My Life After Charles Manson | Op-Docs | The New York Times

Forty-five years ago, Patricia Krenwinkel killed for Charles Manson. Now she provides an emotional account of her life from prison.
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[@gloriabrooks9239]

I've always told my children that hanging with the wrong person or making a bad decision can cost you either you're life or freedom this is a perfect example of what I've always told them.

[@mycharmedunicorn8715]

Yep, and God forgives your past but man does not.

[@pinklady7184]

Keep telling kids that always. Keep reminding them that true friends are *SCARCE,* whereas wrong people are only *USERS* and they don't care about their friends closest to them. When they commit serious crimes and get into trouble with the law, they can always pass the rap onto your children and let them take the blame. That is why they always have naive friends as losers ones who take the fall for them.

[@tatyanamelnikoff9578]

@@mycharmedunicorn8715 i can't tell if she forgives herself.

[@jexikavindictive]

This is so far beyond hanging with the wrong crowd or making a wrong decision. She slaughtered people. And then played in their blood. There were numerous places she could have stopped and turned around. That's what kids need to be taught. How to notice when the train is coming off the rails and needs to be jumped from.

[@Denisenoe]

"Tell me who your friends are and I'll tell you who you are."

[@sotosioannou6979]

She basically wasted her whole life for nothing

[@jamesb.9155]

..and the good lives their victims were living too.

[@jamesb.9155]

Time to let 'em out though!

[@denisenoe7927]

@Helen&Nugent Spillman She didn't just decide to murder. She was told to do so and fell into line. She obeyed grotesque orders.

[@ellemontgomery1037]

She will die in person. Too bad every family doesn’t get this type of justice. Many people don’t serve 45 years for killing two people.

[@sammyjo2852]

@@jamesb.9155 Not a popular opinion but I totally agree. She’s remorseful, she’s a threat to no one, and has paid with her youth and vitality.

[@joanmancini4836]

Quoting Sharon Tate's mother: "Will they rise from their graves when you get paroled?

[@claudeperkins4412]

Good point!!

[@claudeperkins4412]

Good point

[@MrsKastell]

Will they if you do not get paroled? The families have the right to be sentimental. The rest of us must be just and fair.

[@popanz25]

Doris Tate once asked Tex Watson, when will my daughter be up for parole? It was over for the Manson family at that moment.

[@kidofflint8812]

Kylie Richardson what is wrong with you

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

There is an old saying... "You are who your friends are..." Be careful who you hang around with.

[@alexamenezes7933]

I have no friends, what am I?

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

@@alexamenezes7933 Lonely.

[@alexamenezes7933]

@@rvpstudioscanada3991 WRONG! I'm just a normal person

[@rvpstudioscanada3991]

@@alexamenezes7933 It's normal to be lonely.

[@justinium77]

That's not the saying, you've completely made that up. The actual saying is "Friends of a feather, flock together".

[@selmalover]

I honestly believe she's truly sorry, remorseful and horrified at what she did. However, this doesn't mean she should be let out.

[@tomdavie]

selmalover She went on and on about her life ...................and not once did she give one iota of thought to the people she killed or the families she destroyed. She seemed hell bent on making sure the listener knew she had completely changed but in my opinion she acts just as self serving as ever. Its sad when we refuse to take responsibility for our actions.

[@AnnaLee33]

Tom Davie well, her life after Manson is the topic, and she's got only 9 min. She also said how she's confronted with her deeds everyday...I believe that she is truly sorry.

[@frankvegas1085]

Tom Davie You haven't seen the whole film. Only the trailer...

[@kellireynolds4354]

I agree with you totally

[@sohooded]

AnnaLee33 I believe she is truly repentant..but the crime was horrific and they all did receive the death penalty. The victims and their families will get no parole from the horror.

[@taiwannin1895]

During a 2004 parole hearing, when asked who she would place at the top of the list of people she has harmed, Patricia Krenwinkel responded, "Myself." She was denied parole following that hearing because, according to the panel, Krenwinkel still posed an "unacceptable risk to public safety".

[@renatawarec]

maosusan glad she's gonna die there

[@catpeach326]

What a Narcissist.

[@poppergurl]

Herself!?

[@komfykoala6083]

Atkins and Manson died while in prison. I doubt the others will ever be freed.

[@lisaprince5767]

No...they already decided they werent going to grant her parole. Why would she manufacture a mile long list of people to say SORRY to get released? The victims and most of their family members are dead the question was an obvious trickbag. They never intended to release her. Her answer WAS taking responsibility. Her stating that SHE was the person she did the most damage to is all too true. She not only destroyed Sharon tates chance to live to her potential but the moment patricia did this her own future was gone. Reality check here people...whats your REAL issue here? You need to really get honest here because your issues seem to be more with the person you see in front of you than the person she was 50 years ago. Thats what IM hearing in your comments. You even admit you really do think she turned her life around. I think its an issue of PRIDE. You already saw that in 1969 she was a heartless bloodthirsty robot. So....you could tell yourself..IM NOT LIKE THAT. I COULD NEVER DO THAT. IM NO MONSTER..and give it no thought. However the patricia you see in front of you here is an actual HUMAN BEING. When she talks about everything in her life after meeting Charles manson leading to that night in 8/9/1969 shes no longer somebody making you feel you can puff your chest out like a pouter pigeon IM BETTER THAN YOU. You realize that 1. This could have been YOU 2. Our own righteousness is like filthy rags becore Him...and most of us have SERIOUS SERIOUS issues with this...and our way is never in ourselves. Im sure your first response to what im saying here....SHE SOUNDS CRAZY. And i have no doubt itll make your inner man swell up and hiss like Simba defending his pride. In other words its going to make you ANGRY. The TRUTH has a way of doing that.

[@santbr]

It takes a special kind of sick and evil to stab to death an 8 month pregnant innocent stranger

[@spidercaln7893]

Susan Atkins and Tex Watson (other members of the manson family) stabbed Sharon Tate. She killed Abigail Folger and assisted in the murder of Rosemary LaBianca. Brutal, brutal murders though.

[@denisenoe7927]

@@spidercaln7893 She also mutilated Leno Labianca's corpse and wrote in his blood. She was not a reluctant participant.

[@spidercaln7893]

@@denisenoe7927 yea. I can't see how they could do that to innocent people like that.

[@denisenoe7927]

@@spidercaln7893 She wanted Manson's love and the approval of her friends. So she went along with their wishes -- causing agony and horror.

[@paulupton9390]

The thick fug of hallucinogenic drug taking clouded the judgement of a lot of those "bright eyed, bushy tailed", impressionable kids, coupled with the little man Manson's rambling technique of gradually deconstructing then reconstructing their minds and body's into potential, then actual killing machines! Cracks me up to think some commentators on this subject speculate that the "little man" was a CIA asset! Of what purpose would he of served to this organisation??

[@ttestates1]

I was the same way, my father couldn't stand me I never felt loved, but I didn't murder anybody because of it

[@westaussie965]

The Heavenly Father does and that’s all that matters! Cute dog btw🥰

[@denisenoemyschizotypaldiso3755]

The fact is that this case IS special. Pat Krenwinkel never decided to go out and commit murder. When those close to her decided to murder, she fell in with it rather than objecting or Just Saying No.

[@zesty2023]

you never ended up around Charles Manson either.. just saying.

[@HermanMelendez]

Hi Fred, I hope you're ok, I read "Bad Childhood Good Life" it was very helpful and I've read many self-help books. It's by Dr. Laura Slessenger. It's a short book. Good luck.👍

[@michaelstratton6701]

But most teenagers feel that way, weather they are or not, most teenagers are not emotionally mature and are confused and need direction

[@conniecrawford5231]

Every criminal is “sorry”’after he gets caught. Saying “I’m sorry” for the brutal murder of 7 people doesn’t allow you to walk out of prison!

[@talkingstraightwithnate]

Not every Criminal, Manson never did nor Did Gacey. At least She is sane now. There's lots of factors that went into that. Drugs were a big part of it and he really knew how to manipulate

[@Libertyjack1]

Mind you, when you have a criminal system that profits out of criminality, making it an excuse to provide corporations with slave labor, it's hard to take the high road on the treatment and rehabilitation of criminals.

