by Greg King
6. Leslie Van Houten testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Leslie Van Houten, CDC Inmate #W-13378, 29 December, 1993.
7. Trial testimony of Linda Kasabian, 29 July, 1970.
8. Patricia Krenwinkel, “Charles Manson: Journey into Evil,” on Biography, A & E Television Network, produced by Alan Goldberg, 1995.
9. Trial testimony of Juan Flynn, 1 October, 1970.
10. Leslie Van Houten, “Charles Manson: Journey into Evil,” on Biography, A & E Television Network, produced by Alan Goldberg, 1995.
11. Leslie Van Houten testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Leslie Van Houten, CDC Inmate No. W-13378, 29 December, 1993.
12. Leslie Van Houten to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
13. Patricia Krenwinkel testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Patricia Krenwinkel, CDC Inmate #W-8314, 29 December, 1993.
14. Leslie Van Houten to Larry King, on Larry King Live, CNN Television Network, 9 August, 1994.
15. Nelson, Behind, 24. The apartment of Suzan LaBerge was located a half-city block down Greenwood from the apartment complex where Watson had lived. The area was notorious in 1969 for the free-flow of drugs, and a house on the corner between the two apartment complexes was known as a place where drugs were sold. It is highly unlikely that Watson, with his involvement with illegal drug activities, did not hold a similar position in the neighborhood.
16. Sanders, 52.
17. Alice LaBianca to author.
18. LaBianca, 402.
19. Nelson, Behind, 17.
20. Watson, 147.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid, 148.
23. Leslie Van Houten to Larry King, on Larry King Live, CNN Television Network, 9 August, 1994.
24. Trial testimony of Linda Kasabian, 29 July, 1970.
25. Leslie Van Houten to Larry King, on Larry King Live, CNN Television Network, 9 August, 1994.
26. Leslie Van Houten to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
27. Watson, 148.
28. Ibid, 149.
29. Ibid.
30. Leslie Van Houten to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
31. Watson, 149.
32. Leslie Van Houten testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Leslie Van Houten, CDC Inmate #W-13378, 29 December, 1993.
33. Ibid.
34. Patricia Krenwinkel to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
35. Watson, 149.
36. Leslie Van Houten testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Leslie Van Houten, CDC Inmate #W-13378, 29 December, 1993.
37. Watson, 150.
38. Bugliosi, 432–33.
39. Leslie Van Houten to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
40. Testimony of Susan Atkins before the Los Angeles County Grand Jury, 5 December, 1969, 103.
41. Trial testimony of Patricia Krenwinkel, 16 February, 1971.
42. Leslie Van Houten testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Leslie Van Houten, CDC Inmate #W-13378, 29 December, 1993.
43. Alice LaBianca, on Leeza, hosted by Leeza Gibbons, produced by Jason Walker, 1994.
44. Alice LaBianca to author.
45. Bugliosi, 64.
Chapter Thirty Two
1. Autopsy Report of Sharon Marie Tate Polanski, Los Angeles County Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, File #69-8796, 10 August, 1969.
2. Noguchi, 137.
3. Ibid, 138.
4. Autopsy Report of Sharon Marie Tate Polanski, op. cit.
5. Noguchi, 129.
6. Victor Lownes to author.
7. Thompson, 46; Leaming, 107.
8. Hollywood Citizen News, 14 August, 1969.
9. Polanski, 309.
10. Collins, 268.
11. Doris Tate to Bill Nelson.
12. Michelle Phillips to author.
13. Crivello, 50.
14. Michelle Phillips to author.
15. Toffel, 223–24.
16. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
17. Hollywood Citizen News, 12 August, 1969.
18. Farrell, “In Hollywood, the Dead Keep Right on Dying.”
19. Maas, 147–48.
20. Newsweek, 18 August, 1969.
21. Du Bois, 98.
22. Newsweek, 25 August, 1969.
23. Ibid, 18 August, 1969.
24. Time, 15 August, 1969.
25. Ibid, 22 August, 1969.
26. Thompson, 43.
27. Ibid, 46B.
28. Ibid, 44.
29. Montgomery, 73.
30. Truman Capote to Johnny Carson, on The Tonight Show, NBC-TV, 27 August, 1969.
31. Montgomery, 73.
32. Ibid, 74.
33. Hollywood Citizen News, 19 August, 1969.
34. Probate papers, in private collection, supplied to author by Bill Nelson.
35. Leaming, 113.
36. Probate papers, in private collection, supplied to author by Bill Nelson.
37. The Los Angeles Times, 10 September, 1969.
Chapter Thirty Three
1. William Garretson, LAPD Polygraph Examination Transcript, 11 August, 1969, tape 32116, 19–20.
2. Doris Tate to Bill Nelson.
3. LAPD First Homicide Investigation Progress Report, DR 69-059 593, 29.
4. Bugliosi, 54.
5. William Garretson, LAPD Polygraph Examination Transcript, 11 August, 1969, tape 32116, 22.
6. William Garretson, in Nelson, Behind, 36l.
7. William Garretson, “The Last Days of Sharon Tate,” True Hollywood Stories, on E! Entertainment Channel, produced by Brent Zacky, 1999.
