A black-and-white photo of a person mid-air in a Superman-style body suspension pose, supported by multiple hooks in their back and legs, smiling joyfully toward the camera. They are suspended horizontally in a large indoor space with high ceilings and visible rigging. A group of onlookers—some seated, some standing—watch with expressions of admiration, amusement, and support. The atmosphere is lively and communal, capturing a moment of shared experience and transformation.

Charles Manson Tattoo

So to “celebrate” the new Charles Manson album being released free, here’s a recent HELTER SKELTER tattoo by Joey Saindon at Mantra Tattoos in Frederickton, New Brunswick… I’m going to go watch Survivor now, but I have some great stuff to post in the morning.

Comments

112 responses to “Charles Manson Tattoo”

  1. isaac Avatar

    awsome tattoo!!
    to bad i have to miss Survivor thanks to the tornados here in iowa

  2. isaac Avatar

    awsome tattoo!!
    to bad i have to miss Survivor thanks to the tornados here in iowa

  3. MR.C Avatar
    MR.C

    shit kina looks like a casual jesus

  4. MR.C Avatar
    MR.C

    shit kina looks like a casual jesus

  5. nature223 Avatar

    there is no reason to validate Charles Manson….
    the only clear victory is the crazy peice of shit will never see another day in the free world,and will die a well kept crazy ass motherfucker.
    Personally…I’d take great pleasure in sending the fucker straight to hell with a slow tortured means to his demise,while cursing him and asking for his death to be prolonged as long as possible

  6. nature223 Avatar

    there is no reason to validate Charles Manson….
    the only clear victory is the crazy peice of shit will never see another day in the free world,and will die a well kept crazy ass motherfucker.
    Personally…I’d take great pleasure in sending the fucker straight to hell with a slow tortured means to his demise,while cursing him and asking for his death to be prolonged as long as possible

  7. NICKISPISSED Avatar
    NICKISPISSED

    LOL, nature223 is PISSED.

  8. NICKISPISSED Avatar
    NICKISPISSED

    LOL, nature223 is PISSED.

  9. mkb Avatar

    #3: you know, I agree with you, except for that last sentence which makes you sound like part of the problem.

  10. mkb Avatar

    #3: you know, I agree with you, except for that last sentence which makes you sound like part of the problem.

  11. Isabella Avatar
    Isabella

    I must say i like this tattoo. Ive been studying serial killers for many years and Charles Manson has to be the most interesting. and #3 if you know anything about his case you know that there is the possibility of parole. Im not saying he will ever get out but he does have parole hearings and has been paroled in the past. Yes he is a “crazy” man but he never killed anyone himself. He was a cult leader not murderer. I am not defending him because i think he should be paroled. I do not want him paroled because he is a violent and evil man.

  12. Isabella Avatar
    Isabella

    I must say i like this tattoo. Ive been studying serial killers for many years and Charles Manson has to be the most interesting. and #3 if you know anything about his case you know that there is the possibility of parole. Im not saying he will ever get out but he does have parole hearings and has been paroled in the past. Yes he is a “crazy” man but he never killed anyone himself. He was a cult leader not murderer. I am not defending him because i think he should be paroled. I do not want him paroled because he is a violent and evil man.

  13. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    i agree with #4 you kinda shot yourself in the foot with that one bud

  14. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    i agree with #4 you kinda shot yourself in the foot with that one bud

  15. Hamsandawich Avatar

    Aww I actually like this, yes I know Charles Manson is a horrible monster who should die in hell blah blah blah, but regardless of what others think I’m digging this tattoo.
    -Sarah

  16. Hamsandawich Avatar

    Aww I actually like this, yes I know Charles Manson is a horrible monster who should die in hell blah blah blah, but regardless of what others think I’m digging this tattoo.
    -Sarah

  17. jibberdin Avatar
    jibberdin

    i have the album.
    tough listen, unlike LIE which was pretty on par with all the folky shit of his time.
    as for the fervor for his demise, i don’t get it.
    he has killed 19 fewer people than sammy gravano, and has done a whole lot more time.