[@MrCliveBurr]

excellent answer

[@jamesb.9155]

The question is: What would YOU do if you were in their shoes and were up for your parole hearing!

[@blockerhall2731]

So what ever happened to he and she is always sorry wen they get caught, don’t women like mansons followers commit crimes🤔

[@ammiller3911]

What I heard "I ... Me .... My..." what I didn't hear "My victim's... the lives that were lost..." and most importantly "I'm sorry"

[@SidMajors]

Exactly this. She's just playing the victim card. Pathetic.

[@zarazea]

Exactly

[@amandacollins4477]

@@supersquished i agree ....she is being interviewed about her experience......so you would expect there to be ...me myself & I .....Ppl simplify stuff that is far from it ....They were kids .....filled with every kind of LSD form out there ....then they were stripped of their beliefs.. morals...& anykind of bond & love they had for anyone other than Manson by Manson who was a 33 yr old hardened convict ....He never took the drugs himself ....i cant imagine what watching a re-enactment of the crucifixion out of my brain on LSD let alone ...over & over again ....my brain fried to the point i belive there is no time it has stopped .....you think your an angel ...to the point where you can feel your wings growing out your back ...your asking the prison to cut holes in the back of your dress for your wings to poke through ...& your on trial for murder ....these were kids that didnt stand a chance in the company of manson ...i dont excuse their behaviour but i can see why & how this happened ✌

[@hianni8287]

AM Miller exactly she is still emotionally disconnected to what she did. She talks as someone who has had a lot of therapy and kind of understands but doesn’t truly get the impact of her actions

[@JerjerB]

She's said "I take responsibility for everything"

[@sylvie38344]

She killed poor Abigail Folger and Rosemary LaBianca. She needs to stay in prison.

[@TheSunderingSea]

A man would have been executed for that offense long ago, maybe that's something that should have happened.

[@sylvie38344]

@@TheSunderingSea Neither Tex Watson or Charles Manson got executed.

[@violetbrown2372]

"I never picked up anyone, that someone else hadn't already thrown away."- Charles Manson.

[@MrBilgey]

the typical flawed reason of a psycopath. If the Manson disciples were indeed unwanted by their parents why did Manson turn his disciples into murderous individuals who nobody wants?

[@sammyjo2852]

😢

[@natalee217]

Wow.

[@luinomrkt2111]

Gabbages

When you divide the number of years she has served against the number of victims, it's roughly 6 1/2 years per life. Do you think 46 years is enough for seven deaths? Make that eight deaths. People forget, somehow, Sharon Tate was pregnant when this woman and her co-defendants broke into that house and butchered without hesitation seven people, including an unborn baby that was almost due. No, she needs to stay in prison for life.

[@Kelkel-lg5lh]

@femaleonthecreek She was not there the 1st night of the Tate murders , She was only present for the Leno & Rosemary murders on night 2 . She killed 2 people not 7 . I do think she is remorseful unlike the others and I do believe almost 50 years is justice served . She should be paroled and only her !

[@gerrynightingale9045]

**She only butchered a few...and is so sorry SHE'S IN PRISON FOR LIFE!** (you have the most infantilerationales ever to justify the release of a savage butcher ..."I'm Sorry" is enough for you?)There **IS NO 'JUSTICE' INVOLVED here, only locking-up a murderer who killed because 'she felt like it'and as long she lives represents the threat of more dead! **FINE! LET HER LIVE WITH YOU!** And then we'll see...won't we?

[@Denisenoe]

@@Kelkel-lg5lh You're confusing Patricia Krenwinkel w/Leslie Van Houten.

[@katestarling1703]

@@gerrynightingale9045 She is most likely so institutionalized at this point, that living in the free world would be so hard for her that she would be miserable and not be able to adjust to that life.

[@gerrynightingale9045]

*"How she 'feels' is not the issue...it's a question of "What is she capable of doing?" and the answer is "She is capable of savage murder because she's done it before"* (she's found 'peace & contentment' with 'God?' What if she thinks*"God told me to cut-off that girl's head...and her brother...because she was 'mixed-race' and God doesn't like that!"* )

[@ilove2929]

Just be grateful Pat, u got the roof over ur head and food on the table after all u've done. While many good homeless ppl out there struggling everyday for what u have now

[@MicheleMJJ]

Manson and the killing family members have had a much better life than regular people. They have had food, clothing, a roof over their heads and medical care. Good, honest hardworking people have trouble getting that.

[@sashachitownvillegas6850]

ilove2929 yes indeed

They don't have FREEDOM!

[@bolaoladapo1229]

The grass is always greener. Does she really think her life will be better if she leaves jail.

[@danielleanna9179]

Been homeless and been to prison. I'd rather be homeless.

[@mainlandful]

'Katie also complained that her hand hurt, explaining that when she stabbed, she kept hitting bones, and since the knife didn't have a regular handle, it bruised her hand' - from Bugliosi's book as Linda Kasabian is walking him through the attack. I'm willing to believe people can be remorseful for horrible things they did but reading that and knowing that it's the same person as the one in this video.. there's no reason for her to re-enter society

[@aprilgosa5779]

She was half complaining and half bragging actually about her hand

[@edcrowley3666]

Kasabian was a Congenital Liar

[@PenelopeRoberts9212]

My advice to Krenwinkle: Resign yourself to your punishment for what you did all those years ago. You took a knife, raised it (your own admission), chased Abigail Folger onto the lawn of the Tate house and proceeded to slash and stab her as many times as you were able. Sticking a knife into a human body is as up-close-and-personal as it is as possible to be and you didn't care. You blame your actions on the lack of love and affection in your early life. There are millions of people in this world who don't have parents for whatever reason and never know what that kind of love is like, yet they don't go on to slaughter innocent people in what should have been the security of their home. What you did was hateful, spiteful, vicious and unforgivable. Don't ask for forgiveness where there is none. Nothing you could ever do or say in this life can compensate for the incomprehensible action you took that night. I am vehemently opposed to the death penalty and your experience and that of your fellow killers is a prime example of how to punish by permanently removing your right to freedom and you should expect nothing more from Society. Nothing you say now can undo the actions you chose to chose to take, not just on the one night but on the following day too. You are no longer part of Society and that is how it should be for the remainder of your life. I wish you no harm but wish you nothing at all.

[@grangrampa832]

I agree with what you say except I’m all for the death penalty

[@firefly-fu3ce]

Why dont you write her a letter saying this piece, you have directed this comment towards her. I doubt she will read this.

[@frankiet7911]

@@grangrampa832 Exactly. Too many of these "good" people against DP. Even for unspeakable crimes like this one. Yes, it's more fair let those poor family attend those useless parole hearing and relive over and over again that pain...This is crazy. All those lunatics should have been fried 50 years ago. One of them had 4 children in prison. So respectful to the victims.

[@aprilgosa5779]

I'm for it too but for monsters like her and Atkins and Manson execution is too quick and easy Susan Atkins got what she deserved though she died in a prison hospital bed whereas Sharon Tate and her unborn baby died slow on a cold floor Abigail died in the front yard stabbed 26 times there was so much blood her white nightgown had become Red and then there is Tex Watson who brutally shot an 18 year old kid and bashed Jay and Voytech in the face and they were stabbed by him and shot and Susan Atkins even stabbed Voytech in the legs @@grangrampa832

[@edcrowley3666]

What bollockxz nonsense

[@johngl7009]

These murderers stole the life and dreams of people that were just living their lives. They do not deserve sympathy of any kind and never will and never should be released from prison. Glad to hear they turned their lives around while in prison, but that is no compensation for what they did.

[@mountzod]

Unfortunately, some of them have been released. One of them only lives 3 hours from me in upstate NY.

[@livingshadows6731]

@@mountzod who??

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

@@mountzod - Yes, and she knows where you live, too.

[@sandrawinkler8965]

@@livingshadows6731 Squeaky or Mary Brunner.... Probably both!

[@sandrawinkler8965]

@@mountzod did you know that every year, on August 9th, they have a kind of reunion. Yes, they assemble together, do drugs, chant, and talk about the good old days. Not kidding in the least!

