Secret Service Says Good Living in Burlington Home

BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 7 – Sandra Good, a follower of Charles Manson, was placed in a private residence in Burlington when she was released on parole this week, the U.S. Secret Service confirmed Friday. Special Agent William Corbett said the […]

Two B&B Enterprises in County

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Dec. 7 – There are two B&B Enterprises in San Luis Obispo County and one of them fixes cars. The other, according to parole board testimony, is a front for a pornographic magazine. B&B Enterprises was […]

Manson Follower Loses Parole Bid

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Dec. 5 — Robert Beausoleil, a onetime follower of mass murderer Charles Manson, lost a bid for freedom Wednesday as a parole board panel cited the “heinous, callous manner” of his crime. The motivation for Beausoleil’s […]

Manson Follower Sandra Good Paroled After 10 Years in Prison

ALDERSON, W.Va., Dec. 3 – Charles Manson follower Sandra Good was released Monday from prison after serving nearly 10 years for conspiring to send death threats to corporate officials. Good, 41, left the Federal Correctional Center For Women here at […]

Manson Family Member’s Release From Prison Stalled

ALDERSON, W.Va., Nov. 23 — It will be at least Dec. 2 before Sandra Good, a member of the Charles Manson family serving time for writing threatening letters to corporate leaders, is released from federal prison. Dave Helman, a spokesman […]

Release of Good Delayed

ALDERSON, W.Va., Nov. 22 — Sandra Good, a Charles Manson follower who was to be released here Friday from the federal prison for women, will not be paroled until at least Dec. 2 because the parole board has not completed […]

Manson Family Member Patricia Krenwinkel Again Denied Parole

FRONTERA, Sept. 5 – Calling her crimes “heinous, atrocious and cruel,” a hearing panel Wednesday denied parole for the seventh time to Patricia Krenwinkel, a member of the infamous Manson family that killed seven people in 1969. The three-member panel […]

‘Charlie’s Girls’ Stay Faithful in Prison

ALDERSON, W.Va., Jun. 9 — Sandra Good’s bright blue eyes light up when she recalls the day, nearly 20 years ago, that she met the “family” of Charles Manson, leader of a murderous California cult. “I was a student at […]

Manson Disciple Van Houten Denied Parole for 5th Time

FRONTERA, Calif., May 16 — Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, serving a life prison term for the brutal 1969 slayings of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, was denied parole Wednesday for the fifth time. Click here to read Leslie […]

Still in the ‘Family’

Sandra Good, a Manson follower imprisoned for mailing death threats, has refused parole because authorities won’t let her see ‘Charlie.’ ALDERSON, W. VA., Apr. 18 – Oh, there is anger all right, and regret, lots of it, and sorrow in […]

Manson Follower Won’t Leave Prison

ALDERSON, W.Va., Mar. 30 — Sandra Good, a member of the Charles Manson family who served 10 years for mailing death threats to businessmen, refused to leave prison Friday because she would be prohibited from associating with Manson or his […]

Sandra Good To Be Sent To New Jersey

ALDERSON, W. VA, Mar. 28 – Sandra Good, a follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, will be going to New Jersey instead of California upon her release Friday from the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, W. Va. The […]

Capital Won’t Get Good

SACRAMENTO, Mar. 26 – Sandra Good, a leader in the cult of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, will not be paroled to Sacramento when she is released Friday from federal prison in West Virginia. In an abrupt reversal, officials of […]

Ruling on Parole Hearings Sought

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 — Attorney General John Van de Kamp has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn two lower-court decisions, one involving Charles Manson’s top lieutenant, which would require annual parole hearings for hundreds of convicted murderers, including […]

Court Asked to Overturn Parole Ruling

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26 – Attorney General John Van de Kamp has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn two lower-court decisions — one involving Charles “Tex” Watson at the California Men’s Colony — which would require annual parole hearings for […]

Manson Album to Be Released

Jan. 23 – Charles Manson, hoping to be remembered for something other than brutal murders, will soon release an album of songs he’s composed while in prison. The album expresses Manson’s concern about the human condition in a style that’s […]

Charges Dismissed Against Manson’s Attacker

VACAVILLE, Calif., Jan. 17 — Authorities dismissed assault charges Wednesday against a state prison inmate who allegedly splashed convicted mass killer Charles Manson with paint thinner and set him ablaze. Inmate Jan Holmstrom apparently acted in self-defense, said James Highsmith, […]

Manson Disciple Refused Parole

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 14 — Bobby Beausoleil, a Manson family disciple convicted of killing a musician two weeks before the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders, was refused parole for the fifth time. A state parole board refused Thursday to set a […]

Manson Disciple’s Parole Moved Up

VACAVILLE, Oct. 18 — The California parole board has advanced the parole date of Steve “Clem” Grogan, a convicted murderer and follower of Charles Manson. A panel of the state Board of Prison Terms decided Tuesday that Grogan, 33, may […]

Inmate Sets Fire to Charles Manson

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 26 — Multiple killer Charles Manson is expected to live after being severely burned Tuesday when a fellow inmate set him on fire at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Manson, convicted in the killings of actress Sharon […]