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Bomb Threat Revealed in Tate Penalty Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – The sheriff’s office says it has received information that explosives may be used to disrupt the final days of the penalty phase of the trial of Charles Manson and three female members of his “family.” […]
‘Love Babies,’ Not Manson, Called Leaders by Witness
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – “Love babies” and an 83-year-old blind man lead the “family” in the daily activities, not Charles Manson, a member of the clan testified Friday as the penalty phase of the Tate- LaBianca murder trial continued […]
Watson Found Competent to Stand Trial in Tate Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the fifth accused killer in the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was declared mentally competent yesterday and the district attorney said he would proceed immediately to bring him to trial. Watson had been indicted by […]
Watson Declared Sane, Must Stand Trial
LEFT TO RIGHT: Brenda McCann, Attorney Paul Fitzgerald and Sandra Good preparing for court Tuesday. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the man the state claims is hippie leader Charles Manson’s “head zombie” and the chief executioner of […]
‘Family’ Member Says Life With Manson Was a Game
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 – Life with Charles Manson was an existence without rules, a timeless game of make-believe and love, a member of the Manson “family” testified Wednesday. Diminutive red-haired Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, 22, was called by the defense […]
Manson Girl’s Acid Trips Detailed
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 4 – A teenage Manson “family” member, who Wednesday told the story of the “miracle-worker” Charles Manson, today told of the acid-dropper Linda Kasabian, the star prosecution witness whose testimony was responsible for the conviction of the […]
Cult Girl Tells How Manson Gathered Flock
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 3 – The saga of a Charles Manson who used guitar, song and kind words to gather teen-aged girls into a hippie tribe was unfolded in court Tuesday by one of the first girls who chose to […]
Leslie Van Houten’s Mother Testifies
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2 – The second mother today took the witness stand in the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial attempting to save her daughter from death in the gas chamber. Composed, but continuously dabbing at tears, Monrovia […]
Manson Codefendant Shouts As Father Testifies
Joseph and Dorothy Krenwinkel, parents of Patricia Krenwinkel. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 2 – Despite his daughter’s objections and shouts of “You’re not going to do me any good,” Patricia Krenwinkel’s father took the stand yesterday as the defense opened its […]
Officer Tells Death ‘Threat’ by Susan
The final prosecution witness in the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, Cpl. Thomas Drynan (Right) of the Oregon State Police, confers with Deputy Dist. Atty. Vincent Bugliosi. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 – The second and final prosecution witness […]
Ex-Tate Juror Tells Ordeal: ‘Could Only Sit and Sit and’
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 – “There was nothing to do but sit and sit and sit. At times we didn’t leave the sixth floor of the Ambassador Hotel for a week at a time, except to stand on the fire […]
Hinman Murder Testimony Barred at Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 – Charles Manson’s attorney Friday blocked prosecution attempts to offer testimony of another murder in the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca trial. Superior Judge Charles H. Older ruled in chambers that prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi could […]
Manson Penalty Trial Shortened
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 – Penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Friday was cut by at least a week when, in a surprise move, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles Older refused to allow the prosecution to outline still […]
PUNCHES HIS LAWYER: Manson Ejected From Courtroom
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – The penalty phase of the Sharon Tate murder trial began Thursday with Charles Manson shouting at the judge and being ejected from the courtroom for punching his attorney. The action preceded testimony by a black […]
Manson Strikes, Shoves His Attorney in Court
LOS ANGELES, Jan 29 – Charles Manson struck and shoved his attorney Thursday and was removed from the opening of the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The 36-year-old convicted murderer then continued to yell at Irving A. Kanarek […]
Death Is Unlikely For Manson, Followers, Attorney Says
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – Even if the jury condemns Charles Manson and his three female followers to death in the Sharon Tate murders, attorneys believe the chances are slim they will die in the gas chamber at San Quentin. […]
Tate Juror ‘Mentality’ at Issue in Trial
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 29 – A hearing to determine whether a member of the Tate-LaBianca jury, sequestered more than seven months, has been “mentally affected” by the tight security and sensational publicity surrounding the case, today was scheduled for next […]
Judge Denies Insanity Plea for Krenwinkel
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 28 – One of the four members of hippie leader Charles Manson’s “family” convicted of the seven brutal Tate-LaBianca murders Monday today attempted to change her plea to not guilty by reason of insanity. The motion was […]
Manson: The ‘Why’ Remains
Jan. 27 – A jury of representative citizens has pondered the evidence and reached its verdict, and now the long and arduous trial phase of the Manson murder case is over. Ahead lies still more testimony as prelude to the […]
Susan to Testify of Being Tricked Into Confession
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27 – Convicted murderess Susan Atkins, whose initial “confession” to the brutal Tate-LaBianca murders led to the arrest and eventual conviction of sex guru Charles Manson and three of his “family,” will take the witness stand during […]
