Category Archives: Archived News
Tate Juror ‘To Explain’
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 1 — The foreman of the Sharon Tate murder trial jury says he wants to clear up misunderstandings created by jurors’ comments to news media, and said he would hold a news conference Thursday. The unusual move […]
Body Positively Identified
VENTURA, Calif., Apr. 1 — A body found in a rugged wilderness area was positively identified Wednesday as that of Sharon Tate murder trial defense attorney Ronald Hughes who vanished mysteriously four months ago. The Ventura County Coroner’s office said […]
Sharon Tate’s Father Happy With Verdict
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 1 — Sharon Tate’s father, a retired Army intelligence officer who masqueraded as a hippie and hunted the actress’ killers for four months, says of the death verdict: “That’s what we wanted. That’s what we expected.” Slender, […]
Manson, Atkins Face Trial In Two Other Murder Cases
LOS ANGELES, Apr. 1 — “It’s over.” A weary newsman scrawled that phrase on the blackboard in the pressroom of the Hall of Justice. It referred to the end of the marathon Tate-LaBianca murder trial. But it is not the […]
Manson Drama Has More to Go
Mar. 31 — While the verdict and sentence are in, the Charles Manson case is far from over. The U.S. Supreme Court probably will decide the ultimate fate of the cult leader and his three young female followers. The death […]
Manson Case Leaves Its Lessons Above The Arrogance And Sorrow
Mar. 31 — Then, there came a second verdict on a memorable day as the systems of justice are recorded for the nation. There was, first, the outcome of the Calley case. Then, the jury’s verdict on cult leader Charles […]
‘Still Some Justice,’ Says Sharon Tate’s Dad After Verdict
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 30 — “There’s still some justice,” said Col. Paul Tate, father of actress Sharon Tate. Tate, a retired Army intelligence officer, and resident of Palos Verdes Peninsula, made the comment Monday after death sentences were decreed for […]
Society Doomed, Manson ‘Family’ Members Assert
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 30 – The free members of the Manson “family”, who had hinted earlier that they might burn themselves alive to show their love for Charles Manson, heard the news on a downtown sidewalk Monday that a jury […]
Manson, Three Girls Receive Death Penalty
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 30 – Grim-faced jurors Monday returned 27 verdicts of death against the Tate-LaBianca killers: Charles Manson, 36, Patricia Krenwinkel, 23, Susan Atkins, 22, and Leslie Van Houten, 21. But, the four were not present to hear themselves […]
Expected Death Penalty for Manson, Girls, Officer Says
LAPD EXPECTED DEATH PENALTY – Lt. Robert Helder, who headed the investigation of the Tate murders, today said he fully expected death sentences for Charles Manson and the girls. Pictured here at an October 23, 1969 press conference, Helder holds […]
Manson and Three Girls Sentenced To Gas Chamber
SENTENCED TO GAS CHAMBER – Charles Manson, his eyes a trifle watery, is pictured en route to court in Los Angeles yesterday after being told the jury had decided on his punishment for the Sharon Tate murders. Manson began making […]
Manson’s Disciples Vow Torch Death On L.A. Sidewalk
GIRLS IN MANSON “FAMILY” SHAVE HEADS – Four young women members of the Charles Manson “family” kneel on the sidewalk outside the Los Angeles Hall of Justice today with their heads shaved. They’ve kept a vigil at the building throughout […]
Tate Lawyers Body Believed To Be Found
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29 — A body believed to be that of missing Manson case defense attorney Ronald Hughes was found in the rugged Sespe Hot Springs near Ojai, and a team of Ventura County sheriff’s deputies was hiking into […]
Life-Death Fate of Tate Killers in Jury’s Hands
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 27 — Describing death by cyanide in the gas chamber, defense attorneys Friday ended their pleas for the life of Charles Manson and his three hippie girlfriends, drawing a close to the costliest and longest trial in […]
Manson Girls Termed ‘Bloodthirsty Vampires’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 25 — Cult leader Charles Manson was described as “the most evil, satanic man that ever walked the face of the earth” and his girlfriend co-defendants were labeled “bloodthirsty…vampires” Wednesday as the prosecution ended its part in […]
Ranch Search for Missing Lawyer Fails
Mar. 24 – Sheriff’s deputies failed to find any trace of missing attorney Ronald Hughes after a four-hour search Tuesday of a Death Valley ranch once used as a hangout for the Charles Manson “family.” Two Inyo County deputies and […]
‘Girls Murdered Just For Love of Charles Manson’
Left to Right, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten walking to court today where the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial is nearing an end. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 24 — The prosecutor in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial […]
Manson Delivers Bloodshed Threat
HE’LL SOON KNOW HIS FATE: Charles Manson glares into the distance as he leaves court in Los Angeles today with the penalty phase of his trial in the Tate-LaBianca murder case near its close. Final defense arguments to save Manson […]
Puzzling Question In Tate Case Remains Unanswered
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 23 — The question remains — why? Why did three fairly ordinary, middle class American girls sneak out in the night and knife to death total strangers? Why is it that they show no regret, no guilt, […]
Says Manson Witnesses Are Mentally Crippled
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 22 — Charles Manson’s attorney charged today that the witnesses against his client were “mentally crippled” and that the hippie leader should not be sent to the gas chamber on that kind of evidence. Irving Kanarek, in […]