[@user-pg2sv4co1n]

No matter how hard your childhood was, there is NO excuse for murdering people

[@camxdidxthat]

If only it was that simple

[@bobbooty]

She isn't making excuses

[@riverebec1]

@@bobbooty She isn't making excuses? Krenwinkle blames her upbringing and Manson for what she did. What would you call that?

[@bobbooty]

@@riverebec1 If she does, I didn't see that in this video. What did she say that made you think that?

[@Bonzeaux_Bleuxgrene]

I didn't hear a single excuse. Did you just say the first easy thing that came to mind? 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@IslandMarigold]

Despite, I can't see how ANYONE couldn't see how horrendous killing another human being is: especially a pregnant mother! You can blame the influence of others all you want, but in the end, you made the decision.

[@guygrip2120]

That was TEX WATSON NOT HER. BUT THEY WERE FEAR OF CLOSE WORLD BY MANSON. FEAR CONTROL MATRIX. THEY NEVER FEEL BAD FOR THE OTHER VICTOMS. JAY SEABRING NOSE BROKEN FACE TORN STOMP ON. ALL BY FEAR CONTROL MATRIX. NOT TO WORRY. THERE ALL ALIVE IN NEXT WORLD. SOON ALL WILL SEE

[@presidentofnothing]

Island, she never killed a pregnant woman. That was Tex and Susan.

[@brianmacnamara9445]

Be thankful, not arrogant.

[@thatgardeninggirl2864]

@@presidentofnothing but she stabbed Abigail Folger so viciously and so violently that her hand hurt for months afterwards does it matter who they killed or what they done they killed innocent people and at any time any of these women could have started screaming running for help before all this went down

[@grangrampa832]

Yes it was her decision!

[@christycampbell6856]

I’m glad she has examined her heart and soul and I believe she’s truly remorseful but the families that lost loved ones will never ever see them again. Their lives were shattered. She needs to stay where she is.

[@jab4634]

I can't be the judge and neither can anyone else.

[@grangrampa832]

What soul

[@nikkibest5010]

@@jab4634 actually, a real judge did sentence her to life in prison. So your comment makes absolutely no sense.

[@Sinologist-uq7pv]

I think she would agree with you.

[@MG-cd9ek]

Amen! She claims remorse? Putting those women through years of parole hearings cause she wanted out. That's remorse? I hope they carry her out the way they carried out those people and that woman carrying that full to term baby from that house of horrors that she created! Remorse? Fraud!

[@CrashN2Me1000]

The number of years she's been in prison is still less than the number of stab wounds she inflicted upon the victims. To hell with her and her life after Manson. At least she was allowed to keep hers, which is more than you can say for the innocent people she brutally murdered.

[@johnysmartway3528]

+CrashN2Me1000 Free Pat, Charlie, Leslie, Bruce and Bobby.

[@CrashN2Me1000]

+Johny Smartway Trolling ln The Deep.

[@Majewski79]

Agreed.

[@karrenjoylong5505]

CrashN2Me1000 yeah totally understand where you are coming from and please understand I am not sticking up for this woman. ..I get the severity of her dispicable actions but I think we as a society have somewhere blurred the line between punishment and revenge...And I say this with no disrespect to your comment. ..

[@richardharris8626]

+Karren Joy Long I certainly appreciate the civility with which you state your opinion here on KZbin, the home for trolls and hate mongers. While I see where you're coming from in your statement that we have somewhere blurred the lines between punishment and revenge, may I respectfully submit that this is not that "somewhere." Krenwinkle was convicted for seven murders. She has spent 46 years in prison. Doing the math, that is 6.57 years per victim. That simply is not enough time. In this case, it is clear to me that anything less than dying in prison for this individual and her cohorts would be a miscarriage of justice.

[@NiecieB65]

I feel for the victims and their families. They continue to live with the tragic loss of their loved ones. I will remember those victims. I was a child when this tragedy happened. May they all Rest In Peace.

[@shane802]

Denise Borum Thank you Denise!

[@jingocalderon7117]

shane802 are you a family member/friend? I'm sorry for the lose. This is beyond my comprehension!.....& that's fine with me bcuz I would never want to understand people or things like this.

[@rockiemountin7535]

I was an 8 year Old boy when this happened 2 months short of being nine years old, and feeling such fear that people could do such a thing, and the next night Rosemary and her husband were also murdered by the same psychos, we didn’t know it was the mansion family at that time, I have always checked in over the years to see what was going on with these murders, I am now 58 years old and my heart still goes out to the victims Families every time I hear the words helter-skelter or a Beatles song I think of The victims families and how they’re dealing with it they also got a life sentence the victims familys should not have to go to Parole meetings to keep these murderers in prison,they took lives and that means they have given up there own lives, give these families peace of mind by keeping these murders in jail for the rest of their natural life,without parole this can help ease the victims families with peace of mind

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Most of the original family victims are dying

[@lesleybrown1583]

NOBODY RESTS IN PEACE UNLESS THEY ARE BORN-AGAIN ---------READ THE GOSPEL OF JOHN --------REPENT AND BE SAVED!!!!!

[@stink..]

kind of wish we stopped focusing on interviewing killers and listening to their stories, and instead started focusing on the victims’ and their families’ stories.

[@nachogirl35]

arielle jods I think it’s mostly because we want to understand how some people are capable of the evil things they do, and with these interviews we can see what makes them tick, or in their minds why they do the things they do.

[@bababooey6193]

We can learn what not to do in life. I don't think I realized the effect childhood trauma had on human beings until time and time again I listened to stories of serial killers with abusive homes. You can't really learn much from a victims story though. And not many of them like to come forward and talk about it.

[@vhead612]

First time I ever heard from one of these women. It was short and not very focused on her life. It's what she paid and how it came about. She chose her words wisely I'm sure.

[@davidollikkala1572]

Try both...if you want healing. Unfortunately most would rather keep feeling the pain. It is toxic, but addictive.

[@MiamiPush2theLimit]

arielle jods BORING

[@thurst6510]

I remember my parents saying to me, "Yes, we understand everyone did this but, our question is why did you do this?"

[@cherylb5680]

What a wasted life, you only get one chance at it and what she chose to do with her life is plain old pathetic.

[@strawberryseason]

She was only a teenager when this happened. Her brain was not fully formed yet.

[@bhimsenluchooman4046]

@ Cheryl B. I agree. Your decision in life is important. You have only 1 life to live. You can ruin your life now and in eternity. Or you can live right in the sight of God now and rest in peace for eternity.

[@cranberry411]

Totally

[@pn818]

strawberryseason teenagers still know murder is wrong. Kids know murder is wrong. There’s a case to be made that because of their age they were more impressionable, however they still knew what they were doing was bad.

[@boujiebarbie3198]

So many wasted lives here.

[@Swampzoid]

They weren't like zombies killing. They were happily leaping about torturing their victims to death while hissing hate at them. It's hard to get passed that for me. Plus, other Manson woman fled him before they got too involved and these young women too had done drugs and were looking for someone to look up too but they didn't have that element of evil in them that those who chose to stay and do his murders.

[@ritg68]

That's right there are several girls who went there for the drugs and "hippie" lifestyle, but after a few days realized how kooky/violent they were, and fled in fear of their lives!

[@passangsherpa7568]

swampzoid that’s true

[@msslsm4158]

They all loved torching and killing their victums and I remember this. They were all smiling and singing even as they went to trial. They were all just as evil as their leader and all got the death penilty. When the death penilty was reinstated they should have put all of them back on death row and executed them.

[@peggymcpherson5112]

@@msslsm4158 I think I have to agree with you it doesn't matter how long ago it happened they crossed over into death so that's what they should have in return it makes no sense to me I believe in Jesus Christ and the Forgiveness of sins! But crimes like this seems like brute Beast not human being

[@peggymcpherson5112]

@@msslsm4158 yes. talk about why she enjoyed stabbing

[@justamom4581]

Not one word about her victims:((

[@Jamie-js3qw]

not true. She said what she did was abominable and resulted in countless victims.

[@dashadaria1]

They could cut it out in editing

[@josephg6260]

I think this interview mostly supposed to be about her

[@bradenharris8718]

The interview isn't about that though... She's done countless interviews where she does speak about that but this interview wasn't about that.

[@jameswilson1407]

Sociopathic narcissist!

