Category Archives: Archived News
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 […]
3rd Trial for Van Houten
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 – Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten will be tried for the third time for the Aug. 10, 1969, slaying of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, Dist. Atty. John Van de Kamp said today. Van de […]
Amid the ‘Freaks,’ the Manson Bus
Billy Dunn and his brother, Danny, of Jeffersonville, Ind., inspect Charles Manson’s bus at the Kentucky State Fair LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 24 – Down the Kentucky State Fair midway, past the torture exhibition, the scandal sheet newspaper headlines announcing “Woman […]
Photographer’s Claim Against Polanski Loses
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 17 — Authorities have rejected a news photographer’s complaint contending that movie director Roman Polanski assaulted him and stole his film after he snapped a picture of Po-anski kneeling at the grave of his dead wife, actress […]
Mistrial Called in Van Houten Murder Case
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 – A mistrial was declared Saturday in the retrial of Leslie Van Houten after the jury reported on the 25th day of deliberations that it was “hopelessly” deadlocked at seven votes for first-degree murder and five […]
Manson Follower Tells of Conversion
PLAINFIELD, NJ, Aug. 5 – The biography of former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins will soon be released by Logos International, the multi-million dollar religious publishing firm located here. Publication of the 290-page, $7.95 hardback book, entitled “Susan Atkins: Child […]
Van Houten Jurors Deadlocked 3 Ways
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 5 – Jurors in the retrial of former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten were ordered Thursday to try again to reach verdicts after reporting they were deadlocked in a three-way split. Thursday was the 23rd day […]
Van Houten Jurors Ask Clarification of Law
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 23 – Grim-faced jurors in the retrial of Leslie Van Houten filed back into court Friday in the midst of their 12th day of deliberations to ask questions about the concept of diminished mental capacity. “I can’t […]
Van Houten Trial: A Double Burden
The jury still is out in the retrial of former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder in the slayings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca on […]
Jurors Deliberate Verdict in Manson Follower’s Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 18 — Jurors in the murder retrial of former Charles Manson family member Leslie Van Houten have gone into a second week of deliberations after failing to reach a verdict over the weekend. Miss Van Houten is […]
Fromme, Moore Transferred to West Virginia
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 14 — Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme and Sara Jane Moore — both serving life sentences for trying to kill former President Gerald Ford — were moved from California prisons this week to a West Virginia federal institution. The […]
Fromme to Alderson
ALDERSON, WV, Jul. 3 – Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, the Manson cultist accused of trying to gun down former President Gerald Ford, is among a contingent of new inmates being shipped to the Federal Reformatory for Women. Warden Carson Markley says […]
The Manson Mystique, Whatever It Is, Lives On
When Leslie Van Houten began taking the witness stand in Los Angeles a few weeks ago to give her version of the 1969 LaBianca slayings, I realized how baffled I still was by the senseless “Helter Skelter” killings. Even her […]
Van Houten Jury Hears Manson Tape
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 28 – After more than two months of testimony that has almost always focused on Charles Manson, the jury in the retrial of Leslie Van Houten heard the voice of Manson himself Monday. What the jurors heard […]
California Court of Appeal Upholds Manson’s Convictions in 2 Killings
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 24 – Ruling it found no evidence of “prejudicial error,” the State Court of Appeal yesterday upheld Charles Manson’s 1971 convictions for the murders of Gary Hinman and Donald (Shorty) Shea. The three-judge panel, in an unanimous […]
Doctor Disputes Van Houten Domination
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 22 – A psychiatrist called by the prosecution testified Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten was not a “robot” under the domination of Charles Manson the night she took part in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. […]
