Monday, December 30, 2024

The Spiral Staircase

 

14 comments:

gina said...

Who is the woman ?

brownrice said...

Thanks for sharing, Matt. In the interest of accuracy though, it should probably be noted that there's no actual proof that Jean Brayton was the same redhead that owned the Spiral Staircase. It's an interesting (and believable enough) theory... and we've all contemplated and discussed it over the years but (unless Ms Allegro Lansing has made some kinda major undisclosed discovery) there's no real evidence that it's true.

Isn't this the same person that confused Roger Smith and David Smith in her book?

orwhut said...

A spiral staircase seems like a good idea, until you need to get a couch upstairs.

brownrice said...

:-)

orwhut said...

Gina,
If you look at the link below you can see some of Alegra Lansings work. I think she's either contributed to or commented on this forum. https://m.youtube.com/c/HAllegraLansing

Suze said...

I suspect that MansonBlog will need to do an in-depth study and debunk some bunk.

Dr. Scorpicus said...

Greetings- I am currently working on a book that tangentially includes the Manson murders. I’m not sure where to post this but perhaps someone could explain to me why Polanski was not considered a prime suspect In possibly arranging the hit with the Manson family via a 3rd party (bikers, drug dealers etc).

The pair was known to run with a shady and dangerous crowd. Polanski has a lifelong interest in the occult and the dark arts and by most accounts, a questionable moral code.

Even though he was out of the country, the spouse of a murder victim is usually considered the prime suspect, according to police standard procedure. Any insights would be greatly appreciated 👍

starviego said...

He was a suspect initially, but passed a lie detector test, and was cleared.

Dr. Scorpicus said...

Do you have a source for that?

Medium Patty said...
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Medium Patty said...

Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry, 1974. Paperback edition with 1994 afterword. Pages 92-97.
Is this publishing? Blogger hates me today

Dr. Scorpicus said...

I appreciate the responses but don’t people here question the veracity of Bulgiosi’s ‘Helter Skelter’ theory and the quality of his character?

Tom O’Neil (author of Chaos) certainly paints an unsavory picture of Bugliosi according his personal interactions with him and the multiple personal scandals outlined in his book.

Also, it is known that certain psychopathic individuals can beat lie detectors, which is one of the reasons they are not admissible in court.

I am not necessarily convinced Polanski was involved via arranging a hit, but by many accounts of people who knew Tate, their marriage was in shambles with a longtime pattern of emotional and even physical abuse. Surely the cops got wind of this in their interviews which should have heightened their suspicions.

DebS said...

A transcript of the lie detector test Polanski took after his wife's murder is here- https://www.charlesmansonfamily.com/post/roman-polanski-transcript-with-audio-polygraph-test-lapd

Dr. Scorpicus said...

Thanks Deb - I will check that out. 👍