A fabled West Hills compound in rustic Box Canyon, once home to a cult leader ... It was here that Krishna Venta, a small-time criminal born Francis Hernan Pencovic, proclaimed himself the second ...

(Photo by Everett Grabeel) Krishna Venta and his wife ... Show Caption A fabled West Hills compound in rustic Box Canyon, once home to a cult leader and his barefooted followers in robes, is ...

Back in Box Canyon, some chafed at how their fellow ... reported ten deaths "caused by extreme mutilation," including Krishna Venta and Cardinal Gene. The youngest victims came from the ...

Those are the comforts of today. Even before Manson came along, bizarre events were already happening in Box Canyon. In 1948, a man calling himself Krishna Venta (real name Frank Pencovic ...

Bearded, robed and barefoot, Krishna Venta (real name ... the two turned up at the cult’s headquarters in a canyon near the San Fernando Valley with 40 sticks of dynamite, cornered the 47 ...