Didn’t you just know this engagement was too good to be true?

Charles Manson — yes, that Charles Manson — had been engaged to be married to a young woman, Afton Elaine Burton. Manson is now 80, Burton is in her — gulp! — 20s.

Well, it turns out Burton loved Manson only for his corpse. She allegedly intended to pickle Manson’s remains after his death and display his body, a la V. I. Lenin, Mao Tse-Tung and “Uncle Ho” Chi Minh. She thought it would be a swell tourist attraction, bringing visitors from miles around to see the body of the man who orchestrated those grisly murders back in July 1969.

http://wgntv.com/2015/02/09/charles-mansons-fiancee-allegedly-only-wanted-him-for-his-corpse/

Manson is serving a life sentence for his role in the deaths of actress Sharon Tate and others in California. He won’t be eligible for parole again until 2027, when he’ll be 92 years of age.

It’s a pretty safe bet to assume he won’t get out of prison.

Now it’s been revealed that when Manson realized his sweetie wanted only his remains, he figured he’d been snookered.

Manson no longer wants to marry Burton.

Who knew?