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Manson Follower Bobby Beausoleil Denied Parole For Ninth Time
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Dec. 10 — Parole officials denied a ninth bid for freedom from a 40-year-old inmate who has spent 17 years in prison after admitting his role in the first of a string of murders linked to Charles […]
Victim of Crime Also Knows the Needs of a Journalist
By PAUL ROILY LOGAN, UTAH, Oct. 26 — Perhaps the germ was born 18 years ago in Cory LaBianca, when her father and stepmother were brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family in Orange California, and their deaths became […]
Manson Associate Davis Denied Parole
SAN LUIS OBISPO, May 15 – A member of cult leader Charles Manson’s murderous “family” was denied parole for the seventh time, but the parole board told him he’s close to getting a release date. Bruce Davis, 44, who appeared […]
Bars Can’t Bind Manson
SAN QUENTIN, Jan. 5 — A reporter once called him “little Charlie Manson.” He has been called much worse. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Stephen Kay, a prosecutor in his 1970 murder trial, describes the 5-foot-2 Manson as a “blood-thirsty […]
Charlie Manson’s Music Still Rings
“I got a hat. I put my hat on. I walk out into the desert as far out as I can go. And I sit down. I don’t say, do you want to come with me? I don’t say go […]
Malibu Judge Leaves Bench After 22 Years
Nov. 15 – John J. Merrick did not have the typical background for a judge, but he was not judging typical people. Merrick was a comedy gag writer before he became the no-nonsense judge of a sleepy community that was […]
Ex-Manson Follower Freed After 14-Year Murder Term
LOS ANGELES, May 9 – A former Charles Manson follower was paroled and is working as a house painter after serving 14 years in prison for fatally stabbing a Hollywood stuntman. Steve “Clem” Grogran, 34, was released Nov. 19 from […]
Manson Follower is Denied Parole
FRONTERA, Jan. 1 — A tearful Susan Denise Atkins, the former Charles Manson disciple convicted in the 1969 cult slayings of actress Sharon Tate and seven others, pleaded for freedom, but was denied parole Tuesday for the sixth time. Ms. […]
Paroled Manson Follower Unwelcome in Vermont
BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 11 — It is not unusual these days in this city near Canada for some Vermonters to scan strangers’ foreheads for signs of a crudely engraved “X” between their eyebrows. “You worry that a whole trail of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
