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Take a sampling of some of the most vile murderers of the last 100 years, give or take. Now: reveal their attempts to be creative. JOHN WOODS / FREE PRESS From left: Katie-Rose Connors, Bella Ciccone and Paulina Pino Rubio star in Cabaret of Murder.

That’s the crux of , a dark, dark comedy/musical at Venue 4 (Centre culturel franco-manitobain) running through Sunday. The musical-murder melange was written and directed by Blair Moro and performed by a trio of high-energy actresses, Paulina Pino Rubio, Katie-Rose Connors and Bella Ciccone, all Vancouver residents. For a sampler, listen to one song performed in the show, titled .

You wouldn’t necessarily guess the “home” in question might be referring to Charles Manson’s sun-baked, acid-burned communal abode at Spahn Ranch. Manson is just one member of the sho.