most devoted followers, including Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins and Linda Kasabian to go to the former residence of an acquaintance, record producer Terry Melcher, and kill whoever was there. Watch Josh Darsa's report from shortly after the murders in 1969.Aug 8, ...
left, goes on a camping trip -- and never returns. His body is found months later. In "Helter Skelter," Bugliosi espouses the theory that Hughes was killed by members of the Manson Family: "the first of the retaliation murders."
Program Details Featuring the first ever in-depth interview with the 'Family's' getaway driver Linda Kasabian, high-end drama, and rare archival footage,Mansonchronicles the final days in 1969 leading up to America's infamous Tate-LaBianca murders. ...
a valentine to the golden age of Hollywood, which unspools the exploits of a fictional actor and his stunt double against the real-life backdrop of the Manson family murders in the summer of 1969.
Their Restless Years; Howard Cohen Reports about Yet Another Book on the Manson Family MurdersIN AUGUST, 1969, Charles Manson had maybe 100 followers.
The cops had been back and forth to Spahn Ranch, a dusty, abandoned Western-themed movie set where the Manson Family was squatting when the murders were committed, for various other crimes—an Aug. 16, 1969 raid turned up a massive weapons cache—but it was a bout of bragging that ...
Related:Leslie Van Houten, The Manson Family, and the Labianca Murders Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Charles “Tex” Watson:Watson was Manson’s right-hand man. According to Al Springer, Tex was the “brains” at the ranch, along with Charlie. Upon his arrival at the Tate house, Watson...
Cults: The Manson “Family” The Manson “Family” is one of the most notorious cults of all time. Charles Manson and his followers skyrocketed to fame when several of them were tried—and eventually convicted—for a series of nine horrific murders in 1969. Years later, biographer Jeff Guinn...
Cult killer Charles Manson is seen in this file courthouse footage from 1969 and the 1970s. Manson was convicted of orchestrating the 1969 murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others by his "family" of followers in southern California. They were sentenced to death but that was chang...
Manson Family trial, Manson defense attorney Ronald Hughes, left, goes on a camping trip -- and never returns. His body is found months later. In "Helter Skelter," Bugliosi espouses the theory that Hughes was killed by members of the Manson Family: "the first of the retaliation murders."...