  18. jibberdin Avatar
    jibberdin

    i have the album.
    tough listen, unlike LIE which was pretty on par with all the folky shit of his time.
    as for the fervor for his demise, i don’t get it.
    he has killed 19 fewer people than sammy gravano, and has done a whole lot more time.

  19. PC Avatar
    PC

    I hate this guy for giving such a bad name to Helter Skelter.

  20. PC Avatar
    PC

    I hate this guy for giving such a bad name to Helter Skelter.

  21. Becca. Avatar
    Becca.

    Not a bad piece, but the town is spelled “Fredericton”.
    /nitpick.

    (There, that should pass for defending this crappy town for another year or so.)

  22. Becca. Avatar
    Becca.

    Not a bad piece, but the town is spelled “Fredericton”.
    /nitpick.

    (There, that should pass for defending this crappy town for another year or so.)

  23. nyne Avatar

    “Personally…I’d take great pleasure in sending the fucker straight to hell with a slow tortured means to his demise,while cursing him and asking for his death to be prolonged as long as possible”

    Haha. You definitely are the better person.

  24. nyne Avatar

    “Personally…I’d take great pleasure in sending the fucker straight to hell with a slow tortured means to his demise,while cursing him and asking for his death to be prolonged as long as possible”

    Haha. You definitely are the better person.

  25. Juniper Avatar
    Juniper

    i don’t care how much on BME we are supposed to swoon and feign love for different mods, a tattoo of Charles Manson no matter how cool and niche it makes you is still degrading, sensationalist and disgusting to those he masterminded the deaths of.
    Not cool, but only my opinion sorry.

  26. Juniper Avatar
    Juniper

    i don’t care how much on BME we are supposed to swoon and feign love for different mods, a tattoo of Charles Manson no matter how cool and niche it makes you is still degrading, sensationalist and disgusting to those he masterminded the deaths of.
    Not cool, but only my opinion sorry.

  27. Mac Avatar

    Murder and mind control are the ultimate mods.

    Oh right, his victims didn’t consent.

    Fuck him, now and forever.

  28. Mac Avatar

    Murder and mind control are the ultimate mods.

    Oh right, his victims didn’t consent.

    Fuck him, now and forever.

  29. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    different needle strokes for different folks.

    not my thing, but I think it’s a cool and thought provoking tattoo.

    you know Manson is eligible for parole in 2012?

  30. TheWomanMonster Avatar
    TheWomanMonster

    different needle strokes for different folks.

    not my thing, but I think it’s a cool and thought provoking tattoo.

    you know Manson is eligible for parole in 2012?

  31. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    I wanna know if anyone has tattoos of Ed Gein or The Moors Murderers… How about the child-eating Albert fish?

    Didn’t think so somehow…

  32. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    I wanna know if anyone has tattoos of Ed Gein or The Moors Murderers… How about the child-eating Albert fish?

    Didn’t think so somehow…

  33. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    #13 actually yes there is a tattoo of albert fish, jack the ripper, and a few other serial killers, on BME nontheless.
    https://www.bme.com/news/index.php?s=serial+killer+tattoo
    theres the link for ya

  34. mutumbo Avatar
    mutumbo

    #13 actually yes there is a tattoo of albert fish, jack the ripper, and a few other serial killers, on BME nontheless.
    https://www.bme.com/news/index.php?s=serial+killer+tattoo
    theres the link for ya

  35. esther Avatar
    esther

    I wish every hate-filled, sadistic, violent, or just downright stupid person would be so nice as to broadcast the fact. It would make it a lot easier to know who to stay the hell away from.

  36. esther Avatar
    esther

    I wish every hate-filled, sadistic, violent, or just downright stupid person would be so nice as to broadcast the fact. It would make it a lot easier to know who to stay the hell away from.

