Category Archives: Archived News
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 […]
Mother Accepts Blame Over Linda
MILFORD, N.H., Aug. 24 – Linda Kasabian’s mother accepts a large share of the blame for her daughter’s involvement in the Tate-LaBianca murders, according to a copyrighted story Sunday in the Boston Globe. Mrs. Joyce Byrd, in an interview with […]
Gory Overkill at Tate Home Told by Coroner
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 – Coffee heiress Abigail Folger was stabbed 28 times and Hollywood hairstylist Jay Sebring died of 7 stab wounds and a gunshot as they both attempted to fend off blows from their killers, a Los Angeles […]
Linda Plans Book About Cult Life
MILFORD, N.H., Aug. 23 – Linda Kasabian, the star prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial in Los Angeles, plans to write a book about her experiences with the Manson family, the Boston Globe said Saturday in a copyrighted story. […]
‘Sharon Was Hanged as She Died’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 – Pregnant actress Sharon Tate was not only stabbed 16 times, but was hanged by the neck from a ceiling beam by the murderers who invaded her Benedict Canyon home last August. Los Angeles County Coroner […]
Tate’s Hanging Told In Court First Time
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 22 – The county coroner said Friday in Los Angeles that although actress Sharon Tate was stabbed to death a year ago, indications were that she also had been hanged. Dr. Thomas T. Noguchi, who performed the […]
Manson Visited Sharon at Her Mansion, 2 Say
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 – Accused murder mastermind Charles Manson, who has violently denied ever being at the home of slain actress Sharon Tate, was seen at the estate by at least two prosecution witnesses, it was learned Thursday. The […]
Policeman Tells Tate Home Drugs
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21 – Marijuana was found in Sharon Tate’s bedroom and living room and cocaine was found in the car of her former boyfriend after the actress and four others were slain at her mansion, a policeman said […]
Manson Complains He’s Being Mistreated in Jail
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 – Charles Manson, accused of masterminding the brutal Tate-LaBianca murders, today complained he was being mistreated in county jail. At a hearing preceding his trial on seven counts of murder and one of conspiracy, the self-styled […]
Star Witness Says Manson ‘Should Beg Forgiveness’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 – Linda Kasabian, the prosecution’s star witness in the Charles Manson murder trial, said yesterday she would like to see the hippie chief and his three codefendants “just fall down on their knees and beg forgiveness.” […]
Linda Kasabian Completes 18-Day Stint on Stand; Testimony Unshaken
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 – Tate-LaBianca murder eyewitness Linda Kasabian was excused yesterday after spending 18 days on the stand at the trial of Charles Manson and three female followers. Superior Court Judge Charles H. Older excused Mrs. Kasabian at […]
Linda Kasabian, Free, To Go to Wilderness
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 20 – Linda Kasabian ended 18 days as the star state witness at the Sharon Tate murder trial Wednesday and then said of the four defendants: “I’d like to see them fall down on their knees and […]
Tate Witness Describes ‘Vibrations’
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 – Serene but weary, Linda Kasabian is concluding her key prosecution testimony in the Sharon Tate murder trial, telling how she received “vibrations from the universe.” “It’s sort of like when you get down on your […]
Ship Hijackers Held at Cambodia Base
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia, Aug. 19 – Charles Manson is their hero. Violent revolution is their cause. But Clyde McKay and Alvin Glatowski, the two Americans who hijacked a U.S. munitions ship, to Cambodia five months ago, stand little chance of […]
The Most Grotesque Trial Of The Century
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 – Charles Manson sits barefoot on a hard courtroom chair, his legs tucked under him in a yoga crouch, his face hairy and serene, like that of a road-show Mahareshi showing us how to attain an […]
Linda Tells Why She Didn’t Report Killings to Police
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19 – Linda Kasabian, an eyewitness to three of the seven Tate-LaBianca murders, testified today that she had “no thought of going to the police” when she fled from the Spahn Ranch home of the Charles Manson […]
Linda Kasabian Calls Manson ‘Devil’ in Trial Testimony
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 – Linda Kasabian testified yesterday she believed Charles Manson was “the Devil” after she witnessed one of the Tate-LaBianca murders and was afraid to tell authorities because she believed he might kill her daughter. The 21-year-old […]
Linda Says Manson Threatened Her Life
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 – Accused murder mastermind Charles Manson threatened the life of the prosecution’s chief witness if she didn’t remain silent, the girl testified in Los Angeles Superior Court today. Linda Kasabian, going over her eyewitness account of […]
Linda: No Angel, Just God’s Emissary
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 – Linda Kasabian yesterday testified at the Tate murder trial that she felt God had called on her to expose Charles Manson as a “false prophet” who posed as Jesus Christ but actually was the devil. […]
