Category Archives: Archived News

Cowboy Witness In Tate Case Tells Of Threats On His Life

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 1st – A 6-foot, 5-inch cowboy, a key state witness at the Sharon Tate murder trial, testified yesterday that his life had been threatened repeatedly because of appearing as a witness against Charles Manson and the “family.” […]

Legal Arguments Delay Tate Trial

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 30 – The trial of cult leader Charles Manson and three of his female followers for the Tate-LaBianca murders was delayed today as attorneys apparently argued legal points in chambers. Although details of the secret session were […]

Manson Admitted Murders, Former Ranch Hand Says

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 – A former ranch hand claimed yesterday that Charles Manson admitted to him that he was responsible for the Tate-LaBianca murders. The testimony came from 25-year-old Juan Flynn, who said he thought Manson was “boasting” when […]

Tate Witness Tells of Manson Threats

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 29 – Although hippie leader Charles Manson admitted he was responsible for the gruesome Tate-LaBianca killings, a former Manson “family” member said today he didn’t believe him until two months later and then “got scared.” Juan Flynn […]

Tate Trial Witness Says Manson Admitted Killings

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 28 – A few days after the Sharon Tate murders, a witness testified today, Charles Manson pulled a knife and told him: “Don’t you know I’m the one that’s doing all these killings?” The witness at the […]

From Films To Manson Lair, Burned Ranch Was Historic

CHATSWORTH, Ca., Sept. 28 – The Spahn movie ranch in the Simi Hills above this community was one of the victims of the weekend brush fires, and no doubt some will call its fate a cleansing scourge. For it was […]

Brush Fires Devastate California Hill Homes

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 26 – Fires blazed through tinder-dry brush today in Southern California leaving tens of thousands of acres charred and expensive homes in ashes. Firemen faced more of the infamous, fire-fanning “devil winds,” hot and dry seaward blasts […]

Forced Into Perversion Manson Witness Says

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25 – An 18-year-old prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial said today hippie leader Charles Manson forced her to engage in sex perversion, and she left his ranch commune because she was afraid of him. Barbara […]

Witness Repeats ‘Clan’ Talked of Tate Deaths

Former Clan Member: Barbara Hoyt, 18, former member of Charles Manson’s hippie “family” arrives at court to testify as a prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. Miss Hoyt claims she ate a hamburger at the airport in Honolulu which […]

Police Had, Freed Manson ‘Family’

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 23 – Police arrested Charles Manson and 26 members of his “family” a week after the Tate murders on auto theft charges but released them 72 hours later, it was disclosed yesterday. Deputy Sheriff William C. Gleason […]

Smashed, Yes, Not Drunk, Manson Witness Explains

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 – A former motorcycle gang leader ended four days of testimony as a state witness at the Sharon Tate murder trial yesterday by defining the distinction between being “smashed” and drunk. DeCarlo, 26, has linked Charles […]

Manson ‘Family’ Member Levels Blast At Bugliosi

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22 – A prospective witness in the Charles Manson murder trial yesterday claimed that a prosecutor called her obscene names and told her he would see that she got the death penalty. The claims were contained in […]

Clothes Important in Trial

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21 – Clothes are playing an important part in the Charles Manson trial, according to Ron Postal, Director of the National Council of Men’s Fashions. “Think how different Manson and the girls look now from when they […]

Watson, A Zero In First Appearance

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the fifth member of Charles Manson’s “family” charged with murder, made his first appearance in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Friday but refused to give even his name. The six-foot Texan, a former […]

Tate Death Gun Called ‘Favorite’ Manson Weapon

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 17 – The gun used to kill five persons at the home of actress Sharon Tate was described today as “the favorite gun” of hippie leader Charles Manson. Former Manson “family” member Danny DeCarlo, on the stand […]

Takes Prosecution Helm in Tate Case

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 – A swift reshuffling of the state’s team in the Sharon Tate murder trial has brought two new prosecutors to court and shifted most of the job to a youthful deputy district attorney who has been […]

Tate Trial Costs Set at $3 Million

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 14 – A $3 million price tag was placed today on the trial of hippie cult leader Charles Manson and three of his girl disciples as a county official chided the judge in the case for ordering […]

Watson Ordered to Face Tate Counts

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 13 – Charles D. “Tex” Watson, who successfully fought extradition from Texas to California for 10 months, appeared in Superior Court Saturday and was ordered to return Sept. 28 for formal arraignment in the slayings of Sharon […]

Manson’s Lawyer Gets Jail

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 – Charles Manson’s lawyer was sent to jail for a second time Friday after being cited for Contempt of Court. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older, presiding at the murder trial of Manson and […]

Watson Arrives Too Late

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 12 – Charles D. “Tex” Watson, the last of those indicted for the Tate-LaBianca murders, was finally returned to Los Angeles Friday night, but too late to stand trial with Charles Manson and three female members of […]