8. Vincent Bugliosi to author.
9. Roman Polanski, LAPD Polygraph Examination Transcript, 11 August, 1969.
10. Bill Nelson to author.
11. Roman Polanski, LAPD Polygraph Examination Transcript, 11 August, 1969.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Du Bois, 102.
15. Biskind, 78.
16. Phillips, John, 305; Polanski, 318–19.
17. Bugliosi, 14–17.
18. Thompson, 46B.
19. Mike McGann to author.
20. Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California, Community Release Board, In the Matter of the Subsequent Parole Consideration of Steven Grogan, CDC No. B-38773, Wednesday, October 17, 1979, Correctional Medical Facility, Vacaville, CA., p. 18–19.
21. Barbara Hoyt to Bill Nelson.
22. Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing State of California, Community Release Board, Steve Grogan, CDC No. B-38773, Tuesday, August 22, 1978, Deul Vocational Institution, Tracy, CA., p. 25.
23. Barbara Hoyt, Statement of Witness, Interview, 18 November, 1970, in the presence of Paul Whiteley, p. 1–2.
24. Trial testimony of Juan Flynn, 1 October, 1970.
25. Dianne Lake to Bill Nelson.
26. Bugliosi, 76.
27. Mike McGann to author.
Chapter Thirty Four
1. Vincent Bugliosi to author.
2. Bishop, 4
5.
3. Charles Manson to Judge William Older, Trial Transcript, 16 June, 1970.
4. Bishop, 65.
5. Statement of Charles Manson, in the Los Angeles Times, 24 July, 1970.
6. Trial statement of Vincent Bugliosi, 24 July, 1970.
7. Ibid.
8. Felton, 28.
9. Sanders, revised edition, 410.
10. Janet Parent to Bill Nelson.
11. Ibid.
12. Ibid.
13. Livsey, 48–9.
14. Vincent Bugliosi to author.
15. Statements of Irving Kanarek and Vincent Bugliosi, Trial Transcript, 27 July, 1970.
16. Statement of Paul Fitzgerald, Trial Transcript, 27 July, 1970.
17. Trial testimony of Linda Kasabian, 28 July, 1970.
18. Zamora, 135.
19. Bishop, 8.
20. Statement of President Richard M. Nixon, in the Los Angeles Times, 4 August, 1970.
21. Bishop, 7–8.
22. Trial testimony of Charles Manson, 19 November, 1970. See Schreck, 37–65 for complete statement.
23. Trial transcript, 5 October, 1970.
24. Ibid, 17 November, 1970.
25. Trial statement of Vincent Bugliosi, 13–15 January, 1971.
26. Trial transcript, 25 January, 1971.
27. Ibid.
28. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
29. Doris Tate to author.
30. Trial transcript, 29 March, 1971.
31. Farrell, “The Manson Jury,” 67.
32. Markman, 187–88.
33. Ibid, 188.
34. Psychiatric report of John M. Suarez, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 28 May, 1971, 5.
35. Psychiatric report of Ira Frank, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 28 March, 1971, 3.
36. Quoted, Markman, 189.
37. Psychiatric report of Vernon C. Bohr, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 12 July, 1971, 5.
38. Markman, 189.
39. Psychiatric report of Keith S. Ditman, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 19 September, 1971, 4.
40. Psychiatric report of Ira Frank, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 28 March, 1971, 3.
41. Watson, 184.
42. Psychiatric report of Joel Fort, M.D., on Charles Watson, dated 8 July, 1971, 7.
43. Paul Tate, in Newsweek, 27 March, 1971.
Chapter Thirty Five
1. Report of Dr. Melvin Macomber, Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing State of California, Community Release Board, Steve Grogan, CDC No. B-38773, Tuesday, August 22, 1978, Deul Vocational Institution, Tracy, CA., p. 28.
2. Charles Manson, in Charles Manson: The Man Who Killed the 60’s, a Box Production for Channel Four, UK, produced by Peter Bate, 1994.
3. Bugliosi, revised edition, 497.
4. Vincent Bugliosi to author.
5. Bruce Davis, on Charles Manson: The Man Who Killed the 60’s, a Box Production for Channel Four, UK, produced by Peter Bate, 1994.
