Charles Manson Dead At 83

[Miles Archer]

40. Good night, monster

And blessings to every surviving family member and friend of his victims, who may very well come to then end of their own lives without a complete sense of closure, but may hopefully now have a good measure of peace and healing.

You don't get over a monster by the monster's passing. You find peace in the fact that he's now where he belongs, and has belonged since his reign of terror. But fully getting over who he was and what he did is impossible.

No more 3 hots and a cot. No more endless media coverage. No more free medical care. No more "behind bars" interviews where he tells the reporter he can "get to them," even behind bars.

No more. He went out in the most appropriate way...rotting from the inside out.