Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Cancer from Spahn's Ranch?

I remember reading or hearing somewhere about Family members getting cancer from being at Spahn's.  Susan, Como (was he at Spahn's ever?) and Ansom.  I researched my little heart out and can not find anything but this.
It seems that there was a location near Spahn's that leaked hazerdous materials into the ground.  I might be wrong, don't quote me.



http://www.dtsc.ca.gov/SiteCleanup/Santa_Susana_Field_Lab/index.cfm


If any one knows anything else about this, please fill us in.





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15 comments:

  1. LouiseJanuary 4, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    This is a good question, Liz-

    Little Paul (Paul Watkins) passed away in the late 1980's of cancer. Not sure, but I believe it was Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma

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  2. LouiseJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Paul Watkins/Brooks Poston music...
    they sound sort of like early Pink Floyd


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tuQo0ooO30

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  3. LouiseJanuary 4, 2011 at 5:28 PM

    Paul Watkins on Karry King talking about his cancer it was leukemia. (Sitting in for LK is Maureen Regen, who also died of skin cancer) Terry Melcher died of skin cancer, ND the list goes on.


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTnDVZd7EvY
    Coutesy of Back Porch Tapes

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:41 PM

    It was all the horse shit that they liked to sleep, play, and make love in.

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  5. MarcJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Susana_Field_Laboratory

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  6. evilizJanuary 4, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    i knew about Paul. forgot to mention him.

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  7. hippichick40January 4, 2011 at 8:51 PM

    A very intriguing sidebar to the Manson story, for sure.

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  8. beaudersJanuary 5, 2011 at 2:01 AM

    what kind of cancer did como die from? he spent a very small amount of time at Spahn if any. remember he was initially called as a character witness for manson. i think he came into the picture after the fire at Spahn. also atkins family had a history of cancer, i don't know about the history of watkins. i am afraid a lot of people live near these chemically tainted places and am not sure their time at Spahn had anything to do with the cancers these people got.

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  9. Panamint PattyJanuary 5, 2011 at 11:27 PM

    netshThank you Marc for the wikipedia link - read it start to finish. I wonder if the Family was even aware of SSFL while living at Spahn?

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  10. Panamint PattyJanuary 6, 2011 at 6:17 PM

    Weird coincidence - I was just telling my coworker about this place, and it turns out that his Dad used to work there. My coworker would look out to the west as a kid and watch the rockets fire at night. He says that cancer has only been linked to the facility anecdotally as far as he knows.

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 7, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    Did Ansom die from Cancer? Manson said she died from sepsis from a dog bite that she ignored. Maybe he was wrong.

    Como was at Spahn, there's a pic of him laying on Brunner's lap. That's him, right? I'm sure it was at Spahn's.

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  12. evilizJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:44 PM

    some say cancer, some say infected dog bite. never saw the pic you are talking about w/mary and como.

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  13. MattJanuary 8, 2011 at 5:22 AM

    I've got that pic somewhere. I don't think it was Spahn. It was taken long after the trials

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  14. evilizJanuary 8, 2011 at 2:47 PM

    if it is the pic i am thinking about, it is Danny Decarlo laying on Marys lap. i could be wrong.
    i do have a few posts about Como lined up with pic's of him in custody.

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  15. megan leighJuly 3, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    there is a mobile home development not too too far from spahn and pretty much next door to the ssfl in the woolsey canyon area. i tried to convince my parents to help me buy my first home there when i was about 21. my ex-realtor mother said absolutely not because of some off the charts geiger counter readings taken up there. so, apparently there is still a threat of radiation. i believe some of the ground water tested at above allowed levels at some point, but i'm not sure exactly when.

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