LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 – Some of the charges were dismissed yesterday against five of Charles Manson’s followers accused of giving an LSD-soaked hamburger to a prosecution witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. However, Superior Court Judge Raymond Choate ordered […]
Manson Witness: He’s Guilty Too
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 25 — Charles Manson and his three women codefendants shouted angrily at star prosecution witness Linda Kasabian yesterday, when the pig-tailed blonde would not go along with their story that Manson is blameless in the Tate-LaBianca murders. […]
Tate Prosecutor Called to Stand in Penalty Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – Prosecutor Vincent T. Bugliosi was called as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial Tuesday and questioned by the defense about a district attorney’s office deal for Susan Atkins’ testimony. The arrangement, Bugliosi explained, was […]
3 Manson Girls Contradicted by Linda Kasabian
Star Prosecution witness Linda Kasabian returned to Hall of Justice today to contradict the testimony of Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24 – The girl whose testimony led to the conviction of cult chieftain […]
Leslie Van Houten Describes Role in Murder of LaBiancas
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 – “And I took one of the knives and Patricia had a knife, and we started stabbing and cutting up the lady.” The lady was Rosemary LaBianca, 38, and the convicted-murderess confessing from the witness stand […]
Cult Girl Unworried About Death Penalty
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 – The one-time high school beauty queen who admitted killing at least one of the Tate-LaBianca murder victims admitted today that she thought about the death penalty but decided to ignore it if it should be […]
Laughing Cult Girl Tells of Murders
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 20 – A laughing, bubbling 21-year-old girl, who tried to join a nunnery for the love of one man and murdered for the love of another, took the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday to […]
Miss Krenwinkel Testifies That She Killed Two
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – Calmly and without remorse, Patricia (Katie) Krenwinkel confessed on the witness stand Thursday that she killed two of the seven Tate-LaBianca murder victims. Her demeanor was warm and friendly at first as she talked about […]
Krenwinkel in ‘Protest’ From Stand
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 – Hippie leader Charles Manson today played master puppeteer, pulling the strings to start a finger-raising protest among the defendants in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial today. Even Patricia Krenwinkel, who Thursday told a gory tale of […]
Tate Jury Given OK to Go Home After 7 Months
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 – Climaxing a day of surprises, the five-woman, seven-man jury hearing the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial and who have been sequestered for the past seven months, were told Tuesday they could go home. […]
Role in 8 Slayings ‘Was No Big Thing’, Susan Atkins Says
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 – Susan Atkins declared Thursday that she told outsiders about her part in eight murders, but not Charles Manson, because “it was no big thing.” “Killing eight people is just business as usual, right Sadie” prosecutor […]
‘Killings Ain’t No Big Thing,’ Susan Testifies
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 – The killing of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in two nights of wanton slaughter “ain’t no big thing,” confessed murderess Susan Atkins told a startled courtroom Thursday. “I didn’t relate to Sharon Tate […]
Susan Now Doubts That Manson Is ‘Divine’
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 – Admitted murderess Susan Atkins, who, the state claims, killed at the direction of hippie leader Charles Manson, today said that at the time of the murders she considered the cult chieftain to be the second […]
Susan Admits Tate, Hinman Killings
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – The 22-year-old girl whose confession more than a year ago led to the arrest of Charles Manson and five members of his hippie cult, confessed again Tuesday. This time she was in front of a […]
Susan Atkins Admits Tate, Hinman Deaths
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – Pale, dark-haired Susan (Sadie) Atkins confessed to killing actress Sharon Tate and musician Gary Hinman Tuesday in the penalty phase of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The story of the seven Tate-LaBianca murders told from the […]
First Confession Forced – Susan
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10 – Susan Atkins, who Tuesday admitted killing actress Sharon Tate and musician Gary Hinman, today testified that she had been pressured into her first confession more than a year ago. In dramatic tones the 22-year-old girl […]
Susan Confesses Murder; Sobbing Halts Testimony
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 – A sobbing Susan Atkins today confessed on the witness stand that she murdered Topanga Canyon musician Gary Hinman and was “there” during the murders of actress Sharon Tate and four others. Her testimony was cut […]
Bomb Threat Revealed in Tate Penalty Trial
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7 – The sheriff’s office says it has received information that explosives may be used to disrupt the final days of the penalty phase of the trial of Charles Manson and three female members of his “family.” […]
‘Love Babies,’ Not Manson, Called Leaders by Witness
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 – “Love babies” and an 83-year-old blind man lead the “family” in the daily activities, not Charles Manson, a member of the clan testified Friday as the penalty phase of the Tate- LaBianca murder trial continued […]
Watson Found Competent to Stand Trial in Tate Slayings
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 5 – Charles “Tex” Watson, the fifth accused killer in the Tate-LaBianca slayings, was declared mentally competent yesterday and the district attorney said he would proceed immediately to bring him to trial. Watson had been indicted by […]
