SENTENCED TO GAS CHAMBER – Charles Manson, his eyes a trifle watery, is pictured en route to court in Los Angeles yesterday after being told the jury had decided on his punishment for the Sharon Tate murders. Manson began making […]
Manson’s Disciples Vow Torch Death On L.A. Sidewalk
GIRLS IN MANSON “FAMILY” SHAVE HEADS – Four young women members of the Charles Manson “family” kneel on the sidewalk outside the Los Angeles Hall of Justice today with their heads shaved. They’ve kept a vigil at the building throughout […]
Tate Lawyers Body Believed To Be Found
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29 — A body believed to be that of missing Manson case defense attorney Ronald Hughes was found in the rugged Sespe Hot Springs near Ojai, and a team of Ventura County sheriff’s deputies was hiking into […]
Life-Death Fate of Tate Killers in Jury’s Hands
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 27 — Describing death by cyanide in the gas chamber, defense attorneys Friday ended their pleas for the life of Charles Manson and his three hippie girlfriends, drawing a close to the costliest and longest trial in […]
Bugliosi Says Final Decision to Kill Was Up to 3 Girls, Watson
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 25 – Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi Wednesday described Charles Manson as an evil, satanic killer who sent out his followers to murder the seven Tate-LaBianca victims. But, he declared in a powerful argument in the penalty phase […]
Manson Girls Termed ‘Bloodthirsty Vampires’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 25 — Cult leader Charles Manson was described as “the most evil, satanic man that ever walked the face of the earth” and his girlfriend- co-defendants were labeled “bloodthirsty…vampires” Wednesday as the prosecution ended its part in […]
‘Girls Murdered Just For Love of Charles Manson’
Left to Right, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten walking to court today where the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial is nearing an end. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 24 — The prosecutor in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial […]
Five Manson ‘Family’ Members Change Pleas
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 24 – Five members of Charles Manson’s hippie “family,” in a surprise move Tuesday, pleaded “no contest” to conspiring to prevent one of the cult leader’s former followers from testifying in the Tate-LaBianca trial. The legal effect […]
Manson Delivers Bloodshed Threat
HE’LL SOON KNOW HIS FATE: Charles Manson glares into the distance as he leaves court in Los Angeles today with the penalty phase of his trial in the Tate-LaBianca murder case near its close. Final defense arguments to save Manson […]
Puzzling Question In Tate Case Remains Unanswered
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23 — The question remains — why? Why did three fairly ordinary, middle class American girls sneak out in the night and knife to death total strangers? Why is it that they show no regret, no guilt, […]
Says Manson Witnesses Are Mentally Crippled
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 22 — Charles Manson’s attorney charged today that the witnesses against his client were “mentally crippled” and that the hippie leader should not be sent to the gas chamber on that kind of evidence. Irving Kanarek, in […]
Tip Launches Search For Body of Missing Manson Trial Lawyer
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21 — Sheriff’s deputies from three counties will start digging Monday on the Barker Ranch in Death Valley for the body of missing attorney Ronald Hughes. The ranch was the last home of Charles Manson’s “hippie” family […]
Manson’s Attorney Makes Final Plea to Save His Life
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 20 – Charles Manson’s attorney said Friday that there is no reason to believe the 36-year-old defendant is more than a guy who weighs 140 pounds and likes girls. Irving A. Kanarek argued in the penalty phase […]
Manson Just Liked Girls, Jurors Told
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 20 — “Mr. Manson is not a Svengali,” his attorney said Friday. “He may be an unusual type of person… But there is no reason in the world not to believe that Mr. Manson is just a […]
Jury Asked To Consider Manson’s Innocence
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 19 — Claiming that hippie leader Charles Manson is a “focal point for somebody’s vendetta,” the cult chieftain’s attorney today urged the jury to consider the “possible innocence” of his client though they already have found him […]
Hangout of Manson Clan ‘Ruined by Publicity’
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Mar. 19 — The horses stir aimlessly in the corral and the wind whips unmercifully down the canyons on the old movie ranch made famous in its graying years by onetime guest Charles Manson. The ranch faced hard […]
Prosecutor Plans to Ask Tate Jury To Condemn Manson to Gas Chamber
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 18 — The prosecutor in the Sharon Tate murder trial said he would ask jurors in final arguments today to condemn Charles Manson and three women codefendants to the gas chamber. Opening of summations might be delayed […]
Manson Trial Ends After 9-Month Run
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 17 — Exactly nine months to the day after it began, the Tate-LaBianca murder trial ended Tuesday as both the defense and prosecution rested in the penalty phase, bringing to a close what has become the state’s […]
Manson Girl, Left at Ranch, Says She Was Willing to Kill
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16 – Blonde, 21-year-old Catherine Gillies, one of “Charlie’s girls,” testified Monday that she would have been willing to participate in the Tate-LaBianca murders. The young woman, called by the defense in the penalty phase of the […]
Manson Cult Girl Reverses Grand Jury Testimony
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 16 — The girl whose testimony before the grand jury indicted hippie leader Charles Manson for an eighth murder took the witness stand in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial today and refused to even mention his name in […]