6. Charles Manson to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
7. Ibid.
8. Charles Manson testimony. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Manson, CDC Inmate #B-33920, 21 April, 1992.
9. Ibid.
10. Bugliosi, revised edition, 506.
11. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Patricia Krenwinkel, CDC Inmate #W-8314, 29 December, 1993.
12. Ibid.
13. Ibid.
14. Ibid.
15. Patricia Krenwinkel to Diane Sawyer, on Turning Point, “The Manson Women: Inside the Murders.” ABC-TV, produced by Denise Schreiner, 1994.
16. Livsey, 176–77.
17. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Susan Atkins, CDC Inmate #W-08304, 16 September, 1981.
18. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Susan Atkins, CDC Inmate #W-08304, 25 June, 1996.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Susan Atkins to Bill Nelson.
23. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 4 May, 1990.
24. Watson, 138–42.
25. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 4 May, 1990.
26. Ibid.
27. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 13 January, 1983.
28. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 2 April, 1987.
29. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 4 May, 1990.
30. Letter of stipulation, from Charles Watson to California Board of Prison Terms, dated 4 January, 1993.
31. See Nelson, Behind, for details.
32. Charles Watson interview, on website www.aboundinglove.org.
33. Livsey, 74.
34. Ibid, 85.
35. Doris Tate to author.
36. Livsey, 74–5.
37. Manson, 176.
Chapter Thirty Six
1. Weinraub, 36.
2. Tynan, 102.
3. Ibid, 104.
4. Weinraub, 36.
5. Doris Tate, in the Ontario Daily Report, 8 August, 1989.
6. Polanski, 324.
7. Holt, 319.
8. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
9. Patti Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 10 January, 1994.
10. Doris Tate to author.
11. Doris Tate to Bill Nelson.
12. Ibid.
13. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
14. Doris Tate to author.
15. Doris Tate, in the New York City Tribune, 22 March, 1990.
16. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
17. Doris Tate to author.
18. Doris Tate to Bill Nelson.
19. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
20. Doris Tate to Bill Nelson.
21. Doris Tate, in the New York City Tribune, 22 March, 1990.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Doris Tate, in the Ontario Daily Report, 8 August, 1989.
26. Doris Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 9 July, 1982.
27. Sanders, revised edition, 468.
28. Statement of Paul Tate. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 13 January, 1985.
29. Doris Tate, in the New York City Tribune, 22 March, 1990.
30. Statement of Doris Tate. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Susan Atkins, CDC Inmate #W-08304, 16 December, 1988.
31. Doris Tate, in the New York City Tribune, 22 March, 1990.
32. Doris Tate to author.
33. Doris Tate, in the San Luis Obispo Telegram, 4 May, 1990.
34. Doris Tate, in the New York City Tribune, 22 March, 1990.
35. Doris Tate statement. Subsequent Parole Consid
eration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 2 April, 1987.
36. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 4 May, 1990.
37. Statement of Doris Tate. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Charles Watson, CDC Inmate #B-37999, 4 May, 1990.
38. Doris Tate to author.
Chapter Thirty Seven
1. Patti Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 10 January, 1994.
2. Ibid.
3. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Patricia Krenwinkel, CDC Inmate #W-8314, 29 December, 1993.
4. Patti Tate statement. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Patricia Krenwinkel, CDC Inmate #W-8314, 29 December, 1993.
5. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Susan Atkins, CDC Inmate #W-08304, 25 June, 1996.
6. Ibid.
7. Statement of Patti Tate. Subsequent Parole Consideration Hearing, State of California Board of Prison Terms, in the Matter of the Life Term Parole Consideration Hearing of Susan Atkins, CDC Inmate #W-08304, 25 June, 1996.
8. Patti Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 10 January, 1994.
9. Bugliosi, revised edition, 493.
10. Rubin, 64.
11. Ibid, 66.
12. Ibid.
13. Hoskyns, 182.
14. Hochman, 25.
15. Reighley, 39.
16. Royalty Agreement between Charles Manson and the Lemmons brothers, in private collection of Bill Nelson.
17. Rubin, 152.
18. Ibid, 66.
19. “Bartek Frykowski: Seeking Dollars From a Killer Named Manson,” in People Magazine, 3 April, 1995, Volume 43, No. 13, p. 43.
20. Rubin, 152.
21. Bugliosi, revised edition, 500.
22. Patti Tate, in the Los Angeles Times, 10 January, 1994.
23. Ibid
24. Ibid.
Epilogue
1. Guestbook at Barker Ranch. Information provided to author by Bill Nelson.
2. Letter to Judge Thomas MacBride, dated 12 July, 1997, from Lynette Fromme, in author’s possession.