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Manson Due to Meet Susan Atkins Today
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 5 – Charles M. Manson, who allegedly gave the orders which led to the killing last August of actress Sharon Tate and six others, is scheduled to meet today with Susan Denise Atkins, the principal witness against […]
Manson Associate Arrested on Drug Charges, Freed
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – An associate of Charles Manson was arrested in a courtroom on suspicion of being under the influence of drugs Thursday when he showed up in what prosecutors suspected was a narcotic-induced stupor. He was not […]
Women in Love: Susan Atkins
THE KILLING OF SHARON TATE by Lawrence Schiller (New American Library, 126 pp. $1). The eyes of a terribly frightened girl are on the cover; the title is printed in orange on black. In a slash of yellow across the […]
Tate Murder Informant’s Trial Put Off to at Least March 30
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 — Susan Denise Atkins, wearing a purple minidress with a “V” neckline that plunged to her waist, had her trial for the Tate-LaBianca murders put off yesterday until March 30 at the earliest. Miss Atkins, 21, […]
Manson Clan is Not Doing Well
CHATSWORTH, Jan. 31 – Things haven’t been going well for the “family” of Charles Manson since his arrest in the Sharon Tate and LaBianca cases. Take, for example, the plight of Manson clan member Bruce Davis when he agreed to […]
Murder of Gary Hinman Led to Tate Killing Suspects
FORT COLLINS, Co., Jan. 12 – The murder of a Fort Collins High School graduate in isolated Topanga Canyon, Calif., last July 25 or 26 led police to the Charles Manson “family”, the accused killers of actress Sharon Tate and […]
Police Find Gun Believed Used in Slaying of 3 Tate Victims
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20 — Police have found the gun believed used in the slayings of three of the five victims in the Tate murder case, it was learned Friday. The long-barreled .22-caliber handgun reportedly was located earlier in the […]
Manson’s Crime Career Began In Indiana
NOBLESVILLE, IN., Dec. 15 – Charles Manson, 34, who is being questioned in the Sharon Tate murder began his crime career in Noblesville according to reports from the Noblesville Ledger. Manson was 15-years old when first arrested in Noblesville when […]
Manson Indicted With 5 Others in Tate Murders
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 9 – Charles Manson, 35, and five members of his hippie clan were indicted Monday for the August slaughter of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons. After two days of listening to evidence presented by Dep. […]
Different View of Manson, ‘Family’
DEVORE, Calif., Dec. 7 – Charles Miller Manson, 35, called “God” and “Jesus” by his followers, incarcerated, accused… Is he a bearded leader of a hippie “black magic cult” which savagely killed actress Sharon Tate and six others? Or is […]
Sharon Tate’s Father Became a ‘Hippie’ to Hunt Murder Clues
PALOS VERDES, Dec. 4 – For four months actress Sharon Tate’s father masqueraded as a hippie trying to track down leads on the five senseless Benedict Canyon murders. Handsome, youthful appearing Paul J. Tate, 46, grew a moustache and beard […]
Wild Cult Blamed In Tate Slaying
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 – Police believe they have solved the Sharon Tate murder case and that an occult band of hippies, directed by a leader who calls himself “Jesus,” committed the five killings. Members of the band — a […]
Tate Case Arrest
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1 – Two young women and a man, former Hollywood residents, today were named in warrants linking them with the Aug. 9 slayings here of actress Sharon Tate and four friends in her Benedict Canyon home. In […]
Eyeglasses Key Clue in Search for Tate Killer
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 – Police are seeking a nearsighted person with an unusually small, “volleyball-shaped” head as a suspect in the Tate murder case, it was learned Thursday. Detectives said they don’t know his name or anything else about […]
2 or 3 Assailants Involved in Tate Slaying, Noguchi Says
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20 – Actress Sharon Tate and four others were shot and stabbed to death at her Benedict Canyon home by more than one person, possibly two or three, County Coroner Thomas T. Noguchi said Friday. Noguchi based […]
Friends of Slain Sharon Tate Offer Reward of $25,000
Sept. 4 – Friends of murdered actress Sharon Tate offered a $25,000 reward Wednesday for information about the crime in which she died. Posting of the reward was announced in London by actor Peter Sellers. He said he and several […]
The Blue Curtain Comes Down in Tate Massacre Case; Facts Remain Secret
Aug. 24 – There’s the Iron Curtain. Then there’s the Bamboo Curtain. And now there’s the Blue Curtain. The Blue Curtain is brand new — it is something that has come up between the newspapers and the Los Angeles Police […]
Frokowsky on Drug ‘Trip’ When He Was Slain, Friends Report
Aug. 22 – Voityck Frokowsky was in the midst of an experiment with mescaline when he and four other persons were slain early Aug. 9 at the home of Sharon Tate, it was learned Thursday. Friends said he planned to […]
Stars Attend Services for Slain Actress Sharon Tate
(LEFT) RITES FOR EL MONTE YOUTH – Friends carry the body of slain Steven Parent, 18, to a hearse outside the Church of the Nativity in El Monte. (CENTER) SISTER PRESENT – Patricia Tate, sister of the slain actress, attends […]
Caretaker Freed: Youth Cleared in Murders of 5
Aug. 12 – A slim youth who was the sole survivor of a rampage of homicide at a Benedict Canyon estate was released by police Monday. Officers said there was no evidence to implicate 19-year-old William E. Garretson in the […]
