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Charles Manson's Metal Guitar Pick
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Origin

Charles Manson

Type

Guitar Pick

Effects

Makes the player gather a “family” bent on criminal acts

Downsides

Effects. Makes listeners join said “family”

Activation

Playing on a guitar

Collected by

Warehouse 13

Section

Alcatraz-3563

Aisle

207365-9581

Shelf

473829-5063-884

Date of Collection

August 15, 1989

[Source]


Origin[]

Charles Manson is a criminal and musician who led the Manson family, a quasi-commune in 1960s California who murdered seven people. Manson believed in what he called "Helter Skelter", a term he took from the song of the same name by the Beatles. He believed Helter Skelter to be an impending apocalyptic race war, which the murders would help precipitate. Due to the lack of the death sentence in California at the time of his prosecution, Manson was commuted to life imprisonment.

Effects[]

The sound that emanates from a guitar played with this pick will be affected in different ways. The player of the guitar will become compelled to gather a "family" to commit unspeakable acts based on pure paranoia. The listeners will be compelled to join said "family" also due to pure paranoia.

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