Category Archives: Archived News
Manson Follower Denied Release Despite Cancer
SACRAMENTO, Jul. 16 — For more than an hour and a half, supporters of Manson family killer Susan Atkins had the floor to themselves, painting for parole board members a picture of a remorseful, changed woman who should be released […]
Surfin’ Era Singer, Songwriter Dead of Cancer
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23 – Terry Melcher, surfin’ era singer songwriter and recording executive who produced the Byrds’ No. 1 hits Mr. Tambourine Man and Turn, Turn, Turn and co-wrote The Beach Boys’ well-loved Kokomo, has died. He was 62. […]
Message In A Shampoo Bottle
A cut above: Jay Sebring, who invented a new way of styling men’s hair, with Paul Newman on the “Harper” set in 1965. Fall 2002 – I have interviewed many celebrity hairstylists in my day, but this would be my […]
Paul Fitzgerald, 64, Lead Attorney for Charles Manson
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 5 — Paul J. Fitzgerald, a pugnacious former public defender who became the lead defense attorney in the bizarre 1970 murder trial of cult leader Charles Manson and his followers, has died. He was 64. He was […]
City Acts to Protect Rocky Terrain of Santa Susana Area
CHATSWORTH, Jun. 26 — If the rocky outcroppings around Stoney Point could speak, they’d spin plenty of tales about mountain lions, the Lone Ranger, even Charles Manson. History and nature abound in these rugged peaks, from the trail that retraces […]
Manson Found Guilty of Trafficking Drugs in Prison
CORCORAN, Calif., Jun. 11 – Charles Manson had his visitation, day room and commissary privileges restricted after being found guilty of trafficking drugs in prison, a corrections official said. After a hearing Monday, Manson was ordered into administrative isolation, said […]
A Violent Deja Vu: Officer’s Arrival at Scene of Slayings Brings Back Memories of Tate Murders
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 25 – The murder scene at Nicole Brown Simpson’s condominium, said Los Angeles Police Officer William Richard Walley, one of the first officers to arrive, was as gruesome as any he has ever seen: The former wife […]
Manson Murders Mansion Torn Down
LOS ANGELES, May 28 — The home where actress Sharon Tate and four others were brutally slain in 1969 has been razed and a new mansion is under construction in its place. The Benedict Canyon residence was being rented by […]
Charles Manson Gets Royalties on T-shirts
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 25 — Charles Manson T-shirts are riding a wave of popularity among surfers and rockers. They’re also putting money in Manson’s pocket. Manson, serving a life sentence for his role in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon […]
Guns N’ Roses Does Charles Manson
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 – You’d expect to hear old songs by the Damned, UK Subs and maybe even Nazareth on the new Guns N’ Roses album saluting some of the band’s punk and hard-rock influences. But a song written […]
Susan Atkins Claims She Didn’t Commit Any Of The Manson Murders
FRONTERA, Calif., Jan. 21 — Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins was refused parole Wednesday after an emotional hearing in which she claimed she didn’t kill Sharon Tate or anyone else. Ms. Atkins, who is serving a life sentence for the […]
‘Tex’ Watson May Yet Do Some Hard Time
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 28 – Convicted mass murderer Charles “Tex” Watson, the former top lieutenant of cult leader Charles Manson, is serving a life sentence at California’s most comfortable prison, though the state parole board twice has recommended moving him […]
Follower of Manson Plans Life Near Killer
LOS ANGELES, Jun. 21 — A Charles Manson follower is moving back to California to be near the imprisoned cult leader, according to a prosecutor. Sandra Collins, also known as Sandra Good, plans to live near Corcoran State Prison south […]
Tex Watson History Part of Crusade
Jun. 13 – In the preface to his book on Manson family member Charles (Tex) Watson, Anaheim author Bill Nelson promises that “you will peer into the very soul of one of America’s most dreadful personalities.” “Tex Watson: The Man, […]
She Still Wants to Be ‘Blue’
LAKE CHAMPLAIN, Oct. 12 – Sandra Good opens the door to her home just a field of clover away from the blue basin of Lake Champlain. She’s wearing all blue. Charles Manson calls her Blue. She has swimming pool blue […]
Victim’s Mom Tries to Help Criminals
OREGON, Sept. 25 – On an August night in 1969, Doris Tate’s daughter was murdered by members of California’s notorious Charles Manson clan. Monday night, Tate paid a visit to the Oregon State Penitentiary to continue her efforts to rehabilitate […]
Krenwinkel Refused Parole for Eighth Time
FRONTERA, Nov. 23 — Charles Manson “Family” follower Patricia Krenwinkel was refused parole Wednesday for the eighth time in as many years for her conviction in the Tate-LaBianca killings. Krenwinkel, 42, failed to convince the three-member Board of Prison Terms […]
Manson Follower Fights Pollution
BRIDPORT, VT, Nov. 17 – In recent weeks, a Bridport woman named Sandra Collins has taken strong public stands against pollution of Lake Champlain by the International Paper Co. She spoke, to applause, at a public meeting with U.S. Rep. […]
Psychiatric Testing Ordered for Ex-Manson Lawyer After Outburst
Nov. 7 – Charles Manson’s one-time defense attorney was ordered to undergo psychiatric evaluation Monday after he burst through a security door into a deputy district attorney’s office in Torrance and resisted police officers who tried to remove him, authorities […]
Ghostly Presence Lingers at Death Valley Ranch
Aug. 8 – There’s nobody home now at Barker Ranch, in the jaws of Death Valley just north of the San Bernardino County line. It’s deserted. A ghost house. A lot of bad things happened there once, and a number […]
