Who's your daddy? Oh, damn. It's Charles Manson. A 41-year-old man, who was adopted as a 10-year-old and raised in Illinois, spoke out recently about the harrowing discovery. "It was like finding out your father is Hitler," Matthew Roberts told The Sun newspaper. Roberts found out about his long-lost daddy about a dozen years ago after using a search agency to find his birth mother. The birth mother told him that she had been raped and that the 1960s Helter Skelter killer was his father. A year after Roberts' birth in 1968, Manson and his 'Family' of followers committed nine murders in Los Angeles over five weeks, including the stabbing of pregnant actress Sharon Tate. She was the wife of film director Roman Polanski. "I'm a peaceful person - trapped in the face of a monster," Roberts said. "My hero is Gandhi. I'm an extremely non-violent, peaceful person and a vegetarian. I don't even kill bugs." The truth of Roberts' birth unfolded gradually as he and his mother began to write each other. At first she refused to pass on details, but ultimately she revealed that she had been captivated by Manson and joined his cult in San Francisco. When his mother saw Roberts' photograph she said her suspicions were confirmed. The killer and his son share nearly identical facial features and they have the same thick, dark hair. Roberts has corresponded with his unrepentant father, now 75 and confined for life in California's Corcoran State Prison. The mass killer confirmed he is Roberts' father, and recalled the times he spent with Matthew's mother in a string of ten rambling handwritten notes and postcards signed with a swastika - the same symbol he has tattooed on his forehead. "He sends me weird stuff and always signs it with his swastika," Roberts said. "At first I was stunned and depressed. I wasn't able to speak for a day. I remember not being able to eat." But, he added: "He's my biological father - I can't help but have some kind of emotional connection. That's the hardest thing of all - feeling love for a monster who raped my mother. I don't want to love him, but I don't want to hate him either." http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2009/11/24/2009-11-24__report.html
How can you not hate the guy? He's your biological father, so what? If I found out my dad was a sick SOB, murderer who raped my mother I'm pretty sure I would find a way to end his life if he wasn't already dead or in prison. This guy is a sissy.
Wow, I'm still hoping that my mother slept with Bill Worrell in 1979. I just want him to be my father so bad.
Its one of my back-up plans.... Plan Q. Although we do have some serioud swag....Hmmmmm. Naw, still hoping for Bill.
While the original post was quite valid...chances are this correction is more likely to be correct. Although a subsequent correction with "Shawn Kemp" inserted could also be correct. (Although the timing might be a little weird)
Does this guy seriously believe his mother was raped? Manson had an entire family of followers to sleep with and she was obviously one of them.
You expect someone who won't even kill a cave cricket to all of the sudden go cuckoo and kill Manson?? Lots of luck on that one! This guy would probably scream at the sight of getting his finger pricked at the doctor's office.
I think she means she was raped in regard to that she was brainwashed by Manson and he took advantage of her.
Yeah, but.... Couldn't she have kept that little secret to herself? I mean, couldn't she say his Dad was some hippie that she hooked up with at Woodstock? Some things are better left unsaid.
What a bombshell At least Robert has learned to accept it..imagine finding out your father was Karl Malone and he refused to accept you as his child Oh wait..
Malone"There is no escape.Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training in flopping and elbows. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the NBA. LUKE I'll never join you! Malone: If you only knew the power of the dark side. Rudy-T never told you what happened to your father. LUKE: He told me enough! It was you who killed him. Malone: No. I am your father. LUKE: No. No. That's not true! That's impossible! Malone: Search your feelings. You know it to be true. LUKE: No! No! No! Malone: Luke. You can destroy the David Stern.He has foreseen this. It is your destiny. Join me, and together we can rule the NBA as father and son. Come with me. It is the only way.
