Category Archives: Archived News

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16 – Dozens of Charles Manson’s old friends and followers have testified against the emotional clan leader at the Sharon Tate murder trial. Yet not one has expressed any dislike for him. Many of the prosecution witnesses […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 15 – The prosecution, in effect, ended its case Friday at the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The last prosecution witness completed his testimony and all that remains before the prosecution rests are arguments over admissibility over certain evidence. […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 12 – Cult chieftain Charles Manson not only threatened to kill her, but kicked and whipped her, a prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial testified today. Manson, who observed his 36th birthday today, listened without interrupting […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 – Manson family dropout Dianne Lake, one of the chief prosecution witnesses in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial became rattled on the witness stand Tuesday and admitted it was “possible” that she was mistaken about some of […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 11 – Two former Charles Manson clan associates charged with robbery and a stabbing attack on two men in Long Beach Sept. 25 were returned to city jail Tuesday after a preliminary hearing at which Nov. 24 […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10 – Dianne Lake, 17, one of the chief prosecution witnesses against hippie leader Charles Manson and three of his girl followers, testified today in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial that she was terrified of him, jealous of […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 – Manson family dropout Dianne Lake testified before the Tate-LaBianca jury today that she lied under oath before the grand jury about her knowledge of the Manson family and its involvement with the murders. Click here […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 – The illness of a woman juror today delayed resumption of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. Mrs. Thelma McKenzie, a county employe, complained of being ill Thursday night and was examined at County-USC Medical Center. Doctors recommended […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6 – Charles Manson, once an aspiring professional musician, complained Friday that deputies have forced him to stop singing in jail. Manson’s attorney filed a motion asking that the sheriff “be directed to cease and desist from […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5 – Despite six days of frantic efforts by defense attorneys to prevent her testimony, Manson “family” drop-out Dianne Lake today began telling her story to the five-woman, seven-man jury in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. In rapid […]

ATASCADERO, Calif., Nov. 4 – Charles “Tex” Watson, a defendant in the Sharon Tate murders is reported to be eating well and “getting the same treatment” as other patients at a state mental hospital. Watson was sent to Atascadero state […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 – A key state witness at the Tate murder trial has admitted that police raised the prospect she might face the gas chamber or life in prison if she did not tell them all she knew […]

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3 – Slender, pig-tailed Leslie Van Houten smiled and doodled as a crucial witness at the Sharon Tate murder trial linked her directly to the slayings for the first time. On the stand, pretty Dianne Lake, 17, […]

McKINNEY, Tex., Nov. 1 – There he stood on the jailhouse steps, his darkness-accustomed eyes blinking at the bright sunlight he hadn’t seen in months. This was Charles Watson, football hero, basketball hero, track star, “most versatile student” of 1964. […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 31 – Charles (Tex) Watson, the Manson “family” member charged with the actual murder of the seven Tate-LaBianca victims, Friday was adjudged insane and rushed to Atascadero State Hospital in an attempt to save his life. Two […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 – Two psychiatrists said Thursday that in their opinions, a key prosecution witness is competent to testify in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. Drs. Blake Skrdla and Earl C. Deering testified that they think Diane Lake, 17, […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 – A hearing into the competency of the final prosecution witness in the Tate LaBianca murder case continued today with the chief defendant, cult leader Charles Manson, becoming more irritated and outspoken. As one of two […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 – A hearing was scheduled today in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial to determine whether the last prosecution, witness — a former Manson “family” member now in Patton State Hospital — is capable of taking the witness […]

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 – Three letters from defendant Susan Atkins deeply implicating her in the Sharon Tate murders were read to the jury yesterday while the young woman bent low over a scratch pad and etched out a picture. […]

Paul Watkins, 20, a good looking youth with a way with women, had been Manson’s chief procurer of young girls. Often he acted as Manson’s second in command. While on his trips to and from the Barker Ranch in Inyo […]