Charles Manson calls off wedding after learning fiancée wanted to put his corpse on display

Charles Manson is back on the market again, after objecting to his former fiancée's plan to put his body on display once he dies.

Manson was engaged to 27-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, but called it off once he discovered the plot, journalist Daniel Simone told the New York Post. "He's finally realized that he's been played for a fool," Simone said. There's another catch to this plan, as Manson thinks he's immortal. "He feels he will never die," Simone said. "Therefore, he feels it's a stupid idea to begin with."

Burton and a friend, Craig Hammond, came up with the idea to put Manson's corpse in a glass crypt and charge admission to see it, Simone, who is working on a book about Manson, said. Burton's website says that even though the marriage license expired Thursday, they will renew it and "things will move forward in the coming months."

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