Category Archives: Archived News
Leslie Van Houten Retrial to Stay in L.A., Judge Rules
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 20 – The retrial of former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten will stay in Los Angeles, a judge here ruled today after both defense and prosecution attorneys agreed that the entire state was “saturated” with publicity […]
Woman in Manson Family Arrested
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 18 — A member of the Charles Manson family was arrested Monday at her home in Petaluma on a charge of sending two threatening letters through the mail. Patricia Maureen Gillum, also known as Misty Hay, was […]
Deputy D.A.’s a Bit of TV’s Columbo, With Just a Dash of Perry Mason
Nov. 14 – In stature and appearance (dark, wavy hair) there is a suggestion of television’s insouciant detective Columbo (Peter Falk, if you prefer). It would come as no surprise if he ambled up to the witness stand wearing a […]
Sandra Good Given 15-Year Sentence
SACRAMENTO, Apr. 13 — Sandra Good, a follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson and former roommate of Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for conspiring to threaten the lives of business and government leaders. […]
Ex-Convict Becomes a Writer, Strikes It Rich
Mar. 29 – Fourteen years ago Frank Earl Andrews robbed a New Jersey gasoline station, kidnaped two hostages and shot a deputy sheriff four times in an escape attempt. He was sentenced to 55 to 67 years in state prison. […]
Two Devotees of Manson Guilty of Death Threats
SACRAMENTO, Mar. 17 — Manson cultist Sandra Good and her friend, Susan Murphy, were convicted by a jury Tuesday of conspiring to send death threats to business and government leaders. The jury deliberated a little more than 1 1/2 hours […]
Sandra Good and Susan Murphy Plead Innocence
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 27 — Charles Manson cultist Sandra Good and another former roommate of Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme pleaded innocent today to charges of conspiring to mail threatening letters to business and government leaders. “I’m guilty for saying the mean truth […]
Judge Reduces Sandra Good’s Bail to $20,000
SACRAMENTO, Jan. 7 – A federal judge Tuesday reduced bail from $50,000 to $20,000 for Manson cultist Sandra Good, the former roommate of Lynette Fromme, accused of conspiring to mail death threats to corporate and government officials. Good, 31, did […]
Fromme Receives Life Sentence
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 18 — Charles Manson disciple Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, convicted of attempting to assassinate President Ford, was sentenced Wednesday to life imprisonment. U.S. Dist. Judge Thomas J. MacBride told the 27-year-old follower of convicted mass murder Manson he was […]
Agent Tells How He Captured Fromme
SACRAMENTO, Nov. 8 — Lynette Fromme, banished from her trial for demanding that mass murderer Charles Manson be allowed to testify, was described Friday as yelling in disbelief after an alleged attempt to kill President Ford. Over defense objections, Secret […]
Manson Girl Tells of Quitting ‘Family’
Says She Didn’t Appear for Sentencing Because of Pregnancy LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15 – Ruth Ann Morehouse, still wearing a bandage over plastic surgery she underwent to remove the forehead “X” that had marked her as a member of the […]
Fromme Vilified Ford, Friends Say
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 6 — Lynette Fromme watched President Ford on television the night before her assassination attempt and talked with two friends about Mr. Ford being a “dummy, an empty head,” her roommates said Friday. Sandra Good, 31, a member […]
Manson Girl Tries to Shoot President
SACRAMENTO, Sept. 5 — President Ford narrowly escaped an assassination attempt today by a woman follower of convicted murderer Charles Manson. The woman, identified as Lynette Alice (Squeaky) Fromme, 26, stepped from a crowd of onlookers and pointed a loaded […]
Suit Filed by Manson Girl Against Lawyer Dismissed
May 3 – A $2,000,000 malpractice and fraud suit brought by convicted murderess Susan Atkins against two attorneys who once represented her and against former Dep. Dist. Atty Vincent T. Bugliosi has been dismissed. Superior Court Judge Rodney Potter granted […]
Manson ‘Girl’ Sentenced for 2 Robberies
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 21 – Mary Brunner, a Charles Manson follower convicted of committing two armed robberies as part of a plan to free the murder cult leader, was sentenced Tuesday to two consecutive 10-year-to-life prison terms. And in another […]
Manson Life-Style Changes After Move From Death Row
FOLSOM, Mar. 5 — The lifestyle of convicted killer Charles Manson has been sharply altered since he was moved off San Quentin’s Death Row and out of the shadow of the state’s gas chamber. For one thing, he has dropped […]
Manson Follower Recalls His Life of Crime at Sanity Hearing
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 – Kenneth Como, one of four Charles Manson followers convicted of committing two robberies as part of a plan to free the cult leader from prison, told jurors Tuesday that “all I wanted to do was […]
‘You Better Pray I Never Get Out,’ Manson Friend Tells Sanity Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – “You had better pray I never get out,” convicted murderer Bobby (Cupid) Beausoleil told a jammed courtroom Friday at a sanity hearing for four other members of the Charles Manson “family.” The 25-year-old Beausoleil was […]
4 Manson Followers Convicted in Hawthorne Robbery-Shootout
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 – Four followers of hippie cult leader Charles Manson were found guilty Wednesday of committing a Hawthorne surplus store robbery which led to a shootout with police. The seven-women, five-man jury deliberated four days before returning […]
Manson, 10 Followers Won’t Testify at Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – Charles Manson and 10 other convicted murderers will not testify in the robbery trial of four of his followers as had been expected. The defense rested Friday without the appearance of Manson and the others […]