[@alexanderson1193]

she really believes shes the victim

[@richarddixon3639]

She was, and then she became the predator.

[@alexanderson1193]

@@richarddixon3639 victims dont morph into murderers

[@richarddixon3639]

@@alexanderson1193, you better take a criminology course because you are incorrect. You could say that not all or that a large percentage of them don't, but you can't say all because many do.

[@xiqueira]

Yes. Many victims do become the predators. Doesn’t mean it is an excuse but it is an explanation. Study psych and sociology. You’ll find plenty of people who feel victimized turn into predators. She didn’t seem like a victim but she felt unloved.

[@annetteelliott1494]

In a sense she is a victim.....at 19 one can be very vulnerable especially if one has a inferiority complex or come from a dysfunctional childhood of some sort.....BUT its not a reason to murder.......

[@dorothysue1]

It wasn't a situation Pat, it was murder!

[@killyourtelevision999]

+mk.fabrik Zentrum Your comparison is factually and logically inept.

[@killyourtelevision999]

***** So killing to defend one's nation is worse than killing innocent people in their homes to start a phony race war that a psychopath believes is inevitable. Thanks for illuminating me. I'm so glad I have non-Americans like you to explain morality to me.

[@killyourtelevision999]

Does this include when the U.S. intervened in World War II and saved all of Europe from Nazi dictatorship? Fools.

[@denisenoe7927]

The disastrous situation included brutal murders that terrified the entire community. There is a valid point here: 7 people suffered horribly in having their lives snuffed out but there was even more damage as all their loves ones also suffered and the society as a whole was harmed.

[@EyeLean5280]

Yes, this sort of distancing language points to an unwillingness to take real responsibility for what she's done.

[@cathykristensen4440]

I had a horrific childhood, I would never have done the things she did!

[@adamturner1563]

You didnt know charlie.

[@thomasfritz6425]

I have also met abused people but they never killed anyone. Pathetic excuse.

[@flexiblestrategist9922]

@@thomasfritz6425 Yep. Pathetic. These women had such low self esteem.

[@tillmandavid9448]

I hope you heal from it

[@HermanMelendez]

Hi Kathy, I'm sure you're doing just fine 👍, but I would like to suggest a book to anyone who is struggling, it's called Bad Childhood Good Lfe by doctor Laura Schlesinger it really helped me. It's a short book, I've read them all, but this one clicked for some reason.

[@blairfranklin7320]

Now that she's older, she realizes that she was desperate for love and that desperation is what led her to do what she did. She should stay in prison.

[@2catsinpanama93]

I think she is sorry, however it wouldn't be justice for the victims to let her out of prison.

[@Himaryous]

Yes, assessing whether she is remorseful and whether she should get out are two different things. Some people think if you say "I think perp is remorseful" you're also saying you think they should live in Disneyland and get free cake and ice cream. It's possible for a person to be sorry and still have to do time. I'm not sure why so many people don't grasp that.

[@millsix]

I believe Patricia Krenwinkle and Leslie van Houten are genuinely remorseful now. However, participation in such grotesque murders is totally unforgivable. Even if Patricia and Leslie, now in their seventies, were granted parole, how could they possibly begin life anew in civil society? Like Manson, prison is their only true home.

[@BenS-eu4es]

@@millsix Leslie and Pat would be fine on the outside, especially Leslie. She's planned this for a long time, she's got the needed security or support.

[@cozywalrus7175]

She is sorry she got caught

[@geupelboi]

@@HimaryousMost people have to cling to their safe and unrealistic ideas about "good" and "evil". As if...

[@LadyVader33]

David Berkowitz has remorse too. The difference is he recognizes how parole would affect his victims' families. He has thus asked not to be ever let out

[@denisenoe3702]

A reason he waives the right to go before a parole board might be that he knows there is no chance of his being paroled.

[@Azishome]

I resent when the Manson cult is characterized by calling it a family. It was not a family. It was a collection of rebellious, twisted monsters who came together around a mega-monster.

[@floydfletcher4313]

STFU. They were all good people.

[@ravenr.2086]

Floyd fletcher please get a grip, you're all edge and no point.

[@justinium77]

That's a load of rubbish!!

[@denisenoe7927]

It was more a clique or gang.

[@Azishome]

@@floydfletcher4313, good people are dead because of Monster Manson and his trash. You're pathetic. Besides, you're not tough enough to make me shut up.

[@kellyhiggins5289]

You learned choice at the most horrific cost ? "You", had it all along!

[@denisenoe7927]

She followed the group. She let her fellows dictate her choices But she was an adult. She could have refused to follow the crowd.

[@mikeinkc]

Her anger, hatred, lack of empathy, lack of decency, destroyed her life. This is a tale of warning to all. You can have everything you desire, but have nothing of what you need.

[@leannesams3410]

There are some things "I'm sorry" wont fix...

[@kathythomas6600]

You make so much sense. There are just some things and the way they are did, sorry will not fix. I was around 12 yrs old when this happened, I remember the trial was something. They (the girls), laughed, sung, barked like dogs during the trial, would stand up and shout out that the judge or one of the prosecutors was a monkey or some other nonsense. They dug that hole deep.

[@christyt4249]

@@kathythomas6600 The way they behaved at trial, with the victims suffering families right there, is inexcusable. Talk about adding insult to injury. But they sure aren’t laughing anymore though. But you better believe that they are crying more for themselves than anyone else.

[@filmnoirfan1975]

TOO bad the victims aren't allowed the opportunity to talk about their lives.

[@jackwatson3944]

There dead.

[@d.e.w.8676]

Agree

[@doublezero3338]

@@jackwatson3944 yes..THEY'RE dead.

[@jackwatson3944]

@@doublezero3338 It's... Not..

[@janetownley]

You’re all correct: the victims are deceased

[@JxRocs]

Just to clarify to the people, this interview is about HER, not them.

[@karineb5980]

Elle explique, elle a payee.. une autre epoque, ...

[@JosedeJezeus]

@Debbie Scott speak for your self. I CARE

[@JosedeJezeus]

@Debbie Scott these people are your generation. You were obviously traumatized by this incident, and I believe that your trauma is clouding your judgement.

[@sharoneuleenlammersgivenna7986]

She lied about a lot of it, she was paid to keep me from talking. She put the girl to her left get information out of me and the gave it to another girl that Clinton before she was a Clinton put on the witness stand that lied about what happened.

[@sharoneuleenlammersgivenna7986]

She was the woman that raised me. Sharon Dean Mower aka linda kasabian.

[@mimig3819]

I believe all of the Manson followers should remain in prison.

[@seppesai]

Easy to say that you take responsibility while you still blame Manson for "making you do things"...

[@georgexanthopoulos3003]

+seppesai You mean you don't think Manson should be blamed? He totally should. And even Krenwinkel has the right to say that.

[@Tara-id3rk]

Don't forget her sister, her family, her circumstances....blah blah blah. Garbage

[@iamedyson]

@@Tara-id3rk Yes, you are garbage😒

[@Wyatt6661]

@@georgexanthopoulos3003 no he didn’t make her he told her

[@sally4466]

It's so easy to judge others having not walked in their shoes, but god bless

[@mattmccann9609]

STOP blaming Charles and giving your sob story, accept responsibility!

[@preciousue]

Matt Mccann She is taking responsibility and she is telling it has it happened, Charley groomed her. May God bless her because she did repented and is accepting responsibility.

[@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433]

@@preciousue lol, even YOURE blaming Charlie. Women DONT like taking responsibility do they? Thank god we have those equal rights or you guys would pick & choose when you're right & wrong.

[@preciousue]

Peyton Bell Even the media is blaming Charlie so what are you going to do about it, you don’t seem to be playing with a full deck of card.

[@preciousue]

@@onlyplayaseattacoswiththei9433 Before you make a fool of yourself listen to the media at the beginning of the video!!

[@RoseSharon7777]

Most of us had these feelings as kids. We didnt go ruthlessly murder and torture innocent people. Your problems ran deeper than this dear.

[@vincentmaldon7707]

She is way more sincere than Susan Atkins who also gave an interview but all should remain in jail. RIP to the victims and deepest condolences to their families.