  37. Warren Hiller Avatar

    here’s something to question…We say no to Charles Manson…But how about Hitler? Stalin? Saddam Hussein? Vlad The Impaler? If we say its bad taste for people to get Serial Killers,etc but is it ok to get Mass Murderer/Genocidal Political figures tattooed on?

    What if say someone has a serious interest in serial killers and utilized said imagery to display their passion for that psychological realm that their hobby or interest lies? Or perhaps they are a Criminal Psych Major?

    I view the tattoo as quite a comical imagery of said individual and it made me chuckle cuz in the end its just crazy old charlie who’s rotting away in jail somewhere…and he’ll never see a penny most likely from all the money made off him over the years… Case in point the up coming Charles Manson movie,etc…

    I say it strikes a cord to invoke an emotional response…Much like how those “Dollar A Day Can Save A Starving Child” ad’s always post kids in the ultimate piece of shit location,etc…Or how magazines take pictures of various horrible scenes,etc…They do it to get an emotional response and react in the exact same situation that’s currently being stated.

    again to me the tattoo makes me chuckle, because its cartoony and the quote about makes it that more hilarious.

  38. Warren Hiller Avatar

    here’s something to question…We say no to Charles Manson…But how about Hitler? Stalin? Saddam Hussein? Vlad The Impaler? If we say its bad taste for people to get Serial Killers,etc but is it ok to get Mass Murderer/Genocidal Political figures tattooed on?

    What if say someone has a serious interest in serial killers and utilized said imagery to display their passion for that psychological realm that their hobby or interest lies? Or perhaps they are a Criminal Psych Major?

    I view the tattoo as quite a comical imagery of said individual and it made me chuckle cuz in the end its just crazy old charlie who’s rotting away in jail somewhere…and he’ll never see a penny most likely from all the money made off him over the years… Case in point the up coming Charles Manson movie,etc…

    I say it strikes a cord to invoke an emotional response…Much like how those “Dollar A Day Can Save A Starving Child” ad’s always post kids in the ultimate piece of shit location,etc…Or how magazines take pictures of various horrible scenes,etc…They do it to get an emotional response and react in the exact same situation that’s currently being stated.

    again to me the tattoo makes me chuckle, because its cartoony and the quote about makes it that more hilarious.

  39. pawnbroker Avatar

    ((: lol, this tattoo made my day

  40. pawnbroker Avatar

    ((: lol, this tattoo made my day

  41. Al Avatar
    Al

    Manson Tatts are the best!

    #13 . . not yet 🙂

  42. Al Avatar
    Al

    Manson Tatts are the best!

    #13 . . not yet 🙂

  43. svein Avatar
    svein

    /me books Myra Hindley backpiece.

    I hate the Beatles for giving Manson a shitty soundtrack.

  44. svein Avatar
    svein

    /me books Myra Hindley backpiece.

    I hate the Beatles for giving Manson a shitty soundtrack.

  45. Shannon Avatar

    Nature223 – If a cult leader that got a whole bunch of people killed (but never killed anyone personally) deserves death, why don’t Bush/Cheney/etc deserve death?

  46. Shannon Avatar

    Nature223 – If a cult leader that got a whole bunch of people killed (but never killed anyone personally) deserves death, why don’t Bush/Cheney/etc deserve death?

  47. Snap Dragon Avatar

    Holy crap Manson is still kicking it?!? I figured he was long since gone.

    *Shannon I agree with your last comment.
    How many innocent people have the Bush’s killed?

  48. Snap Dragon Avatar

    Holy crap Manson is still kicking it?!? I figured he was long since gone.

    *Shannon I agree with your last comment.
    How many innocent people have the Bush’s killed?

  49. Tom V. Avatar
    Tom V.

    This very much reminds me of the Hitler tattoo you posted a long time ago. It brings up the question of what is ethical to tattoo on a person and what isn’t?

  50. Tom V. Avatar
    Tom V.

    This very much reminds me of the Hitler tattoo you posted a long time ago. It brings up the question of what is ethical to tattoo on a person and what isn’t?

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