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 […]
Ex-Manson Follower Finds Faith In Christ
FRONTERA, Feb. 18 – The brutal Sharon Tate-LaBianca murders burned their way into the nation’s headlines in 1969 as a group of young followers of Charles Manson left a trail of blood and destruction across southern California. Nine years later, […]
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 […]
Delay Granted on Third Van Houten Murder Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 26 – The first thing former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten did after she bailed out of jail a month ago was “go to the ocean and look into the distance without a wire fence between […]
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 […]
May Have Been Shorty Shea: Pass Road Body Is Still Unidentified
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 23 – It could be a month before Los Angeles County coroners can positively identify the bones found Dec. 15 near Simi Valley as those of Donald “Shorty” Shea, one of Charles Manson’s murder victims. L.A. County […]
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 […]
Shorty Shea’s Body Believed Found
CHATSWORTH, Dec. 16 – The skeletal remains of what investigators believe is Donald “Shorty” Shea — slain in 1969 by Charles Manson and two of his followers — was found Thursday afternoon in a shallow grave along Santa Susana Pass […]
The Way Up – Manson Killers Are Born Again
Dear Pat: Every now and then, I read something about Charles Manson. I know he’s cooling his heels in prison (thank God), but what’s happened to his “disciples,” the ones who actually did the killing of Sharon Tate and her […]
Third Leslie Van Houten Trial Scheduled for Jan. 16
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 – Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten will go to trial for the third time Jan. 16 in connection with the 1969 slaying of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, it was ruled today. Superior Judge Gordon […]
Manson Follower Moved
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 19 — Sandra Good, a follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, has been moved to a federal women’s prison at Alderson, W.Va., where two other Manson disciples are imprisoned. Miss Good, 33, was transferred Tuesday from […]
Sandra Good, Manson Cultist, to be Transferred to Alderson
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9 — Sandra Good, a Charles Manson cultist and inmate of the federal jail in San Diego since Sept. 8, will be transferred to the federal prison for women at Alderson, W. Va. Miss Good, 33, was […]
Cops Finally Believe He’s a Killer
SAN JOSE, Oct. 4 – He had told his parents, the police and his psychiatrist, but no one believed 34-year-old Dennis Mignano when he claimed he had killed documentary filmmaker Laurence Merrick in 1977. Last week, the police finally began […]
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 […]