[@suzannek3493]

I think there is a lot more to it then we know . The first court case was sensationalized and didn't involve the worst of them all -which was Tex . Patricia was I believe the second most active participant ( after Tex ) in not 1 but 2 nights of mass murder . Tex later said it was him and not Susan who killed Sharon -I tend to believe him as this confession came many many years later . Susan Atkins was the original star witness but I believe she refused to go along with a lot of the concocted story , so they c hose Kasabian instead . I don't know but there is definitely more to the story that has been hidden.

[@TezzyRs]

Waaah my childhood was bad. I don’t care, look at those crime scene pictures. They didn’t care for Sharon Tate and her unborn baby, therefore let her rot and slowly die in prison. She deserves every bit of it

[@bonnieirvin5793]

Right, tons of people have bad childhoods but there comes a time you have to take responsibility for your adult actions

[@louise-yo7kz]

They were sick!!😖😟☹😲

[@justinium77]

That opinion makes you a murderer, and murderers should be locked up!

[@vermilliongecko]

Look up the term 'mitigating factors'. You might learn something.

[@breezeman199]

She chose to kill a bunch of people who never did her any harm at all. Her choice, now live with the consequences. The only lesson to take from her is to choose your friends and associates wisely. Be careful who you befriend and fall in with. Had she been a bit smarter and more careful she would have avoided a con man like Manson and would probably be a grandmother today living in Florida.

[@theresaandrade8261]

"Grandmother living in Florida" lolol...

[@katestarling1703]

Breezeman I disagree with you. Unless you were growing up in the 1960s you cannot possibly know what life was like back then And what she should have done etc. In fact, your response sounds very naive.

[@lisabeam4354]

Your point is well taken... Trust nobody until you truly know them and that can take years! When a person is 19 and hopelessly down and out, unwanted, they can be very gullible as Pat was. Of course there are consequences, and Pat will never be released. SAD

[@lisabeam4354]

PS I was alive in 1969.

[@lisabeam4354]

And gullible

[@christyt4249]

Let us not forget that not very long ago her true self showed at a parole hearing. She was asked who she had harmed the most with these events. Her answer was so telling. She answered with HERSELF! Unbelievable!! And this was decades after the murders. Her answer was not her victims, or their loved ones, or even her own family (and I am sure they have suffered greatly over the years too). Nah, just focused on herself. They have never stopped being focused on themselves and what they want.

[@lotstodo]

Especially Tex Watson. He thinks being born again makes him worthy of release.

[@MG-cd9ek]

Wow! You're right! She did I watched it, Wow great point! Hope she rots in there.

[@edcrowley3666]

Cool Katie

[@renaldcosma7192]

Poor poor Cream-wrinkle ! ... Just remember, that sitting in front of a camera and telling your story is a luxury you took away from your victims .

[@jenniferhopkinson4674]

LOVE YOUR WORD CHOICES MAKING FUN OF HER NAME. GOOD ON YOU. SOME PEOPLE WOULD HAVE WORSE THINGS TO SAY, BUT WE CANNOT SAY THEM HERE. SHE HAS DONE ENOUGH TALKING ABOUT HERSELF HERE. CLASSIC NARCISSISM AT ITS FINEST!!

[@fruuitloupp7574]

Notice that she hardly mentioned the victims. ME ME ME ME...

[@classicsurvivor]

+Fruuit Loupe This is not unedited. She could of talked about the victims but it may of been cut out, then again-maybe not.

[@fruuitloupp7574]

grigsolve Fair point.

[@lisa863uknowme]

U can bet she thinks about them everyday

[@Holiday_Ringo]

Shes been in prison her whole life! Hard not to think about herself. Doesnt mean she is selfish.

[@JBthree24]

Basically the entire thing evolves around the victims

[@grofy7748]

she still doesn't appreciate the gravity of her crime. it's still all about her. it's all "i, me, mine".

[@debbiemiller5912]

Well, it is a documentary about her and she talks about why she did what she did, and that involves talking about who she was and is.

[@alicesalem4898]

“Me”,”I”, “mine”, “myself”, “what I did to myself”….never once … “sorry for what I did”.

[@pinkfreud62]

I still don't understand how someone who was condemned to die before they abolished the death penalty can be eligible for parole. They already got to keep their life so it should be life without parole.

[@MakeupNeverSleeps]

She had "choice" before committing murder. Her childhood tale couldn't be more common. Many people end up feeling relatively worthless around that age, but it doesn't immediately imply joining a cult and stabbing people to death. She really lights up for the camera. So L.A. of her.

[@bjhaynes148]

+No Parking in the Red Zone ... she can never have paid enough for the evil she did... never never

[@michaelsteven1090]

+No Parking in the Red Zone ..Excellent..Her life fell right into the hands of Manson, just like the other girls..It was a tragedy for all invovled..So was Manson's life..She had no idea, no choice..it was just one cause after another....I feel for them.. and the victims..They to were led to their demise by choices and causes and nobody knows why..

[@michaelsteven1090]

+Rachel Haytsidt ...So wrong you are..Maybe you'll figure it out someday little kitty.

[@michaelsteven1090]

No Parking in the Red Zone I read Tex's book..He was so dead inside by that point..Manson was his savior..and the drug use just completely formed him and his evil thoughts via Manson's teaching..but here's the thing: He wouldn't have killed anybody if it wasn't for Manson..I don't believe any of them would have..As far as choices, it started with drug use as a collective (the family) and just sunk them deeper into Charlie's abyss..We don't understand how anybody can be so brutal to any human beings but lets just say to do what Tex did, you have to be one very lost, consciousless, deprived person..I don't believe Tex was evil..Just devoid of any compassion whatsoever..He will never leave prison or should he..His was book was well written and fascinating..

[@Jaisee14]

And yet we have so many in America who are hell bent on making drugs legal. Yes, lets make it legal to alter the mind and that way when the brain dead druggies commit horrific crimes we can all chalk it up to they were *Mentally Insane* so to hold those persons *Accountable and Responsible* for the choices they make can all tossed aside. *SMH*.

[@teresahill9533]

🤔 I killed them, because I wanted to be loved! 🤷

[@canberrawarmuseum8290]

Wow yeah

[@shihtzupuppy823]

Teresa Hill 🙄

[@mummybunny331]

Yep! That's really screwed up !!Did she really think Charlie was going to love her ?For being a slaying maniac ? MMmm ! ? Drugs are powerful things... Yep! I took a lot of them...but ultimately you are still yourself...even on the highest acid trip...If someones having s bad time...ie.On the end of a knife you're wielding ,;You would be acutely aware of it !! and self would kick in to help that human being;animal or sentient being that is suffering..No matter how cool you may want to appear to a guy ...in the hope of some of his 'affection'/Love ! Ultimitely it is your trip...and you will 4go any relaitionship agender to be the True You ...and unfortunately The True Self in this case was /is a complete Monster...However normal she may bow 'appear'...I certainly wouldn't want to cry 4 help wiv her around...This may well make Charlie innocent...and perhaps he was...I would rather he cared/attended me if I was dying...than her...she's a total maniac...!!

[@mummybunny331]

@Julia A Just going by my own experience...When tripping to the max ,I've encountered people having a considerable worse time than me...On several occasions .eg a young girl ready to jump from the 18th floor... another eg.Someone bleeding from the thigh ,in the dark... even a sheep that had its ear bitten off...and each time I was there wiv a compassionate heart,the same compassionate heart I have today..Though I no longer have Lsd for Lunch and Supper...Regards Charlie I'm not Judging him ,I simply said if I was in a precarious situation ,Where I needed the assistance of another human being..I would prefer to be assisted by him than by this 'female follower'...because as unreal as Lsd gets..ie.Fantabulous hallucinations where people aren't even people anymore... I still sustain that If you're in control egnough to carry out an act for someone to choose and like you...Ie..Compete with others in the hope of recieving a bit of love,Then you would also graphically sense the pain ,pleas even the discomfort of another human that was in your personal space...I have taken a lot of Lsd, Pretty decent strong Lsd...and I cant fathom for a moment how such a dispassionate violent act could be carried out against a beautiful Woman ;Unless the knife wielder had a heart set in stone,with an atrocious selfish longing 4 Love ? Beautitful women on acid appear as just that, but heavenly and the flesh of the murderous woman would 9f sensed a total maniacal depravity to carry out this brutal act...'cos no matter where Lsd takes your mind, your physical senses would be hieghtened in the moment...believe me you'ld have to have the senses of a total maniac to keep on stabbing a beautiful young woman...I cant allow 'The drugs made me do it ";on this one...

