Manson's death leaves five members of the Manson Family still in prison: Robert Beausoleil, Bruce Davis, Charles "Tex" Watson, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia Krenwinkel. All are serving life sentences and are in their...
Manson is one of the most infamous murderers in history because of his role in the Tate-LaBianca slayings on two hot nights in Los Angeles in August 1969. Members of the so-called Manson “family” carried out the rampage Manson planned that took the lives of five people, including pregn...
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CORONA, CA - JUNE 28: Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten reacts as members of a California prison board declare her parole dennied, 28 June, 2002, at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California. Van Houten, 52, has served ov Expand LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Cal...
"I, as a prosecutor, and you folks as members of the jury, cannot help it, we cannot help it if Manson had this wild, crazy idea about Helter Skelter. It is not our fault," the prosecutor said in his closing argument as the 11-month trial wound down. "Manson is the o...
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Things might have settled down, had there been no further incidents. But that was not to be. Several Manson Family members, including Mary Brunner and Catherine Share (aka Gypsy) tried to rob a gun store. In the ensuing gun battle with the people, over fifty rounds of ammunition were fire...
On August 9, 1969, members of the Manson Family, under orders from their leader Charles Manson, committed one of the most terrifying crimes in American history when they broke into the Los Angeles home of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and savagely murdered her and four of her houseguests. Whi...
left most Americans paralyzed with shock, but not Machine Head leader Robb Flynn, who boldly imagined the standoff from the cult members’ point of view on 1994’s deeply disturbing “Davidian,” which climaxed in his (their?) cathartic cries of “Let freedom Ring with a shotgun blast!”...
Family members left before the panel announced its decision. In reaching it, Parole Commissioner Brian Roberts and Deputy Commissioner Dale Pomantz said they took into account Van Houten’s entire time of incarceration. During those years she has earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in counsell...