember this horrible event, evil incarnate.
Wonderful and informative. Thanks.
Another great vid!
Death Valley has been the backdrop for a whole lot of films, from westerns to sci-fi, to post-apocalyptic, WROL pieces. One I saw quite recently via streaming (The Last Survivors) looked like the crew used some of the exact abandoned, busted down cabins and homes that you have showcased in your Death Valley videos! Were they using your vids as a virtual location scout? Stranger things have happened. Cheers.
wasn't random: Charlie had been passed over by a record producer, he sent his crew to the home that producer had recently moved from...
1okanaganguy if my memory serve,s me right. that record producer was Terry Melcher. who think was Doris Days son.
Wasn't it Gary Malcher, Doris Day's son, who used to live there?
greyeaglem Wikipedia says that Doris Days son,s name was/is Terry Melcher.
@@lilorbielilorbie2496 That's right. Gary Malcher was the name of a guy I went to school with. I think Melcher lived in that house before Sharon Tate.
So, the whole "Helter Skelter" thing was BS. It was nothing but revenge.
LOVED THIS WHOLE THING
According to Diane Lakes book Tex taught her how to drive in that truck
Very informative! Thanks.👍
lil hussy has excellent video making and editing skills !!!!!
Awesome. You should be nominated for a grammy. LOL
Great research! Interesting! Fab makeup BTW.