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Manson Accuses Witness of Having Role in Killings
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 – Charles Manson told a witness at the penalty phase of his trial that if he told the truth on the stand the state would indict him for murder. “You mean if I tell the truth […]
Lawyer Says DA’s ‘Deal’ Should Save Susan Atkins
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 – A former attorney for Susan Atkins said yesterday he does not feel she should receive the death penalty because she has fulfilled her part of a bargain made with the district attorney’s office. Atty. Paul […]
Psychiatrists To Give Opinions On LSD Use
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 – The defense in the Tate murder trial today had two psychiatrists prepared to give their opinions about the effects of continued use of LSD, on the human mind. Charles Manson and three women defendants have […]
Linda Kasabian Back on Stand, Sticks to Her Manson Story
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Linda Kasabian returned as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Wednesday and testified as steadfastly as she did six months ago when she spent 18 days on the witness stand as the state’s key […]
Susan’s Attorneys Called to Testify on DA’s Promise
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Legal jousting in the chambers of Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Older today delayed the start of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial as defense attorneys prepared to call eight more witnesses in an attempt to […]
Linda Kasabian Sticks To Tate Story
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Linda Kasabian was shouted at by two of the defendants at the Tate murder trial yesterday when she stuck to her story that Charles Manson had ordered the killings. Manson’s lawyer had Mrs. Kasabian brought […]
Tate Prosecutor Called to Stand in Penalty Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi was called as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Tuesday and questioned by the defense about a district attorney’s office deal for Susan Atkins’ testimony. The arrangement, Bugliosi explained, was […]
3 Manson Girls Contradicted by Linda Kasabian
Star Prosecution witness Linda Kasabian returned to Hall of Justice today to contradict the testimony of Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – The girl whose testimony led to the conviction of cult chieftain […]
Leslie Van Houten Describes Role in Murder of LaBiancas
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 – “And I took one of the knives and Patricia had a knife, and we started stabbing and cutting up the lady.” The lady was Rosemary LaBianca, 38, and the convicted-murderess confessing from the witness stand […]
Cult Girl Unworried About Death Penalty
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 – The one-time high school beauty queen who admitted killing at least one of the Tate-LaBianca murder victims admitted today that she thought about the death penalty but decided to ignore it if it should be […]
Laughing Cult Girl Tells of Murders
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – A laughing, bubbling 21-year-old girl, who tried to join a nunnery for the love of one man and murdered for the love of another, took the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday to […]
Miss Krenwinkel Testifies That She Killed Two
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – Calmly and without remorse, Patricia (Katie) Krenwinkel confessed on the witness stand Thursday that she killed two of the seven Tate-LaBianca murder victims. Her demeanor was warm and friendly at first as she talked about […]
Krenwinkel in ‘Protest’ From Stand
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – Hippie leader Charles Manson today played master puppeteer, pulling the strings to start a finger-raising protest among the defendants in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial today. Even Patricia Krenwinkel, who Thursday told a gory tale of […]
Tate Jury Given OK to Go Home After 7 Months
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – Climaxing a day of surprises, the five-woman, seven-man jury hearing the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial and who have been sequestered for the past seven months, were told Tuesday they could go home. […]
Role in 8 Slayings ‘Was No Big Thing’, Susan Atkins Says
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 – Susan Atkins declared Thursday that she told outsiders about her part in eight murders, but not Charles Manson, because “it was no big thing.” “Killing eight people is just business as usual, right Sadie” prosecutor […]
‘Killings Ain’t No Big Thing,’ Susan Testifies
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 – The killing of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in two nights of wanton slaughter “ain’t no big thing,” confessed murderess Susan Atkins told a startled courtroom Thursday. “I didn’t relate to Sharon Tate […]
Susan Now Doubts That Manson Is ‘Divine’
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 – Admitted murderess Susan Atkins, who, the state claims, killed at the direction of hippie leader Charles Manson, today said that at the time of the murders she considered the cult chieftain to be the second […]
Susan Atkins Admits Tate, Hinman Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – Pale, dark-haired Susan (Sadie) Atkins confessed to killing actress Sharon Tate and musician Gary Hinman Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The story of the seven Tate-LaBianca murders told from the […]
First Confession Forced – Susan
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – Susan Atkins, who Tuesday admitted killing actress Sharon Tate and musician Gary Hinman, today testified that she had been pressured into her first confession more than a year ago. In dramatic tones the 22-year-old girl […]
Susan Confesses Murder; Sobbing Halts Testimony
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – A sobbing Susan Atkins today confessed on the witness stand that she murdered Topanga Canyon musician Gary Hinman and was “there” during the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others. Her testimony was cut […]
