Category Archives: Archived News
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 […]
Author Denies Manson Was Target of Skit
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – Charles Manson wasn’t lampooned in a skit played before judges and lawyers, the skit’s author said Tuesday. The real targets of the satire were members of the legal profession, he added. And, according to others […]
L.A. Police to Probe Tate-Type Massacre
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – Los Angeles police Tuesday said they would investigate similarities between the so-called “ritualistic murders” of three persons in North Carolina and the massacre murders of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons. Although refusing to […]
Appeal Accusing Judge in Manson Case Is Denied
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18 – The State Court of Appeal denied without comment Tuesday a petition which accused the judge who will try Charles Manson for the Sharon Tate murders of viewing a skit called “One Manson’s Family.” Marvin L. […]
California To Get Patricia Krenwinkel
MOBILE, Ala., Feb. 18 – Dist. Atty. Carl Booth says he will notify California authorities today that Patricia Krenwinkel plans no further efforts to block extradition to stand trial in the Sharon Tate mass murder case. Booth said Monday night […]
Manson Venue Change Denied
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – A judge said Monday that publicity about the Sharon Tate murders would not make it impossible for Charles Manson to get a fair trial here. He denied a request to change the trial site. Manson, […]
Watson Directed To Return To California
McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 17 – Charles Watson looked more like the high school football hero he used to be than the person charged with taking part in the Sharon Tate murders. When he arrived in the courtroom Monday he wore […]
Judge Saw Manson Lampoon, Plea Says
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – A petition filed Monday in the State Court of Appeal charges the judge assigned to Charles Manson’s murder trial viewed a comedy skit lampooning the hippie cult leader titled “A Family That Slays Together, Stays […]
Watson Still Fighting Tate Case Extradition
McKINNEY, Tex., Feb. 16 – Charles Watson, a principal figure in the Sharon Tate slayings resumes his courtroom fight Monday against extradition to California. Attorneys for Watson, 24, of nearby Copeville, are seeking to invalidate Texas Gov. Preston Smith’s warrants […]
Principal Tate Case Witness Flees State
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Shirley Nadell, a principal witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, has fled California because of threats to her life, her attorney said Friday. Mrs. Nadell, 31, received the threats while in Sybil Brand Institute in […]
Susan Atkins ‘Confessed’ To Cellmate
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Susan Atkins, the informer in the massacre-murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others, wrote a series of letters to her former cellmate in which she implicated herself more deeply in the slayings than she […]
Manson’s Phone Rights Taken, Informer Flees
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 14 – Shirley Nadell, a principle witness in the Tate-La Bianca murder case has fled California because of threats to her life, her attorney said Friday. Mrs. Naddell, 31, received the threats while in a woman’s prison […]
Manson Loses Use Of Phone
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 – The telephone privilege of Charles Manson, who allegedly masterminded the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six other persons, have been suspended by the sheriff’s department. A spokesman for the department said Manson, who is […]
Tate Suspect’s Extradition Could Come Next Week
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13 – Police said yesterday they may be able to go to Alabama next week to pick up Patricia Krenwinkel, a former member of the Charles Manson family and a suspect in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Miss Krenwinkel, […]
March 30 Trial Date Set for Manson, 2 Women Members of Cult
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – The conspiracy-murder trial of cult leader Charles Manson and two of his women followers has been scheduled for March 30. The trio will join a fourth co-defendant, Susan Denise Atkins, 21, also scheduled to go […]
Eight Members Of Hippie Style Family Will Be Called To Testify When Charles Manson Goes On Trial In March
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – At least eight members of a hippie-style “family,” still loyal to their jailed leader Charles M. Manson, have been ordered to testify when he goes to trial on murder and conspiracy charges in the slayings […]
Manson Refused New Plea; Trial With 2 Girls Set
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – Trial for three more defendants in the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others has been set for March 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court. The accused mastermind behind the killings, hippie leader Charles […]
March 30 Trial Set For Manson
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – The conspiracy-murder trial of hippie cult leader Charles Manson and two of his women followers was scheduled today for March 30. The trio will join a fourth co-defendant, Susan Denise Atkins, 21, also scheduled to […]
