Category Archives: Archived News

Click here to read Charles Manson’s February 4, 1986 Parole Hearing Transcript SAN QUENTIN, Feb. 4 — Famed killer Charles told parole officials today to “stick it” because he is not interested in parole and would rather “keep my soul.” […]

FRONTERA, Jan. 1 — A tearful Susan Denise Atkins, the former Charles Manson disciple convicted in the 1969 cult slayings of actress Sharon Tate and seven others, pleaded for freedom, but was denied parole Tuesday for the sixth time. Ms. […]

BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 11 — It is not unusual these days in this city near Canada for some Vermonters to scan strangers’ foreheads for signs of a crudely engraved “X” between their eyebrows. “You worry that a whole trail of […]

BURLINGTON, VT, Dec. 7 – Sandra Good, a follower of Charles Manson, was placed in a private residence in Burlington when she was released on parole this week, the U.S. Secret Service confirmed Friday. Special Agent William Corbett said the […]

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Dec. 5 — Robert Beausoleil, a onetime follower of mass murderer Charles Manson, lost a bid for freedom Wednesday as a parole board panel cited the “heinous, callous manner” of his crime. The motivation for Beausoleil’s […]

ALDERSON, W.Va., Nov. 23 — It will be at least Dec. 2 before Sandra Good, a member of the Charles Manson family serving time for writing threatening letters to corporate leaders, is released from federal prison. Dave Helman, a spokesman […]

ALDERSON, W.Va., Nov. 22 — Sandra Good, a Charles Manson follower who was to be released here Friday from the federal prison for women, will not be paroled until at least Dec. 2 because the parole board has not completed […]

FRONTERA, Sept. 5 – Calling her crimes “heinous, atrocious and cruel,” a hearing panel Wednesday denied parole for the seventh time to Patricia Krenwinkel, a member of the infamous Manson family that killed seven people in 1969. The three-member panel […]

ALDERSON, W.Va., Jun. 9 — Sandra Good’s bright blue eyes light up when she recalls the day, nearly 20 years ago, that she met the “family” of Charles Manson, leader of a murderous California cult. “I was a student at […]

FRONTERA, Calif., May 16 — Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten, serving a life prison term for the brutal 1969 slayings of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, was denied parole Wednesday for the fifth time. Click here to read Leslie […]

ALDERSON, W. VA, Mar. 28 – Sandra Good, a follower of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, will be going to New Jersey instead of California upon her release Friday from the Federal Reformatory for Women at Alderson, W. Va. The […]

SACRAMENTO, Mar. 26 – Sandra Good, a leader in the cult of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, will not be paroled to Sacramento when she is released Friday from federal prison in West Virginia. In an abrupt reversal, officials of […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 27 — Attorney General John Van de Kamp has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn two lower-court decisions, one involving Charles Manson’s top lieutenant, which would require annual parole hearings for hundreds of convicted murderers, including […]

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26 – Attorney General John Van de Kamp has asked the state Supreme Court to overturn two lower-court decisions — one involving Charles “Tex” Watson at the California Men’s Colony — which would require annual parole hearings for […]

VACAVILLE, Calif., Jan. 17 — Authorities dismissed assault charges Wednesday against a state prison inmate who allegedly splashed convicted mass killer Charles Manson with paint thinner and set him ablaze. Inmate Jan Holmstrom apparently acted in self-defense, said James Highsmith, […]

VACAVILLE, Oct. 18 — The California parole board has advanced the parole date of Steve “Clem” Grogan, a convicted murderer and follower of Charles Manson. A panel of the state Board of Prison Terms decided Tuesday that Grogan, 33, may […]

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 26 — Multiple killer Charles Manson is expected to live after being severely burned Tuesday when a fellow inmate set him on fire at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville. Manson, convicted in the killings of actress Sharon […]

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 — A former follower of mass murderer Charles Manson was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison for robbing the same suburban bank twice for a total of more than $13,000. Kenneth Como, who pleaded guilty […]

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 — Filmmaker Roman Polanski is planning a movie on the notorious Manson family murder of his wife Sharon Tate, a newspaper reported recently. Polanski will make the film in Italy next year, after completing his autobiography, […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30 — A one-time associate of convicted mass murderer Charles Manson has been charged with twice robbing a Glendora bank. Kenneth D. Como, 43, pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges that he robbed the Pomona Federal […]