Category Archives: Archived News
Tate Murder Trial Building Is Rocked by Bomb Blast
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 – The Los Angeles County Hall of Justice, site of the Sharon Tate murder trial, was rocked by a bomb explosion on its sixth floor today shortly after midnight. The blast blew out a wall and […]
D. A. Pulls Prosecution Chief off Manson Case
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 – The chief prosecutor in the Tate-LaBianca murder case was removed from the 12-week-old trial Friday apparently because of an off-the-cuff remark to newsmen that violated his boss’ “don’t talk to the press” order. Dist. Atty. […]
Boy, 11, Found Tate Murder Gun, Had Hard Time Convincing Police
Steven Weiss, age 11, said he found the revolver on a hill behind his home in Sherman Oaks on September 1, 1969 LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4 – A 11-year-old boy found the gun allegedly used in the mass killings in […]
Texas Refuses to Release Watson To L.A. Detectives
McKINNEY, Tex., Sept. 3 – District Judge David I. Brown refused Wednesday to grant a motion to hand Charlie “Tex” Watson over to two waiting Los Angeles detectives for trial in California for the Sharon Tate murders. Brown refused to […]
“Atkins’ ‘Sickness’ Only An Act”
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 – Susan Atkins, crying out loud and holding her stomach in apparent severe pain, held up the start of the Tate murder trial for an hour Wednesday but finally took her seat in the courtroom. The […]
Testimony About Fingerprints Abruptly Halts Manson Trial
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 – Fingerprints found at the home of slain actress Sharon Tate today brought the trial of hippie cult leader Charles Manson and three of his girls to an abrupt halt in Los Angeles Superior Court. Los […]
Ill Susan Returns to Trial Sobbing
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 – Sobbing and shaking visibly, Susan Atkins was escorted into Los Angeles Superior Court today to continue her trial — and that of three other Manson “family” members — for the Tate-LaBianca murders. The ailment of […]
Judges Refuse To Bar Extradition Of Watson
NEW ORLEANS, LA, Sept. 1 – A three-member panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to block the extradition of Charles “Tex” Watson to California to stand trial in the Sharon Tate murders. The appellate court’s […]
Manson Trial Put Off Again as Doctors Examine Susan
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 – The trial of cult leader Charles Manson and three of his girl followers was delayed again today to allow doctors at USC County Medical Center to complete their examination of one of the defendants. Susan […]
Just Waiting For Charlie
Charlie Manson’s faithful – some oldtimers, some newcomers – cluster under a boulder to pose for this portrait. From left are: Danny Beausoleil, Catherine Share, Mary Brunner, Chuck Lovett, Ginny Gentry, Cathy Gillis, Lynn Fromme, Sandra Good Pugh, and Ruth […]
Tate Jury Never Sees Key Figure
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 31 – The name and image of Charles “Tex” Watson looms large at the Tate murder trial but the jury never gets a look at him in the flesh. The 24-year-old Watson sits in Collins County Jail […]
Susan Atkins Ailing; May Delay Trial
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29 – Following an hour of lurid testimony regarding the death of Rosemary LaBianca, the massacre murder trial against Charles Manson and three of his girl “followers” was recessed Friday because of the illness of one of […]
Court Told of LaBiancas’ Interest in Tate Case News
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 – Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, as thousands of other persons, were curious about the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others, and discussed the slayings with a news vendor in the early morning hours of […]
Weird Torture Slaying of LaBianca Described
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 – Market owner Leno LaBianca had the word “WAR” cut into his stomach with a carving fork as he lay dying of 26 stab wounds, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury was told Thursday. LaBianca, one […]
LaBianca Talked of Tate Case Before His Slaying, Trial Told
Frank Struthers, Jr., 16, and his father, Frank Struthers, leaving the Tate murder trial following Frank Jr.’s testimony that he found the body of his stepfather, Leno LaBianca LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 – Market owner Leno LaBianca, one of the […]
LaBianca Stepson Tells of Discovering Murder Victim
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 – The 16-year-old son of one of the Tate-LaBianca murder victims yesterday dispassionately described how he found the body of his stepfather. The youth also disclosed that two dogs — a Labrador retriever and a miniature […]
Sharon’s Blood Used to Scrawl ‘Pig’ on the Door
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 26 – The blood of pregnant actress Sharon Tate was used to write the word “pig” on the door of her Benedict Canyon home the night she and four others were murdered, a police department blood expert […]
Coroner Says Drugs Found in Bodies of Tate Victims
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 – The two victims who struggled the most fiercely with their killers a year ago at the home of actress Sharon Tate had a quantity of a drug known as “super speed” in their systems, the […]
Manson Trial Compared to ‘West Coast Woodstock’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 – Attending the murder trial of Charles Manson and three female followers is akin to visiting a West Coast version of Woodstock ‘70. The 35-year-old bearded cult chief, who sometimes appears barefooted for court, has managed […]
Manson’s Plea Denied by Judge
Newsmen inspect wire screen Manson complained about. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 – The judge in the Sharon Tate murder trial ruled Monday that Charles M. Manson is not being harassed in county jail and denied his motion for a “cease […]
