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Friday, October 25, 2002
MASS MURDERER CONNECTED TO BEATLES
August 26, 1969 -- It was revealed today that followers of Tate-Lo Bianco killer Charlie Manson wrote "Helter Skelter" on the walls of the Tate house during their murderous rampage. "Helter Skelter" is the name of a song by the popular rock group The Beatles. Manson and his accomplices also possessed Beatles albums, authorities said, and had been known to listen to them "at high volume," according to eyewitnesses.
"I'm sure it's just a coincidence," said law professor Glenn Reynolds, directing reporters to notice the sarcasm in his voice. "Beatles apologists are now telling us that Manson is a lone nut. But if he'd been a Lawrence Welk fan, the liberal media would have been all over it, calling it 'square rage.'"
"It doesn't matter whether Manson was formally connected to the Beatles or not," said journalist Andrew Sullivan. "But these killings are clearly Beatles-related. I was frightened by the music of the Beatles before, but now I'm literally nauseated by fear. The time has come to bomb Liverpool. Thank God President Nixon, the greatest orator since Demosthenes, gets it."
"I better not catch anyone playing Beatles music for my infant daughter," said suburban Dad James Lileks.