[@cozywalrus7175]

Incredibly stupid!

[@shannonm.4087]

I am really curious about their behavior at the trials- when did they wake up and figure out what they did was wrong and so evil??

[@ghettospaghetti8722]

Shannon M. Read The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten. It’s a really good description of how therapists deprogrammed the Manson chicks,

[@shannonm.4087]

@@ghettospaghetti8722 thanks!! I didnt know there was a book- will check it out!

[@vermilliongecko]

One of the women said that it took a good two years of imprisonment for the effects of the LSD to wear off, and for their minds to clear of hallucinagenic fog.

[@bumpinthat4ever]

Things that play into this case: -Heavy, heavy, heavy amounts of drugs and alcohol -childhood trauma (maybe) -brainwashing -under development

[@BESTofRenee]

Nameless Person and number one, pure evil.

[@Vichedges]

You forgot "evil".

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

She was also A victim of severe narcissist influence.

[@laurecrp8751]

Nameless Person and lack of confidence And they met a monster I’m too feminist to accept someone else who tells me what to think . 1guy for 20 girls .. i can’t understand

[@Vichedges]

@@laurecrp8751 What does being feminist have to do with thinking for yourself? Feminism is the opposite of thinking for yourself. Modern feminism has more rules and regulations than the military.

[@LoneTinaja]

When should Patricia Krenwinkel be released from prison? When she's stone cold dead.

[@raygordon3728]

Don't let the 45 years fool you, these were some of the most horrific crimes ever committed, easy to say now from your couch "let her go" but in all reality, they should never be released, all should die in prison.

[@idigmusictoo1746]

These crimes don't even compare to proper horrific crimes. Josef Stalin’s forced starvation genocide against the Ukraine from 1932 to 1933. Death Toll between 1.8 to 12 Million. 1.1 million were murdered at Auschwitz During WWII. During the 1400s Gilles De Rais raped, tortured and killed hundreds of little children, mostly boys. In 1977 Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Raped and killed 10 Girls aged 12 to 28. Jeffrey Dahmer murdered and dismembered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. This list could continue forever, crimes like the Tate murders happen around the world everyday but no one cares unless the victims are rich famous and beautiful.

[@beedifrnt]

idig musictoo These assholes are serial killers...like it or not, that's what they are. America doesn't release known serial killers. Never has, never will. Name ONE proven serial killer that has ever been released from prison in America...????

[@ttutt75]

Kenneth McDuff... He was convicted 3 counts of murder and rape. He was sent to death row and was one of 20 former death row inmates paroled in 1989. He was believed to have started killing again within a few days of his release from prison. He killed 8 more women. He was eventually caught and executed on November 17,1998.

[@beedifrnt]

Indeed, McDuff should have been executed the FIRST time, but his three murders before his release is still less than half of the seven murders Krenwinkel was convicted of. If anything, his being released (and then killing eight more people) serves as an example as to WHY we should NEVER release serial killers.

[@nico-cf1wn]

Tina Tuttle

[@craftycriminalistwithms.z3053]

There’s an old saying; “ tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell who you are”.

[@barneyronnie]

I'm nobody, then ...

[@jeffsmith4110]

Can you imagine at that age -- and it happens too often -- throwing your ENTIRE life away? Sad. Not fixable, but sad.

[@aislinnmullin]

Patricia Krenwinkel dragged coffee heiress Abigail Folger from her bedroom to the living room, fought with her, and stabbed her. When Folger tried to escape following the first round of stabbing, Patricia was said to have chased Folger as she ran outside screaming. According to Patricia, she pinned Folger to the ground and further stabbed her; the victim pleaded with her to stop by saying, "Stop, I'm already dead".[2] Katie continued to stab her so brutally that Folger's white nightgown appeared red to police investigators the following day. After stabbing Folger, Krenwinkel went back inside and summoned Watson, who also stabbed Folger. During her trial, Krenwinkel said, "...I stabbed her and I kept stabbing her."[3] When asked how it felt, Krenwinkel replied: "Nothing, I mean, what is there to describe? It was just there, and it was right.

[@soldout9625]

God I hate her even more

[@shimmeringfairydust3275]

Poor Ms. Folger. A horrible, horrible way to die. Patty may feel remorseful now but she needs to be locked up forever for her horrid actions.

[@ohuntermc9321]

Susan dragged her from her bedroom, not Krenwinkel and she did not stab her until she caught her in the garden. When Patricia said all things in court, she was still under the control of Manson, he scripted most of the words of the defendants at that trial!!

[@mikedescoteaux2840]

what difference does it make when she stabbed her? she still did, and she still killed her

[@Charlie-il1mk]

You can't blame it all on Manson you must fully accept and take responsibility for your own part in it until you do that you will not move on

[@dhucke4assembly]

She's not even making any attempts to fake taking responsibility but is putting it all on Manson, trying to come across as vulnerable and a victim.

[@ohuntermc9321]

She was a victim, as well as a perpetrator

[@mrfinch5246]

Paul S or there's another theory they might have lied. Bunch of young people who has never been in jail facing death or life in prisonment. People lie and snitch all the time.

[@maettsook]

the first thing she said was she felt like a coward for allowing herself to get into the situation she got in. That sounds like she is taking responsibility to me

[@BenS-eu4es]

@@tore0203 I know what I heard but my comment still stands.

[@JJAVA-wt6eo]

same thing with my childhood/teen life..... so at 18, I joined the Navy and escaped. no sympathy from me sweetie.

[@justinium77]

Yeah, I don't think she had that option. Let's be realistic about it

[@dpal27]

Kylie Richardson you seem very angry

[@justinium77]

@@dpal27 😂 I did wonder if anyone was going to pick up that

[@justinium77]

@@dpal27 😂 I did wonder if anyone was going to pick up that

[@GirlfromFinland]

So that’s legal killing, that’s the difference.

[@jgrothou]

I think that she is taking responsibility for her part in the carnage. However she’s also acknowledging the role that Manson played in it. She’s also trying to make sense of why she allowed herself to be involved in that. I don’t think she’s dodging any responsibility for the part she played. She does not diminish the horrendous damage that she caused.

[@helena5343]

Exactly! She regained a sense of consciousness, feeling guilty and recognizing what she did but also accepted she truly was a victim of Charlie’s, all without saying she isn’t guilty

[@kari8187]

She’s has had MANY years and many hours to rehearse this story, remember that.

[@EyeLean5280]

Agreed.

[@alexamenezes7933]

Yep

[@karabartley]

Once the drugs wore off, all these crazies realized what they did and most regret it immensely, she's one of them. Honestly the woman who is free, Squeaky, is the only one who didn't see anything wrong with what they did.

[@thorboysen3318]

You are a very forgiving person. Wow!

[@dandan9134]

What would you do if you were her?

[@pammylunn]

She acts truly remorseful now, but it cannot take away from what she did to the innocent victims, including the unborn child of Sharon Tate. I can't imagine a more horrible way to die than what Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Steven Parent, and Leno and Rosemary Labianca suffered. She should never be granted parole. It's called KARMA, folks. What a waste.

[@atheismkills3748]

Let that hate and revenge flow through you Pammy!

[@biggawinnacrapsa3870]

If you can't think of a more horrible way to die, you're not trying hard enough. Steven Parent got shot several times and died almost instantly.

[@tdoggo7614]

She has had 50 years to think about what she did. I’m sure she has regrets about it but it doesn’t change what happened. I think of the Morgan Freeman character in Shawshank. After about 40 years in prison he was resigned to his fate, I’ll bet she feels the same way.

[@sandramalone3522]

I think it was Denise Atkins and Tex Watson who murdered Sharon Tate. Patricia butchered Abigail Folder and the very next day, Leno and Rosemary Labianca.

[@carolgladfelder272]

@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 Well that makes a very big difference. (SARCASM)

[@karenmacrae9232]

She thinks she's the victim in this. Don't ever let this monster out.

