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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 […]
Inmate Sorry He Accused Watson
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Apr. 11 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the California Men’s Colony inmate recently accused of abusing his job in a prison chapel, has been cleared of wrongdoing by his chief accuser, another inmate. In addition, CMC Warden Wayne […]
Ex-Manson Cultists Lead in Prison Chapel
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Mar. 22 — Charles “Tex” Watson, former disciple of Charles Manson, has become the senior inmate serving in the Protestant chapel of the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, acting as its minister, counseling inmates and […]
Fear and Loathing in LA
Manson in The Own Words, by Charles Manson as told to Nuel Emmons (256 pages, Grove Press, $16.95) Every year a man with a swastika cut into his brow just above his eyes appears before the California parole board and […]
If I Had Killed 400-500 People, I’d Have Felt Better, Manson Says
NEW YORK, Jan. 29 — Mass murderer Charles Manson said he never killed actress Sharon Tate and six others in the 1960s but told a television interviewer that if he had killed “400 or 500 people” he would have “felt […]
Author Says Manson’s Words Will Destroy Monster’s Myth
“Manson in His Own Words, As Told to Nuel Emmons.” Illustrated. Grove Press, 232 pages, $16.95. Charles Manson in his own words? Why would anyone want to hear them? Why would anyone want to do so, even knowing that, according […]
Charles Manson in His Own Defense
Jan. 18 – “Manson in His Own Words,” as told to Nuel Emmons. Grove Press, $16.95. Nuel Emmons and Charles Manson were fellow prisoners 30 years ago. Emmons, now a photojournalist, was doing time on auto theft and drug charges. […]
Officials Determine Manson Might Have Provoked Attack
VACAVILLE, 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, saying the prisoner apparently acted in self-defense. Manson, 48, serving a […]
Manson Tells His Side to Conviction in New Book
Jan. 13 – Brace yourself for what could become the most controversial book of 1987: “Manson in His Own Words,” which Grove Press is to publish this month. The book presents for the first time Charles Mansons’s side of his […]
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 […]
Good’s Move To St. George Causing Some Concern
ST. GEORGE, VT, Mar. 18 – Sandra Good, a disciple of cult leader Charles Manson who was paroled to Vermont in December, has moved from Burlington to St. George and some residents of the small Chittenden County town say they […]
Woman Wants to Sell Gold Record, With History
BEND, OR, Feb. 11 — A gold record, earned by the Beach Boys and once owned by Charles Manson, is now in the possession of a Bend woman and is for sale — if the price is right. Cheryl Spahn, […]
Manson to Parole Board: Stick it
Click here to read Charles Manson’s February 4, 1986 Parole Hearing Transcript SAN QUENTIN, Feb. 4 — Famed killer Charles told parole officials today to “stick it” because he is not interested in parole and would rather “keep my soul.” […]
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 […]
