Vintage issue of Crime Detective with a cover story on the Sharon Tate murders by the Manson family.
Please note that the staple binding is misaligned.
Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
Original postcard from the Cecil Hotel.
In the 1980s, the hotel was the temporary residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez, nicknamed the "Night Stalker". Ramirez was a regular presence in the Skid Row area. According to a hotel clerk who had known him, Ramirez stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. According to KPCC, he reportedly committed fourteen murders while resident there. Another serial killer, Austrian Jack Unterweger, stayed at the Cecil in 1991, possibly because he sought to copy Ramirez's crimes. While there, he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes, crimes he was convicted of in Austria. The hotel is also known for other high profile murders and suicides.
Vintage salt and pepper shakers from the Cecil Hotel.
In the 1980s, the hotel was the temporary residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez, nicknamed the "Night Stalker". Ramirez was a regular presence in the Skid Row area. According to a hotel clerk who had known him, Ramirez stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. According to KPCC, he reportedly committed fourteen murders while resident there. Another serial killer, Austrian Jack Unterweger, stayed at the Cecil in 1991, possibly because he sought to copy Ramirez's crimes. While there, he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes, crimes he was convicted of in Austria. The hotel is also known for other high profile murders and suicides.
This is a coverless copy of Rage by Richard Bachman (Stephen King). This copy of the book was removed from a damaged copy of “The Bachman Books”.
Rage (written as Getting It On) is a psychological thriller novel by American writer Stephen King, the first he published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1977 and was collected in the 1985 hardcover omnibus The Bachman Books. The novel describes a school shooting, and has been associated with several real-life high school shooting incidents in the 1980s and 1990s. In response, King allowed the novel to fall out of print. In 2013, in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, King published the anti-firearms violence essay Guns.
Handwritten list of jokes written by Richard Ramirez.
Ricardo Leyva Muñoz Ramirez, better known as Richard Ramirez, was an American serial killer whose killing spree occurred in Greater Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in the state of California. From April 1984 to August 1985, Ramirez murdered at least fourteen people during various break-ins, with his crimes usually taking place in the afternoon, leading to him being dubbed the Night Stalker, the Walk-In Killer, and the Valley Intruder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1989 and died while awaiting execution in 2013.
Handwritten postcard from Tex Watson.
Charles Denton "Tex" Watson is an American mass murderer who was a central member of the "Manson Family" led by Charles Manson. Watson is often described as the tactical ringleader of the Tate-LaBianca murders on August 9–10, 1969, when Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles. The next night, Watson traveled to Los Feliz, Los Angeles, and participated in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Watson was convicted of murder in 1971 and sentenced to death. As a result of a 1972 California Supreme Court decision on the constitutionality in the state of the death penalty, he avoided execution but has remained incarcerated ever since. Watson has been denied parole 18 times since he became eligible for parole in 1976 after his death sentence was commuted.
Handwritten letter and envelope from Manson girl Lynette Fromme.
Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme is an American woman who was a member of the Manson Family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Though not involved in the Tate–LaBianca murders for which the Manson family is best known, she attempted to assassinate President Gerald Ford in 1975. For that crime, she was sentenced to life in prison. She was paroled from prison on August 14, 2009, after serving approximately 34 years. She published a book about her life in 2018.
Vintage ashtray from the Cecil Hotel.
In the 1980s, the hotel was the temporary residence of serial killer Richard Ramirez, nicknamed the "Night Stalker". Ramirez was a regular presence in the Skid Row area. According to a hotel clerk who had known him, Ramirez stayed at the Cecil for a few weeks. According to KPCC, he reportedly committed fourteen murders while resident there. Another serial killer, Austrian Jack Unterweger, stayed at the Cecil in 1991, possibly because he sought to copy Ramirez's crimes. While there, he strangled and killed at least three prostitutes, crimes he was convicted of in Austria. The hotel is also known for other high profile murders and suicides.