[@DerVorstand154]

No Parole for Manson Family 😡RIP Sharon Tate and Jay Sebring 🙏

[@ted6607]

What about the rest of the victims, didn’t know there were only 2.

[@melissabaltazarf]

And Steve Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Rosemary and Leno LaBianca... 🤨

[@LadyKC67]

Melissa Baltazar and Gary Hinman. And Shorty Shea. And the dozens of unidentified victims buried in the desert. Including children.

[@raven_ous2585]

There were many more !!

[@lanag9318]

Amen Exaclly, No parole for them , this evil Manson family.Rest In Peace Sharron Tate and Jay Sebring .God bless you always.🌹💖💖🎉

[@marvi2193]

Those tears are not for the damage she caused, but for herself. This self pity shows a real narcissist

[@andyokus5735]

Some people are just born nobodies. She is one of them. At this interview she would sell her mortal soul to be with Charlie Manson.

[@lisabeazley218]

Andy Okus llp

[@ginlane2867]

@Mar Vi You don’t know what has prompted her tears, that’s a pretty self-righteous, arrogant comment

[@BenS-eu4es]

@@louiseju wasn't her who did it

[@ofelia3299]

Her childhood is not a good enough excuse. Plenty of people have worst childhoods.

[@Denisenoe]

I'm one of them. But I don't think the childhood is being used as an "excuse." She is responding to an interview who wants to know about her background as well as what led her to participate in such horrible crimes.

[@suzannalytle2758]

Her childhood simple primed her to be vulnerable to attention from men like Charles Manson who was a master manipulator. Charles sought out broken abused lonly females who were estranged in one way or another from their family with no support system. women that he knew he could control. He knew exactly what to say and do to make her dependant on him and trust him. She made horrible choices while she was with him but I don't think that she would have done any of those things had Charles Manson not taken over her life. You have to remember the women in Manson's cult were pimped out by Manson for favors from other men. While they were murders they were victims themselves before they took their first life at his command.

[@maggiekarabel123]

She’s served more time than any Nazi war criminal who wasn’t hanged.

[@aprildannettegosa5381]

explain Van Houten to me then Homecoming Quen Parents adored her straight A's

[@msslsm4158]

These girls were bad to the bone and loved torchering their victums. These "plain janes" probley loved killing Sharon Tate also because she was so beautiful.

[@bbdd4972]

VERY VERY weak minded individuals always seen to be the ones “trying to fit in” and it’s always drugs, gangs, and hers is murder

[@user-hq9wh9hq7n]

Spot on. Well said

[@ginlane2867]

Well there by the grace of God…..

[@dennishardy3869]

She realizes that now. But! Too late for her. She threw away her whole life.

[@kaned5543]

I think Krenwinkel is a good example of how very few people are inherently evil. A person may do horrible, horrible evil things, but that level of humanity that allows them to step back and realize what they've done is what separates a criminal like Krenwinkel - who certainly does still deserve to stay in prison - from someone like Manson, who has clearly never felt remorse for any of his evil a day in his life. They are both horrible criminals, but one is someone I can see as human, and one I just can't see the humanity in at all.

[@petershaw4977]

How about Pol pot n Stalin n Hitler Tojo say Edi Amin !

[@RRL110]

Wow she looks old. At this point she may as well give up looking for release. Just live in prison. What would she do if she got out at this point. The world is so different from 69 now. It will look like she walked into the Jetsons or something. She is better off in prison at this point. She has to look at it this way, She was condemned to die and escaped that. She should just be glad she is allowed to live.

[@georgexanthopoulos3003]

+Robert Lukacs That's a good point. If I was in her shoes, I think the only reason for me still wanting to be released would be because that would mean that the state acknowledged that I had truly repented for what I did, that I had truly changed. It would show me that the state thought that all those years in jail doing positive stuff to help others meant something.

[@NikiReynolds_2swift]

When Manson got really older and he came up for parole, I was like wtf is he gonna do? First of all the world today is totally different he wouldn't know what to do and nobody would ever hire him, he probably would have gotten killed or back in prison.

[@DollyPorterfan]

LOLOL! It will look like she walked into the Jetsons or something

[@Afarz1]

its kind of like in the shawshank redemption with the old guy who was in prison most of his life and he finally gets out, hes so overwhelmed and unable to adapt he just hangs himself

[@Carol-D.1324]

She was given the opportunity to live..unlike every-single-one of the victims. Sorry, not sorry. This whole “feel sorry for me because I was unloved in my childhood” is just another excuse made for the actions taken.

[@beegrace8626]

I'm sorry, but my intuition tells me every minute of her speaking was ingenuine.

[@presidentofnothing]

I’m glad to see that Patricia is experiencing and showing remorse for what she was involved with. More than we can say about Susan. She literally said she had no regrets in her life in 2000! I know Patricia did some heinous things but it’s good to see that her life sentence is actually helping her reform and correct her. Unfortunately it’s a wasted life because there’s no way anyone (or me!) would want to see any of the Manson family released. I’m just glad to see the prison sentence actually work for somebody.

[@cathywhite9415]

Susan Atkins died from brain cancer years ago.

[@aprilgosa5779]

is she remorseful for her crimes or is she sorry she has spent her adult life in Prison even if she was remorseful she is where she should be till she dies isn't true accepting responsibility for the terrible thing you've done and also accepting that you are deserving of the punishment?

[@edcrowley3666]

Susan was Awesome. Born again, a great Christian, unlike youse

[@aaaht3810]

Now that was quite the "situation" you found yourself in Patsy; stabbing Abigail Folger (stabbed 28 times), and the LaBiancas. You almost make it sound accidental that you were there. You committed cold blooded murder. All it took was an order from Charlie to turn you into a killing machine. Too bad the victims are gone and you are still here.

[@missanna208802]

It took quite a bit more than an order from Charlie, just as it took quite a bit more than an order from the Furher for the Holocaust to happen. It's the people who say "I could never do something like that" who worry me because they aren't aware of their own vulnerabilities, and are therefore exactly the kind of people who WOULD do that if they ended up in the same situation. If you really believe that you wouldn't have done what she did in her situation or wouldn't have been a Nazi in Germany in WW2, or a slave owner, you aught to look at some of the early psychology studies. The Stanford prison experiment is one, and the milligram experiment is another.

[@nwlman]

I feel sorry for her but unfortunately she made a terrible decision to commit murder, I believe she is sorry for it but there it is it can't be undone

[@hollygolightly8048]

For some reason and despite all her superlatives describing her heinous crimes, they sound disingenuous. Let her rot in jail.

[@prschuster]

Imagine spending your whole life trying to make right what can never be undone in 100 lifetimes.

[@dogscott7881]

It's seeing the footage of the Manson girls smiling and laughing and shaving their heads during the trial as blah as possible about their horrible crimes is what gets me. I have a hard time seeing them as 'people'

[@CeeCeeB.]

There is one crucial element missing from this woman's diatribe: sincere, palpable remorse. I am so glad she's had an awakening; too bad she's a complete narcissist as well as a murderer.

[@Chatta-Ortega]

I don't want to defend this woman, but you absolutely do not know if her remorse is genuine or not. Nobody other than her and a higher being know for sure.

[@CeeCeeB.]

@Chatta-Ortega strictly my opinion. It is also my opinion that not one member of the Manson "family" was remorseful at all, including Manson himself. Any woman that would allow a man to convince her to slaughter an 8-months-pregnant woman plus others, while he kept his hands clean, has something wrong with her that prison can't fix. The only way to keep her from profiting from her atrocities and to keep society safe is to keep her incarcerated, just like Manson was. Even if her remorse is authentic, she's still exactly where she belongs. I understand your opinion and respect it.

[@kayakdog121]

I don't care if she is rehabilitated or not. That's irrelevant. She needs to keep paying for her crimes until she draws her last breath.

[@Angelenowithacamera]

Out of all of them she seems to have been the most truly brainwashed. She turned into a different person. She knows she will never get out and she will never really forgive herself because she knows what she did and how horrible it truly was. She is probably the one most aware of her horrendous acts. I hear she is a model prisoner and she seems to have turned her life and mind around the most.

[@LauRa-re9un]

Now in 2019 it´s 50 years, wow.

[@Semo11044]

Lau Ra She has spent half a century in prison, it’s safe to say that she is better of staying there. I don’t see her as a threat to society, but she wouldn’t manage a day outside prison.

