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 […]
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 […]
Manson Family Remains ‘Intact’
ALDERSON, W. Va., Mar. 12 — When Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, convicted would-be presidential assassin and disciple of mass murderer Charles Manson, arrived at the federal women’s prison in Alderson last summer, she had a request for the warden. “She watched […]
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 […]
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 […]
