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>>> CHARLES MANSON, YOU KNOW HIS
NAME.
YOU KNOW HIS INFAMOUS MURDERS.
HIS CULT FOLLOWING.
HIS PREDICTION OF HELTER-SKELTER
AND APOCALYPTIC RACE WAR, BUT
WHAT YOU PROBABLY DON'T KNOW IS
THAT ONE OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS
MEN IN THE WORLD HAS A
GIRLFRIEND.
AND HERE SHE IS, 25-YEAR-OLD
STAR.
THESE PICTURES POSTED TO FAN
WEBSITE, MANSONDIRECT.COM.
THAT NAME, BY THE WAY, STAR,
MANSON THOUGHT THAT UP HIMSELF.
SHE HAS BEEN SEEING MANSON, NOW
79, EVER SINCE SHE WAS 19.
THE NEWS TODAY, SHE SAYS THEY
PLAN TO MARRY.
CNN'S TED ROWLANDS TALKED TO HER
A WHILE BACK AND ASKED HER WHY.
>> WELL, BECAUSE I LOVE HIM.
AND SOMEHOW, I'VE GOT HALF A
BRAIN THAT I CAN SEE THAT HE IS
THE ONE THAT KNOWS WHAT'S GOING
ON.
HE'S THE ONE THAT -- AND THE
TRUTH, WHENEVER NOBODY ELSE IS.
>> WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIM COMPARED
TO OTHER PEOPLE YOU HAVE MET IN
YOUR LIFETIME THAT MAKES HIM SO
UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT?
>> CHARLIE ALWAYS TELLS THE
TRUTH, NO MATTER WHAT.
>> CHARLIE, SHE SAYS.
TED ROWLANDS, I WAS LOOKING
CLOSELY TO SEE IF SHE HAD THE X
CARVED IN HER FOREHEAD, BECAUSE
SHE HAS SINCE DONE THAT FOR HER
LOVE.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT HER AND WHY
SHE WANT TO DO THIS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, SHE'S A
UNIQUE YOUNG LADY, THAT'S FOR
SURE, BROOKE.
I MET HER WHEN SHE WAS 21 OUT IN
COKE
CORCORAN.
SHE MOVES FROM THE MIDWEST TO BE
CLOSER TO CHARLIE.
SHE SAID SHE WAS ATTRACTED TO
CHARLIE BECAUSE SHE WAS
ATTRACTED TO HIS READINGS AND
WRITINGS ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T REALLY
REALIZE THIS GUY HAD BEEN
AKUDZED OF ALL THE CRIMES.
>> SHE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT?
>> SHE SAID IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE
ENVIRONMENT.
SHE PICKED ON IT QUICKLY, AND IT
DIDN'T DISSUADE HER.
HERE'S WHAT SHE SAYS ABOUT
CHARLIE AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND
HER ATTRACTION TO BOTH.
>> CHARLIE IS ALL ABOUT ATWA,
AIR, TREES, WATER, ANIMALS, AND
HE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR
OVER 40 YEARS.
AND NONE OF THE TV SHOWS HAVE
EVER PICKED THAT UP.
I DON'T KNOW WHY.
>> NOW, ONE THING, BROOKE, FOR
SURE IS SHE'S NOT DOING THIS
NECESSARILY FOR THE ATTENTION.
I MEAN, SHE REALLY LOVES CHARLIE
MANSON.
BOTTOM LINE, HAVING MET HER, I
CAN SAY THAT, UNEQUIVOCALLY, IT
IS WHAT IT IS.
>> OKAY.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP MY
THOUGHTS RIGHT IN HERE AND ASK
YOU THIS.
HOW MUCH TIME DO THEY ACTUALLY
HAVE ONE-ON-ONE WHEN SHE VISITS
HIM IN PRISON?
>> YEAH, HE'S AT CORCORAN, A
MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON IN
CALIFORNIA.