[@mq2311]

No need to work, no home rent/mortgage to pay, free food for life, no bills to pay, stress free life...where she is getting luxury life from...its from American tax payer...

[@1978rnio]

you bet!

[@janetgalofski3996]

She earned and RIGHTFULLY deserves but it is mind blowing to fathom it all....

[@christyt4249]

@@mq2311 And don't forget free healthcare and multiple free college degrees.

[@adelaide2525]

Doesn't sound like she's got much remorse, just keeps talking about "me" "I". "Need". "Want". Selfish egomaniac.

[@Goldenretriever-k8m]

She is doing an interview, they are asking her questions about herself.

[@peggymcpherson5112]

If she truly wants forgiveness she should humbleth himself and admit that she turned into a monster with no compassion no mercy just like the devil

[@westcoastorbust2462]

That’s what she’s here to talk about. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@averypence8580]

it’s crazy to me that people think these woman should walk free because they’re 60-70 years old…they made their bed they need to lie in it.

[@user-hq9wh9hq7n]

I can't help to wonder how sincere can you keep on looking when you have to talk and talk and talk and relive with each interviewer, writer, parole board or anyone just nosy. So if someone said she cries crocodile tears it kinda will be natural as you can cry only so much in 45 years. She does show remorse l, but the unspeakable crimes is hard to ignore.

[@deev2955]

I'm pretty sure that these new-found 'revelations' are of no comfort to Sharon Tate, her baby, et. al. Actually it's very sad that, after 45 years of sitting and pondering, that's all you came up with.

[@deev2955]

They locked her up and threw away the key; she became yesterday's news. Who/What would she be if she would have remained in the limelight?...I think she's narcissistic, neither remorseful nor empathetic towards her victims.....maybe towards herself. What can she do?......Sadly, nothing.

[@godssidekickbabyjesus.2353]

What would you come up with, Delores? Lesbian.

[@MicheleMJJ]

She is sorry that she got caught and had to go to prison. I couldn't live with myself after killing innocent people. Obviously she has no remorse.

[@michellebaker1974]

Remember the victims and there families.

[@floydfletcher4313]

no

[@presidentofnothing]

RIP Susan, Steven, Voytek, Jay, Abigail, Rosemary And Leno!

[@kolz4ever1980]

why? My day goes on the same way either way.

[@jennwill80]

This gives me the chills.

[@backpfeifengesicht8415]

Soaking in self-pity.

[@sueishere25]

I know I am supposed to forgive to be forgiven. But Lord it is so hard even after all these years. I was 14 when this happened and I remember thinking how horrible, being stabbed to death is horrific.

[@renatawarec]

sueishere25 same here, and by total strangers. you don't even know each other. they did nothing to you. how dare they ask for freedom

[@lisabeam4354]

I was also 14 And at that age thinking how it would feel to be stabbed to death.

[@bethroesch2156]

I was 6 years old living in Southern California when this happened. I've tried my entire life to understand HOW Manson got all of those people to believe his bs. I was afraid of her and her family when I was a kid. I think I still am because as much as I want to believe her, I don't. I'm positive she's sorry she got caught. I'm positive she's sorry for what she did to her REAL family. I'm not positive she really thinks about the victims and their families much at all. 7 people died over 2 days because of her and her family. That's more than enough

[@wimvanaerde6249]

I count the baby Paul also

[@bethroesch2156]

@@wimvanaerde6249 you're right and I'm sorry I didn't include him. He's a forgotten victim of this tragedy. I think it was the news about Sadie saying she wanted to cut the baby out that still creeps me out. As a little kid, all I could think about was if they would hurt a baby, they'd have no problem killing my 6 yr self. I really did have the worst nightmares and my Mom even banished the news at dinner time because of it.

[@wimvanaerde6249]

@@bethroesch2156 sick bunch. I think Atkins was the worst and van houten the most naive of the gang . What do you think. Greetings from belgium.

[@susiearviso3032]

Even after they murdered all those people, they were laughing about it!

[@johnstallings4049]

Wannabe dictator dj RUMP comes to mind in 2022! ❄️😶❄️🌎❄️

[@tamaramorton8812]

I think she was very brave to share these things about herself. We have a long way to go if we don't learn to be compassionate to criminals. Shaming and blaming them only pushes them further into denial and out of the realm of healing.

[@judementz-gibbons6730]

Pat was a victim of emotional deprivation and neglect as a child. As I was myself, on top of my mother attempting to take my life (intervention saved me). And I relate to what she was saying in this light. I did make many mistakes as a result, suffered alcoholism. And past occasional drug taking. But in no way would I ever have contemplated committing such a cruel, monstrous crime. To anyone, lest to strangers. No one could have made me do it - I would have rather been shot myself. No one can force us to do what we do not want to. Drugs or no drugs. Sorry Pat, that is in you, Charlie saw this in you and just brought it to the fore to serve his interests, and you made your bed. You said yes freely to it. As it fulfilled your needs and desires regardless of who suffered. In your interview I lost count on the amount of ‘I, I, I’. All about you. No thought of the pain of others you created. It was all about you and still is. You are responsible and guilty. You don’t like the consequences is all. If you did not get caught, you would have gone onto to do worse. Do your time. Offer up to God your suffering for any chance for God’s forgiveness of an unforgivable crime in his eyes. Your insecurities, Pain and childhood maltreatment was ‘no excuse’ for this evil crime. Countless millions suffered worse than you and never did what you did. Charlie’s childhood was worse but you blame him, and excuse yourself for same reasons. Charlie did evil, but is at least doing his time without pleading poor me. He knows he deserves to be in prison, as you do.

[@RUSure-jm9rp]

The girls all blame Manson. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot. If the girls and Tex Watson hadn’t committed the murders, Manson wouldn’t have gone to prison for life.

[@Kathryn-qs1tb]

Charlie never admitted to anything, including that he needed to be in prison. He let the others take the blame while he denied, denied, denied. He was a predator who took advantage of people through mind altering drugs and dogma. It happens every day all over the world. He was a Jim Jones.

[@EricaMilesRevolutionary]

In other words Patricia Krenwinkel simply ended up where she began, lost.

[@canberrawarmuseum8290]

Great comment

[@rldesmet1]

She starts out with a complete lie when she stated this all started out between one man and one woman. By the time "Krenny" met Charlie in 1967, he already had a harem that included Mary Brunner, Squeeky Fromme and Ruth Ann Morehouse. In fact, Brunner became pregnant with Charlie's baby soon after Krenwinkel very willingly came into the group. All I am hearing from her is "me, me, me" and it is so typical of a sociopath who is going for the pity play.

[@noddy1267]

sociopath seems correct word

[@gina1emo]

Nene Jones She didn’t know there was a Harlem waiting for her when he first seduced her. I agree they’re all sociopaths, psychos but they’ve all grown old in prison & I believe what they say they got no reason to lie now. Justice was served💗

[@wonderwoman6019]

When she met Manson she thought it was her and him, like boy meets girl...not a harem of girls. And as far as people stating she is sociopath...she is not, nor psychopath. This is someone who made VERY poor choices out of neediness. Wanting to belong. Combination of that and constant lsd...dangerous. Never say never...And stay away from drugs!

[@lisabeam4354]

Me me me I find all people are about me. Its about survival folks. How many people actually search out the homeless without love and food. Drs and lawyers dont, they need yachts and things. Pe

[@EyeLean5280]

@@gina1emo the motive to lie is obvious - PAROLE

[@tmcdaid5429]

Patricia ‘me, me, me’ Krenwinkel. No mention of her victims. She’s talking now about her ‘choices’…? Still hasn’t made the ‘choice’ to apologise to the families of her victims.

[@nancydrew1882]

You could be remorseful a hundred times over!!! You still stole the lives of innocent people!!!!! Those poor people were begging for their lives and YOU heard with your own ears and SAW with your own eyes, the horror and pain in especially that pregnant woman’s eyes and YOU still stabbed and tortured her. YOU deserve to rot in jail!!!!!!!! If you were abused as a child, why would you wish suffering on someone else?! These killers were NOT punished enough. Death is final and these people have the audacity to want a second chance. 😡