Category Archives: Archived News
Manson Follower Discovered Shot in Burning Car
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 16 — James T. Craig, who was convicted of a 1972 Charles Manson family murder, was discovered today shot and stuffed into the trunk of a burning car with a corpse. Fire fighters put out the blaze and […]
Former Manson Cohort Denied Parole
Oct. 20 – The state’s Community Release Board Thursday denied parole to Bruce Davis, a former member of the Charles Manson family, because of the unusually vicious way one of his two victims was killed. Davis, convicted of the 1969 […]
Miss Van Houten Gets Life Terms in LaBianca Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12 – Convicted slayer Leslie Van Houten was denied probation and sentenced to life in prison Friday after an emotional hearing before Superior Court Judge Gordon Ringer. A Superior Court jury had found Miss Van Houten, a […]
Guard Accuses Manson of Attack
VACAVILLE, Aug. 1 — A prison guard has accused convicted mass killer Charles Manson of punching him in the face during a routine inspection of cells at the California Medical Facility here, it was disclosed today. Prison information officer Bill […]
Manson: ‘Didn’t Want to Kill’
VACAVILLE, Jul. 10 — In a rare prison interview, convicted mass murderer Charles Manson admits he got in trouble “for cutting people, for shooting people,” but he claims he didn’t want to kill. “Not because I wanted to, but because […]
Escape Try Cancels Jail Visits by Former Manson Follower
SACRAMENTO, Jul. 9 — A former Charles Manson follower has lost her bid in federal court to resume visiting her husband in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Thomas MacBride ruled against Catherine Como after reviewing Folsom prison officials’ assertion that […]
Van Houten Convicted in First Degree
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 5 – Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was convicted of first-degree murder today in her third trial for the Aug. 10, 1969, slayings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. She also was found guilty of conspiracy […]
Watson Has Found Remorse For 7 Slayings
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jun. 18 — Sitting at a picnic table under a clear noonday sky, it is difficult to look into the wide and innocent eyes of Charles (Tex) Watson and fully comprehend that he brutally murdered seven strangers. […]
Woman Cites LSD Effects; Followed Manson Orders
LOS ANGELES, May 31 — Leslie Van Houten said at her third murder trial she was so heavily drugged on LSD that she was incapable of functioning on her own and mindlessly carried out Charles Manson’s orders to kill. Miss […]
Religion Has ‘Freed’ Him, Watson Says
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Apr. 30 — Charles “Tex” Watson says he spent the first 23 years of his life chasing the all-American dream and the next five chasing after the devil. Now Watson — the former Texas farm boy and […]
School District Pays Girl $4,500 in Suit
MILWAUKIE, OR, Apr. 8 — A $4,500 settlement has been paid by the North Clackamas School District to a 12-year-old Milwaukie girl who claimed she suffered psychological damage while seeing a classroom showing of a made-for-television film on the Charles […]
High Court Rejects Manson Case Appeals
WASHINGTON, Apr. 3 — Charles Manson’s bid to have his conviction and life sentence overturned in the 1969 murders of two California men was turned down by the Supreme Court today. The justices left intact Manson’s 1970 conviction for the […]
Leslie Hardly Recognizable As Former Manson Follower
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 – Leslie Van Houten walked into her third trial for the Charles Manson-led murders of a Los Angeles grocer and his wife wearing a broad smile she said was due to nervousness rather than optimism over […]
Manson Cultist’s Mail-Conspiracy Conviction Upheld By Appeals Court
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2 — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the conspiracy conviction of Sandra Good, the disciple of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson who once begged to join Manson in prison. Miss Good was sentenced […]
Couple Meet, Forgive Slayer of Daughter, 20
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Jan. 16 — “We love this special person from the bottom of our hearts,” said Golden Bristol of the man who murdered her daughter. The tiny housewife from Dearborn, Mich., confessed to a little nervousness as she […]
Victim at Ranch Was Shea
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 – Skeletal remains found near the Spahn movie ranch in Chatsworth were identified Friday as those of former movie stunt man Donald “Shorty” Shea, murdered by the Charles Manson clan in 1969. James Kono, assistant chief […]
San Jose Man Held in ’77 Slaying of Film Producer
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 – The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office charged a San Jose man Friday with the 4-year-old murder of Hollywood producer and acting coach Laurence Merrick, maker of the controversial film “Manson.” The murder complaint against […]
Manson Loses Court Plea
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22 – Slayer Charles Manson’s effort to get two of his murder convictions overturned was rejected by the California Supreme Court yesterday. It denied without comment his request to review a state Court of Appeal decision upholding […]
Brother’s Search: Manson Victim’s Children Are His Objective
FULLERTON, Sept. 17 — Russell Harmon searched for 20 years for his younger adopted sister, Rosemary, who dropped out of sight during the 1950s. Not until two years ago did Harmon discover that his missing sister was Rosemary LaBianca, one […]
Manson Prosecutor ‘Upset’ Over Influence Of Book
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 16 – Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Charles Manson and his family said this week he is “terribly disturbed” over reports that an Indiana mass murder may have been inspired by a movie based on a book Bugliosi […]
