Editing Charles Manson (section)

=== 2000s–2017 ===
[[File:Manson-June-2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Manson, age 76, June 2011]]
On September 5, 2007, [[MSNBC]] aired ''The Mind of Manson'', a complete version of a 1987 interview at California's [[San Quentin State Prison]]. The footage of the "unshackled, unapologetic, and unruly" Manson had been considered "so unbelievable" that only seven minutes of it had originally been broadcast on ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'', for which it had been recorded.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-06 |title='MSNBC Live' for Sept. 5 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna20623572 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=NBC News |language=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New prison photo of Charles Manson released |work=[[CNN]]|date=March 20, 2009 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/california.manson.photo/index.html |access-date=July 21, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729031627/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/19/california.manson.photo/index.html |archive-date=July 29, 2009 }}</ref>

In 2009, Los Angeles disc jockey Matthew Roberts released correspondence and other evidence indicating that he might be Manson's biological son. Roberts' biological mother claims that she was a member of the Manson Family who left in mid-1967 after being raped by Manson. She returned to her parents' home to complete the pregnancy, gave birth on March 22, 1968, and put Roberts up for adoption. CNN conducted a DNA test between Matthew Roberts and Manson's known biological grandson Jason Freeman in 2012, showing that Roberts and Freeman did not share DNA.<ref name="specter">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/23/us/ohio-manson-grandson/index.html|title=Two men relate to same haunting specter – Charles Manson|last=Marquez|first=Miguel|work=[[CNN]]|date=April 24, 2012|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514211921/https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/23/us/ohio-manson-grandson/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Roberts subsequently attempted to establish that Manson was his father through a direct DNA test which proved definitively that Roberts and Manson were not related.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-mansons-body-is-on-ice-under-a-fake-name-10|title=The Battle Over Charles Manson's Corpse|first=Kate|last=Briquelet|date=March 8, 2018|website=[[The Daily Beast]]|access-date=May 14, 2019|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626225804/https://www.thedailybeast.com/charles-mansons-body-is-on-ice-under-a-fake-name-10|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2010, the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported that Manson was caught with a cell phone in 2009 and had contacted people in California, New Jersey, Florida and British Columbia. A spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections stated that it was not known if Manson had used the phone for criminal purposes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson |first=Greg |url=http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird/Cell-Phone-Charles-Manson-Busted-with-a-Mobile-111256244.html?dr |title='Cell' Phone: Charles Manson Busted with a Mobile |publisher= |date=December 3, 2010 |access-date=October 28, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019214923/http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/weird/Cell-Phone-Charles-Manson-Busted-with-a-Mobile-111256244.html?dr |archive-date=October 19, 2012 |website=NBC Los Angeles}}</ref> Manson also recorded an album of acoustic pop songs with additional production by [[Henry Rollins]], titled ''Completion''. Only five copies were pressed: two belong to Rollins, while the other three are presumed to have been with Manson. The album remains unreleased.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Michaels |first1=Sean |title=Henry Rollins produced Charles Manson album |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/15/henry-rollins-charles-manson |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=December 15, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029173114/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/dec/15/henry-rollins-charles-manson |archive-date=October 29, 2017 }}</ref>

In 2013, Manson stated that he was [[bisexuality|bisexual]], saying "Sex to me is like going to the toilet. Whether it's a girl or not. It doesn't matter. I don't play that girl-guy shit. I'm not hung up in that game."<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Hedegaard |first=Erik |title=Charles Manson Today: The Final Confessions of a Psychopath |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/charles-manson-today-the-final-confessions-of-a-psychopath-58782/ |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=November 21, 2013 }}</ref> In 2014, the imprisoned Manson became engaged to 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton and obtained a marriage license on November 7.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Feeney |first=Nolan |date=2014-11-18 |title=5 Things to Know About the Woman Charles Manson Might Marry |url=https://time.com/3590836/charles-manson-marriage-afton-elaine-burton-star/ |access-date=2025-04-25 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref> Manson gave Burton the nickname "Star". She had been visiting him in prison for at least nine years and maintained several websites that proclaimed his innocence.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Deutsch |first1=Linda |author-link=Linda Deutsch |title=Charles Manson Gets Marriage License |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-marriage-license-26978380 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141117232054/https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-marriage-license-26978380 |archive-date=November 17, 2014 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|agency=Associated Press |access-date=November 17, 2014 |date=Nov 17, 2014|url-status=dead|first2=Scott|last2=Smith}}</ref> The wedding license expired on February 5, 2015, without a marriage ceremony taking place.<ref name=post /> 

Journalist Daniel Simone reported that the wedding was canceled after Manson discovered that Burton wanted to marry him only so that she and friend Craig Hammond could use his corpse as a tourist attraction after his death.<ref name="post">{{cite news |url=https://nypost.com/2015/02/08/charles-mansons-fiancee-wanted-to-marry-him-for-his-corpse-source/ |title=Charles Manson's fiancee wanted to marry him for his corpse: Source |work=[[New York Post]] |date=February 8, 2015 |access-date=February 2, 2015 |last=Sanderson|first=Bill |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208164216/http://nypost.com/2015/02/08/charles-mansons-fiancee-wanted-to-marry-him-for-his-corpse-source/ |archive-date=February 8, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="independent corpse">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/charles-manson-wedding-off-after-it-emerges-that-girlfriend-afton-elaine-burton-just-wanted-his-corpse-for-display-10034793.html |title=Charles Manson wedding off after it emerges that fiancee Afton Elaine Burton 'just wanted his corpse for display' |work=[[The Independent]] |date=February 9, 2015 |access-date=February 11, 2015 |last=Hooton|first=Christopher |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150210220731/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/charles-manson-wedding-off-after-it-emerges-that-girlfriend-afton-elaine-burton-just-wanted-his-corpse-for-display-10034793.html |archive-date=February 10, 2015 }}</ref> According to Simone, Manson believed that he would never die and may simply have used the possibility of marriage as a way to encourage Burton and Hammond to continue visiting him and bringing him gifts. Burton said on her website that the reason that the marriage did not take place was merely logistical. Manson had an infection and had been in a prison medical facility for two months and could not receive visitors. She said that she still hoped that the marriage license would be renewed and the marriage would take place.<ref name=post />