Category Archives: Archived News
Shouting Match in Court
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 – Shouting “you can kill me, but you can’t give me an attorney,” accused murderer Charles Manson Friday was ruled incapable of representing himself and an attorney was appointed to handle his defense. The wild court […]
Manson Gets Attorney, Angry
MANSON ‘CLAN’ MEMBERS ON WAY TO JAIL – Three members of Charles M. Manson’s nomadic “family” leave a Los Angeles court Friday on way to serve five-day jail sentence for contempt of court. After Judge William B. Keene ruled that […]
Manson Has Stormy Session in Court
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 7 – Charles Manson, accused mastermind of the Sharon Tate murders, was given a court-appointed defense attorney over his objections Friday after a judge ruled the “outlandish” motions he filed proved he was incapable of defending himself. […]
Jail Reunion of Miss Atkins and Manson ‘Joyous’
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 – The reunion Thursday in County Jail between Charles Manson and Susan Atkins was “a joyous one,” according to her lawyer. Both exploded in laughter as their eyes met for the first time in five months, […]
Manson Holds Jail Conference With Girl Co-Defendant
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 – Susan Denise Atkins met with her co-defendant Charles Manson, for an hour and 15 minutes Thursday in Los Angeles but declined to reveal much of what occurred. After she left the meeting at County Jail, […]
Key Figures In Slayings Meet In Jail
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 – Two key figures in the Sharon Tate murder, Charles M. Manson and Susan Denise Atkins, conferred for more than an hour in jail Thursday on defense strategy. Miss Atkins’ attorney said later he and Manson […]
Tate-Informer Atkins to Meet With Manson
SEES MANSON – Susan Denise Atkins, one of six persons accused in the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others last year, peers from behind the iron bars at the men’s section of Central Jail, Los Angeles, after she […]
‘Manson Girl’ Pleads Innocent to Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 4 – Patricia Krenwinkel, the fifth of six nomadic hippies charged with the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to the crime after she was denied the right to act as […]
Leader Of Hippie Cult Will Tell Story In Album
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3 – Charles Manson, accused leader of a hippie murder cult, will tell his story on a record album to be released this week. Lyn Fromme talks about the “LIE” Album Phil Kaufman, producer of the album, […]
Black-Magic Cults Ride Manson Coattails
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3 – Publicity given to Charles Manson and his “family,” accused of the Tate-LaBianca slayings, has helped popularize black magic-witchcraft cults among same young people, a USC professor said Monday. Dr. Robert S. Ellwood Jr., USC assistant […]
Manson’s Record Album Will Be Issued Next Week
CHATSWORTH, Calif., Feb. 27 – “Everybody says you’re no good…Charles you don’t do like they think you should…” Twelve songs pressed into one album and considered hippie cult leader Charles Manson’s “only defense” — his music — will go on […]
Charles Manson Keeps Tight Hold On Hippie ‘Family’
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 – Three months in Los Angeles county jail have only increased the hold of Charles Manson over his hippie “family,” who are accused with him of murdering at least seven persons last year. Mr. Manson, aged […]
Manson Family Member Faces March Hearing
BISHOP, Calif., Feb. 27 – A member of the Charles Manson family, Bruce McGregor Davis, 27, faces a preliminary hearing before U.S. Commissioner Boyd Taylor here March 10 following his arraignment on a charge of violating federal firearms laws. Davis […]
You’ll Die, Tate Case Figure Told
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Despite threats against her life, Shelley Joyce Nadell says she intends to testify as a key witness in the murder trial of Charles Manson and his followers. Mrs. Nadell, 31, talked in a copyrighted television […]
Tate Case Girl Files 2 Motions
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Patricia Krenwinkel, emulating the alleged mastermind of the Sharon Tate murders, requested permission yesterday to act as her own attorney to fight seven murder charges against her. Miss Krenwinkel, 22, who was indicted for the […]
Warrant Given Inyo Officials In Manson Case
INDEPENDENCE, Calif., Feb. 24 – A federal warrant charging Bruce McGregor Davis, a figure in the Charles Manson case, with a federal firearms violation, has been received by officials of Inyo County, where he is being held on a stolen […]
Manson Cult Woman Asks to Defend Self
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – The fifth of six cultists charged in the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others faced arraignment today in Los Angeles Superior Court and asked to be her own attorney. Following the lead of […]
Manson’s Way With Women in His Cult
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – “You want to know what a ‘real’ woman is?” Charles Manson, accused mastermind behind the Tate and LaBianca killings asks. “A real woman is like this: She’ll tell you she loves you and will do […]
Tate Figure Arrested, Released
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – Steven Grogan, accused by a defendant in the Tate-LaBianca slayings of going to the LaBianca home the night of the killings, was arrested in court Thursday by officers who said he appeared under the influence […]
Tate Case Defendant Labeled State Witness
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – A Los Angeles attorney retained to defend one of six persons accused of the murder of grocery chain executive Leno LaBianca and his wife said Wednesday he views another defendant in the case as a […]