The man who solved the infamous Zodiac murders now plunges readers into the mind and murders of Ted Kaczynski, accused as the notorious "Unabomber, " presenting some startling evidence that may prove Kaczynski innocent of some of the bombings. of photos. maps & illustrations.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
Tells the gruesome story of Robert Berdella, a sadistic serial killer who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and dismembered six young men over the course of four years during the late 1980s, earning him the title "The Butcher of Kansas City, Missouri."
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The eruption, which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5, was the first to occur in the contiguous United States since the much smaller 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California. It has often been considered the most disastrous volcanic eruption in U.S. history.
Robert Christian Boes Hansen[2] (February 15, 1939 – August 21, 2014), also known as the Butcher Baker, was an American serial killer active in Anchorage, Alaska, between 1971 and 1983, abducting, raping and murdering at least seventeen women. Many of his victims were released by Hansen into the wilderness and hunted with a Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle and hunting knives. Hansen was captured in 1983 and sentenced to 461 years' imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He died in 2014 of natural causes at age 75.
This documents came from the archives of the Seventh-day Adventists, which were stored on the grounds of the Branch Davidians during the Waco siege.
In 1935, Victor Houteff formed his own offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists. The General Association of Davidian Seventh-day Adventists - residing in Waco, Texas - would later go on to be ran by Benjamin Roden, and later David Koresh. Koresh would further divide the group to be ran under the name the Branch Davidians.
The Branch Davidians would go on to gain notoriety from the 1993 Waco siege, where the standoff with federal authorities would lead to many deaths on both side - and the subsequent burning of the Davidian compound.
America may have had its fill of psychos for the last forty years, but no serial killer has inspired so many books and films (Pyscho, The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre) as Wisconsin's cannibalistic handyman murderer, Ed Gein. None of them has been used as the ultimate ogre in countless children's stories and off-color jokes, and none of them has been found guilty of as many unspeakable atrocities as Ed Gein.
Ed Gein--Psycho! is his story. This is his legend.
From February 1988 until his capture nearly two years later, convicted child killer Shawcross terrorized the city of Rochester, New York, with his spree of savage slaughter. The gruesome details of his crimes shocked the court, but paled before the facts about his abused early childhood and his tour of duty in Vietnam where he first tasted human flesh.
News of the World is Scotland's number one paper for true crime. Their Serial Killers mediabook collection spans 25 different cases from Ed Kemper to Jack the Ripper. Each set includes a documentary DVD, and full color booklet on the profiled killer.
One of the biggest mysteries of Pike Place market is the ‘Heaven’s Gate’ tile. During a few fundraising efforts throughout the years, starting in 1985, the public has been given the chance to purchase an engraved tile with their name or a message. Sitting close to an engagement proposal is the mysterious Heaven’s Gate tile, dated 6 - 8- 85.
For years this tile has been a mystery to tourists. Of course the most famous group with this name was the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult, whom do have some connections in their past to Seattle. People have put these pieces together, while missing a vital piece of information. Heaven’s Gate didn’t adopt this name until the late 90’s. The Class, The Two, The UFO Two, and a few other titles had been floating around but the infamous moniker was not considered or used in 1985.
The year is notable to the group as dating the passing of co-founder Bonnie Lou Nettles, however 6 - 19 rather than 6 - 8 was the month and date. Furthermore this death did not mean the end of the class and dedicating a tile her under this name would have been unusual. If you are familiar with their beliefs you may also realize that someone passing away was not considered an actual death, but rather this person exiting their ‘vehicle’ in order to enter ‘The Evolutionary Level Above Human.’
So what does this all tell us? Not much! The tile is probably not related to Heaven’s Gate in any way, however the true donator has not been identified after all these years.
As a final note, we have collected a small handful of rubbings of this tile - and have them available for purchase. Just know they are commemorating a mysterious group, not the cult itself.
(Please note, this listing is for one rubbing, and there may be slight variances in which rubbing you receive)