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VAN NUYS, Sept. 24 — George Spahn, former owner of a dilapidated riding stable and ranch in the Simi Hills that was home for the Manson family at the time of the Tate-LaBianca murders, died Monday in a nursing home, […]

VACAVILLE, Sept. 18 – State prison officials have slightly relaxed security for convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, allowing him to mix with other convicts for the first time. “He has, in the last couple of weeks, been moved from ultra-maximum […]

SANTA ROSA, Jan. 24 – Dist. Atty. John W. Hawkes began outlining his case to the jury in the James Willett murder trial today. The prosecutor’s opening statement and testimony from the first witness got underway this morning after attorneys […]

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14 – Former Deputy District Attorney Vincent T. Bugliosi, who prosecuted the Charles Manson “family” for the Sharon Tate murders, announced yesterday he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for state-attorney general. Bugliosi resigned his prosecutor’s […]

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 — Attorney Irving A. Kanarek has filed suit in Superior Court seeking $49,150 for his courtroom representation of convicted murderer Charles Manson in 1969. Kanarek said in his suit that Los Angeles County owed him the […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 2 – When reporter William T. Farr got an exclusive story during the Manson Family murder trial, despite a court gag rule, six attorneys came under suspicion as the possible source of the leak, and Farr went […]

FOLSOM, Calif., Oct 25 – Charles Manson, described during his Los Angeles murder trial as having near-hypnotic influence over his followers, now is a “loner” convict who rarely leaves his cell at Folsom Prison, according to a spokesman. “Manson pretty […]

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 25 – The death penalty will be mandatory in California for 11 categories of murder beginning Jan. 1, 1974, under a law signed Monday by Gov. Reagan. Some legal experts, including state Atty. Gen. Evelle Younger, say four […]

AFTER TESTIMONY – Charles Manson leaving courtroom where he appeared as a witness in behalf of Catherine (Gypsy) Share. Manson, wearing his hair cut short, is manacled hand and foot. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Charles Manson testified Monday that […]

STOCKTON, Jan. 18 — Attorneys for four persons accused of the murder in November of Lauren Willett said in San Joaquin County Superior Court yesterday they will file written motions to suppress evidence they assert was obtained illegally by police […]

STOCKTON, Jan. 3 – A charge of being an accessory in the murder of Lauren Willett has been dismissed by authorities against Lynette Fromme, a former follower of convicted killer Charles Manson. Meanwhile, arraignment was continued yesterday in San Joaquin […]

FRONTERA, Calif., Jan. 1 — Despite their petitions and pleas, three young women remain isolated in California’s only remaining death row. Their heads shaved in protest, they call themselves “nuns.” To others, they are still known as “the Manson girls.” […]

HONOLULU, HI, Dec. 21 – A woman fugitive from California, whose testimony helped send the Charles Manson murder gang to prison, said here yesterday that everyone who values freedom should support efforts to get Los Angeles Times reporter William T. […]

STOCKTON, Dec. 12 — Stockton Municipal Court Judge Laurence Drivon, acting on a request by the prosecution, yesterday delayed further proceedings against two female followers of Charles Manson and two male companions accused of murdering Lauren Willett. Murder charges against […]

SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 15 — Priscilla Cooper bore an illegitimate child at 19 and danced topless before she was 20. Today, at 21, she shares murder charges with two other women who bear the “X” scar of the Charles […]

SAN JOSE, Nov. 15 — Priscilla Cooper’s mother cannot recall her only daughter without a mixture of bitterness, bewilderment and pain. Priscilla’s latest “mess,” being charged with murder along with two “Manson women” in Stockton, hurts as much as if […]

VENICE, Aug. 30 – Sensational crimes that rate world headlines have one thing in common: they make money for those entrepreneurs quick enough and businesslike enough to cash in on the public’s horror, fascination or prurience. A particularly ugly relic […]

KEENE, N.H. – A $650,000 suit against Linda Kasabian, formerly of Milford, star witness in the Sharon Tate trial, has been filed in Cheshire County Superior Court on behalf of the son of one of the murder victims. Hanna Promisca, […]

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 16 — Charles Manson’s long day in court finally has ended and he has been taken under security precautions to Death Row at San Quentin, where he will probably spend the rest of his life for master-minding […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 22 – “Nobody’s crying,” said Charles (Tex) Watson Thursday in a low voice to his attorney, Maxwell Keith, as he scanned the jurors filing into their seats, “and that’s bad.” He was right. Moments later in the […]