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Heroin in the Family Drove Actress From Film Career
Dec. 23 – Veteran character actress, Angela Lansbury, has revealed why she quit Hollywood for most of the last decade — her two children had become addicted to heroin and one was in danger of joining the Charles Manson cult […]
Manson Skips Parole Hearing
VACAVILLE, Calif, Nov. 28 — Mass murderer Charles Manson, now in the tenth year of eight concurrent life sentences in the Sharon Tate killings, refused to appear before a parole board, insisting he “was treated as a fool” after his […]
Manson Link ‘Exaggerated’
EUREKA, Oct. 20 — Reports of ties between a southern Humboldt County commune farm and both the Manson family and Symbionese liberation Army were exaggerated, but a gang of criminals with links to several radical movements in California has used […]
Jail Escapee Nabbed as Poacher
SEATTLE, Oct. 18 — Loaded with camping gear and an Army manual on how to escape capture, David Warriner, the last of seven men who escaped from King County Jail, was captured as a poacher Tuesday night. Washington Fish and […]
SLA, Manson Linked to Escape
SEATTLE, Oct. 18 — Law enforcement officials insist that radicals connected to the Symbionese Liberation Army, the Charles Manson family and other California militant groups were behind a bloody, ill-fated mass escape from the King County Jail. One of the […]
The Manson Family at it Again?
LONG BEACH, Calif., Oct. 15 — Scattered remnants of Charlie Manson’s family are on a crime spree aimed at freeing the hippie leader and other members of his violence-prone cult from prison, local and federal law enforcement agents have told […]
One-time Cultist Sought for Fraud in Roseville Office
ROSEVILLE, Calif., Oct. 11 – A former member of the Charles Manson family has been charged with operating a fraudulent business scheme at a rented office in Roseville’s Old Town. Catherine Louise “Gypsy” Como, a one-time follower of cult leader […]
FBI Claims No Knowledge of Plot to Free Manson
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 — The FBI says it “has no knowledge” to back up a newspaper report that two terrorist cults have joined forces in a mission to free Charles Manson and jailed members of his “family” and the […]
Manson Case Informant Dies After Beating
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 – Ronnie Howard, one of two informants credited with tying the Charles Manson “family” to the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders, has died from injuries received in a robbery and beating, Los Angeles police reported Thursday. Police said […]
Watson to Marry Friday at CMC
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Sept. 4 – Charles “Tex” Watson, convicted of murdering actress Sharon Tate and six others during the brutal Manson family Tate-LaBianca slayings in Los Angeles, will be married Friday at the California Men’s Colony. Watson, 33, who […]
Former Manson Follower Indicted On US Charges In Mail Fraud Probe
Aug. 16 – Former Manson family follower Catherine “Gypsy” Como was indicted in absentia by the federal grand jury Wednesday on six counts of mail fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and fraudulent use of a credit card. Authorities said […]
Decade Later, Manson is Still Mystery Man
VACAVILLE, Jul. 29 – When inmates pull a knife on a San Quentin guard, or torch tiers at Folsom, or emerge as transvestites at Soledad, the California Department of Corrections sends them to Vacaville. Backed up against the Vaca Mountains […]
Manson Follower ‘Tex’ Watson to Marry
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jul. 26 — Charles “Tex” Watson, the convicted murderer who once called himself Charles Manson’s “lieutenant for killing,” will marry a woman he met at a prison chapel where he preaches. Watson will marry Kristine Svege, who […]
Lansbury Returns to Stage
NEW YORK, Jul. 7 – Anthony Shaw, the 26-year-old son of Angela Lansbury and husband-agent Peter Shaw, arrived in New York for a reunion with his parents and his 24-year-old sister Deidre. And a joyous reunion it will be. “I […]
Court Lets Controversial Ruling Stand, Manson Could Be Affected
WASHINGTON, Apr. 17 — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday let stand a controversial lower-court ruling that California officials contend may open the prison doors for convicted murderer Charles Manson. The ruling, which the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in […]
Fromme Returned To Alderson
PLEASANTON, Calif., Apr. 10 — Would-be presidential assassin Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme will be moved back to a federal prison in Alderson, W. Va. as punishment for striking an inmate with a hammer, prison officials said Monday. A prison investigation found […]
Ford Assailant Faces Inmate Assault Charge
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 14 — The FBI is investigating a woman prisoner’s complaint that she was attacked with a claw hammer by fellow inmate Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the would-be assassin of former President Ford, agents said Tuesday. FBI special agent […]
Squeaky Fromme Attacks Prisoner With a Hammer
SAN FRANCISCO, Mar. 13 — Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, the Charles Manson cult member convicted of trying to kill former President Gerald R. Ford, attacked a woman inmate in federal prison with a hammer and may face charges in the incident, […]
Manson Follower Como Suspect In Credit Card Fraud
SACRAMENTO, Mar. 4 – Former Manson cultist Catherine “Gypsy” Como is sought by U.S. postal inspectors and the FBI in connection with a credit card fraud which has bilked Northern California merchants out of more than $200.000 in merchandise. Como, […]
Manson Girl Sought in Credit Card Fraud
WOODLAND, Mar. 2 — A former member of the Manson family is suspected of leading a credit card fraud scheme in six Northern California cities, the federal government said. Assistant U.S attorney Malcolm Segal said Thursday that the woman, Catherine […]
