tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post2060836576012056021..comments2024-03-19T21:34:44.985-04:00Comments on The Tate-LaBianca Homicide Research Blog: Sunset77 shares his tour of West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. Charles Manson once petitioned the warden of Moundsville (in writing), for a transfer there. (Letter pictured below)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-26321807414058208092013-08-09T13:05:36.068-04:002013-08-09T13:05:36.068-04:00RIP, all the victims of the Manson Family on this ...RIP, all the victims of the Manson Family on this the 44th anniversary of your murders.CarolMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06357698369178272616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-39056099960305685072013-08-08T00:52:05.132-04:002013-08-08T00:52:05.132-04:00I wonder how many many of "The Wild, Wonderfu...I wonder how many many of "The Wild, Wonderful Whites" did time there......Doc Sierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15092659205764422809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-46196244831900052982013-08-07T19:52:45.374-04:002013-08-07T19:52:45.374-04:00Thanx for fixing the errors, I don't really ca...Thanx for fixing the errors, I don't really care who gets the blame for it, just as long as it isn't me. <br /><br />Venus asked about that deer in the second pic. I'm pretty sure it was a "fake" deer of some type. It never moved, I think it was there when I got there, and still there after the tour. I never walked over and looked at it, I didn't have time. I was actually in the parking lot of the Mound Archeological Museum, I wanted to look at the mounds, but I didn't have time. <br /><br />Katie asked if that was still an operational prison, I can tell you this, if it was, I sure as hell wouldn't have been anywhere near it. sunset77https://www.blogger.com/profile/04041729222425015567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-38708909443598012062013-08-07T18:34:21.619-04:002013-08-07T18:34:21.619-04:00In the 2nd pic, is that an animal by the fence? M...In the 2nd pic, is that an animal by the fence? Maybe a deer?Venushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510083489728391657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-29448201288652078132013-08-07T18:33:14.372-04:002013-08-07T18:33:14.372-04:00What a horrible place! Of course, in those days, ...What a horrible place! Of course, in those days, prisons were for punishment, not to lollygag around so I guess it's understandable. But, still....!!Venushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510083489728391657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-85685024839288481142013-08-07T17:49:08.352-04:002013-08-07T17:49:08.352-04:00My bad.
Although, Katie is supposed to proof-read...My bad.<br /><br />Although, Katie is supposed to proof-read new threads for errors... so, her bad too! LOL<br /><br />(That's my story, and I'm sitckin' to it). LOLLynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-69650242794658734102013-08-07T17:42:47.591-04:002013-08-07T17:42:47.591-04:00Sorry Sunset.
I updated the thread, and removed th...Sorry Sunset.<br />I updated the thread, and removed those errors.LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-81299029167508769852013-08-07T14:22:25.650-04:002013-08-07T14:22:25.650-04:00Thanx for the post, I hate to say anything, but I ...Thanx for the post, I hate to say anything, but I noticed a couple of possible editing errors. The caption of one pic is posted twice, and my user name is "sunset 77" with a "T". No problems though, I make mistakes also.<br /><br />Also, I agree Lynyrd, Charles Manson may have wanted to be closer to his childhood home, but Moundsville would have probably been far worse for him, no matter where he was at. Manson requested transfer there in 1983, there was a riot there new years day, 1986. There is vid on YouTube where a former inmate says that one of the inmates killed in that riot was murdered by cooking him in a pot of beans. He said they put him in a large pot, other inmates stood on the lid, and they cooked him till the "meat came off". I don't know if that story is true however, 3 inmates were killed in the riot, 2 were supposedly stabbed, the cause of death of the third is kind of sketchy. <br /><br />When inmates at the prison died and their bodies weren't claimed, they were sent to "White Gate Cemetery" It's 4 miles up the road, the warden's wife in the 1950's put up the "white gate". The prisoners didn't get headstones, instead "license plates". A pic <a href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1226/842483091_5b22f440ed.jpg" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />There were several parts of the prison I didn't take pix, I'm not much a photographer. In the cafeteria there was a "V" shaped window at the back, it had 2 gun ports but they couldn't make a complete "crossfire", plus there were obstructions. Our guide said there was "gas canisters" in the ceiling. He said that gas would make "snot come out of places that snot wasn't supposed to come out".<br /><br />Yes, the motorcycle is a 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100. It wasn't really suited for a long ride, but when I got to the curvy WV roads between Waynesburg PA, and Moundsville, I was glad I had it. The paint is "Baltimore Orioles" orange. (at least to us). sunset77https://www.blogger.com/profile/04041729222425015567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-51381312442869808602013-08-07T13:43:14.057-04:002013-08-07T13:43:14.057-04:00Sorry, this is off subject but I don't know ho...Sorry, this is off subject but I don't know how to start a new thread. <br />Anyone know where Jay got that black Porsche and did he ever own a black mint condition 1939 Pontiac ?jimmy Conwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05077609106287645708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-85896386959262083452013-08-07T12:14:34.233-04:002013-08-07T12:14:34.233-04:00I love that freakin' motorcycle.
Is that a Tr...I love that freakin' motorcycle.<br /><br />Is that a Triumph?<br /><br />GREAT color scheme... white with HD orange.LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-83397468702009491942013-08-07T12:12:23.257-04:002013-08-07T12:12:23.257-04:00Oops. Thanks Lynyrd, I was skimming too fast I gu...Oops. Thanks Lynyrd, I was skimming too fast I guess....katie8753https://www.blogger.com/profile/00353364961453501063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-13026662144899548302013-08-07T12:04:12.693-04:002013-08-07T12:04:12.693-04:00Katie asked:
Is this still a working prison?
The ...Katie asked:<br /><i>Is this still a working prison?</i><br /><br />The answer...<br /><br />Sunset said:<br /><i>"our guide said it was closed by Federal order in 1995 because of the deplorable living conditions. (3 men in 5 x 7 cells in 115 degree heat with insects, rats, raw sewage leaking from the pipes, etc.)"</i>LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-38144241177830154972013-08-07T11:55:00.638-04:002013-08-07T11:55:00.638-04:00Wow, thanks Sunset!
Is this still a working priso...Wow, thanks Sunset!<br /><br />Is this still a working prison? Maybe you mentioned that and I missed it.<br /><br />Why would Charlie want to go there? Sounds pretty rough!<br /><br />I think West Virginia is a pretty rough place anyway. That's where "Wrong Turn" took place. LOL.katie8753https://www.blogger.com/profile/00353364961453501063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-86642737286863674652013-08-07T11:35:19.470-04:002013-08-07T11:35:19.470-04:00I love the title, that Sunset chose for this threa...I love the title, that Sunset chose for this thread.<br /><br />"Wild, Wonderful, West Virginia<br />Almost Heaven"<br /><br />What a perfectly sarcastic description of the place.LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-86146024186350067152013-08-07T11:31:21.689-04:002013-08-07T11:31:21.689-04:00Manson should count his blessings, that his transf...Manson should count his blessings, that his transfer request was denied.<br /><br />West Virginia Penitentiary appears to have been an accurate representation of hell on earth.<br /><br />I wonder if Manson really knew, what he was in for (at that place)?<br />I doubt it.LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6001083595175224919.post-25193703075722733352013-08-07T10:49:33.821-04:002013-08-07T10:49:33.821-04:00Thanks Sunset!
Awesome Tour and Narration!
I feel ...Thanks Sunset!<br />Awesome Tour and Narration!<br />I feel like I just visited the prison, myself!<br />That's what it's all about Brother!<br /><br />You ROCK!LynyrdSkynyrdBandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14729740027224198169noreply@blogger.com