SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6 – Lynette Fromme and two other followers of Charles Manson — Susan “Heather” Murphy and Sandra Good — had a reputation among their neighbors as “nice girls” and “good neighbors.” . However, one young woman, Chris Daugherty, […]
Was ‘Squeaky’ Playing Murder Game?
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6 – Lynette Alice Fromme was one of Charles Manson’s earliest and most loyal followers. He called her “Squeaky” because of her tiny, child-like voice. She has been a Manson devotee since 1967 — moving to Sacramento last […]
Manson Woman Held In Capitol Park Drama
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5 – President Gerald R. Ford narrowly escaped assassination today in Capitol Park when a young woman follower of mass murderer Charles Manson pulled a loaded gun and pointed it at the startled chief executive. A Secret Service […]
Manson Girl Tries to Shoot President
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5 — President Ford narrowly escaped an assassination attempt today by a woman follower of convicted murderer Charles Manson. The woman, identified as Lynette Alice (Squeaky) Fromme, 26, stepped from a crowd of onlookers and pointed a loaded […]
Manson Pushing for Appeal of Conviction
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 14 — Former hippie cult leader Charles Manson is pushing for appeal of his mass murder conviction, but he says he has little hope of ever being a free man. Manson says he has a hard time […]
Manson Blames His, World Fate on Nixon Policies
LOS ANGELES, Jul. 8 – Convicted murderer Charles Manson has been writing letters to followers blaming his fate, and the world’s, on former President Richard M. Nixon. “He wrote to us and said he was mad at Nixon and we […]
Manson Family Mad at Nixon
SAN FRANCISCO, Jul. 3 – A caller who said she was Sandra Good of the notorious Charles Manson family told UPI Wednesday night, Charles Manson had sent a message from San Quentin Prison to his family for communication to the […]
Manson Transferred to San Quentin
SAN QUENTIN, Ca., Jun. 12 – Convicted killer Charles Manson has been quietly transferred from Folsom Prison to San Quentin for his own protection, officials said. The transfer took place Friday but was not disclosed until this week. Manson, who […]
Inmate Stunned While Attacking Manson in Prison
FOLSOM, May 14 — One-time cult leader Charles Manson was attacked in an exercise yard of Folsom Prison Tuesday by two fellow inmates, one of them a former follower, a prison spokesman said. A guard broke up the fight by […]
Manson Informer Gets Guard In Jail
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 – The woman who first linked the hippie Manson family to the Sharon Tate murders is being given special protection in jail because of reported threats to kill her, the woman’s lawyer said today. Mrs. Ronnie […]
Manson Followers Move to Be Closer to Prison
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 8 — Two of Charles Manson’s women followers have moved to Sacramento so they can be closer to Folsom Prison, where Manson is held, a state prosecutor says. “That’s one reason,” conceded Sandra Good, 30, who is living […]
How Curt Gentry Got It Together
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 – He’s not particularly impressive to look at: medium height, modest beard and hush jacket. And he’s quiet, soft-spoken so that you have to listen hard to hear him relate, with some astonishment, how he has […]
Folsom Prison Foils Trio’s Escape Try
FOLSOM, Dec. 13 – Folsom Prison officials report that guards thwarted an escape attempt by a member of the Charles Manson clan, the slayer of four highway patrolmen and a convicted robber-rapist. Prison spokesman Max Price said the three men […]
The Merchandising of ‘Helter Skelter’
Dec. 8 – The merchandising of Helter Skelter is neither haphazard nor helter-skelter. It is costing W. W. Norton & Co. $50,000. On the theory that crime pays and pays well if enough people buy a $10 book, the co-authors […]
D.A. Investigates Accusation That Judge Older Threatened 2 Students
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 7 — The district attorney’s office is looking into accusations that Superior Court Judge Charles Older, who presided over the Manson Family trial, threatened two students with a pistol after a traffic accident. Older reportedly conceded he […]
Charges of Perjury by Shinn Dismissed
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 – Perjury charges against attorney Daye Shinn were dismissed Wednesday when special prosecutor Theodore P. Shield was unable to prove that anybody ever lied under oath about statements handed to reporter William Farr during the 1970 […]
Slayer to Be Shinn Perjury Trial Witness
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 – Special Prosecutor Theodore P. Shield Tuesday confirmed that he will call convicted murderer Lawrence E. Wilson, 31, to testify against attorney Daye Shinn, who is on trial on perjury charges. Shield also said Tuesday that […]
Attorney Shinn Faces Start of Perjury Trial
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 3 – Attorney Daye Shinn faces trial on perjury charges today, two months after similar charges were dismissed against former prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi when no commission of their alleged crime could be established in court. Both […]
About Manson: Prosecutor’s Tale and Infiltrator’s View
HELTER SKELTER: The True Story of the Manson Murders, by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry (502 pages; Norton; $10) In his novel “The Third Man,” Graham Greene has the British intelligence officer who narrates the story make a statement that […]
Escape Plot Spurs Move of Manson
VACAVILLE, Nov. 19 — Convicted mass murderer Charles Manson was transferred from the medical facility here to maximum security Folsom Prison last month after authorities discovered an escape plot involving guns and grenades. Jess Marquez, program administrator of the unit […]
