by Jeff Guinn
“Manson, Girls Again Ordered from Courtroom for Outbursts; Tate-LaBianca Defendants Removed by Judge 2nd Straight Day After 5 Warnings; Attorney Complains.” October 3, 1970.
“Daily Routine Continues with Manson Excluded from Court; Four Defendants Refuse to Promise Judge They’ll Behave and Find Themselves Kept out for Fifth Straight Time.” October 8, 1970.
“Miss Atkins Described Tate Murder, 2nd Witness Says.” October 14, 1970.
“Manson’s Race Theory Tied to Beatles, Bible, Trial Told.” October 17, 1970.
“Witness Identifies Manson as Possible Tate Home Visitor.” October 21, 1970.
“Manson Visited Tate Residence, Witness Reveals.” October 22, 1970.
“Manson, Three Women Allowed Back in Court.” October 23, 1970.
“Witness Describes Manson’s Visions of Racial Warfare.” October 27, 1970.
“Manson Told of Killing Stuntman, Youth Says; Leader Claimed He Was ‘Showing Blackie’ How to Start Race War, Ex-Cultist Asserts.” October 28, 1970.
“Doctors Judge Manson Witness as Competent.” October 30, 1970.
“Watson Found Insane, Committed to Hospital.” October 31, 1970.
“Witness Links Manson Girls to Slayings; Lived with ‘Family’ in Desert.” November 3, 1970.
“Tate-LaBianca Trial Witness Admits She Lied to Grand Jury.” November 10, 1970.
“Manson Threatened Her, Witness Says; She Feared Defendant but Loved Him, Girl Testifies.” November 11, 1970.
“3 Women in Tate Murder Case Reported Prepared to Confess; It Is Believed They Will Say Manson Had Nothing to Do with Killings; Defendants Insist on Taking Witness Stand.” November 20, 1970.
“Manson Takes Stand, Denies Killing or Ordering Deaths.” November 21, 1970.
“Attorney’s Absence Again Causes Delay of Manson Trial.” December 1, 1970.
“Two Manson ‘Family’ Members Surrender; Bruce Davis, Wanted in Hinman Murder Case, Turns Self In.” December 3, 1970.
“Manson, Two Others May Be Indicted in Ranchhand Mystery.” December 14, 1970.
“Manson Jurors Won’t Go Home for Christmas.” December 16, 1970.
“Manson, Two Others Indicted for Murder of Character Actor.” December 17, 1970.
“Grand Jury Indicts 5 Manson Followers; LSD Food Case.” December 19, 1970.
“Final Arguments Begin in Tate Murder Trial; Manson, 3 ‘Girls’ Removed After New Outbursts in Court.” December 22, 1970.
“4 Defendants Disrupt Manson Murder Trial; All Removed from Court, Some 2 or 3 Times; Miss Atkins Grabs for Prosecutor’s Papers.” December 23, 1970.
“Manson Tried for Social Ills, Attorney Says; Jury Asked to Ignore Life-Style.” December 29, 1970.
“Manson Innocent, Attorney Asserts; Calls Trial Political.” January 5, 1971.
“Manson Trial Drones Toward Last Stage Before Verdict.” January 6, 1971.
“Lawyer Says Manson Dominated Defendants; Calls Relationship ‘Mystical.’ ” January 13, 1971.
“Manson Prosecutor Asserts Defendants Are ‘Guilty as Sin.’ ” January 14, 1971.
“Bugliosi Puts Emphasis on Kasabian Story.” January 15, 1971.
“Manson Verdict: All Guilty!” January 26, 1971.
“Strategy Used by Defense Seems Unclear.” January 26, 1971.
“Manson’s Mother Talks of His Early Life; Says He Was a Pampered Boy.” January 26, 1971.
“Four Defendants’ Fitness to Live Now Only Issue for Jury.” January 28, 1971.
“Manson Strikes, Shoves His Attorney in Court.” January 29, 1971.
“ ‘Family’ Member Says Life with Manson Was a Game.” February 4, 1971.
“Witness Says Manson Wasn’t in on Killings; Puts Blame on Linda Kasabian.” February 9, 1971.
“Susan Atkins Admits Tate, Hinman Deaths; Holds Manson Blameless.” February 10, 1971.
“Miss Atkins Says Role in 8 Slayings ‘Was No Big Thing.’ ” February 12, 1971.
“Manson Jurors End Isolation, Return Home.” February 18, 1971.
“Linda Kasabian Back on Stand, Sticks to Her Manson Story.” February 25, 1971.
“Manson ‘Girl’ Still in ‘Psychotic State,’ Psychiatrist Claims.” March 2, 1971.
“Conflicting Murder Stories by Manson ‘Girl’ Demonstrated.” March 3, 1971.
“Addict Can Be Programmed to Kill, Witness Tells Manson Jury.” March 5, 1971.
“Former Lawyer for Susan Atkins Tells of ‘Deal’ with DA.” March 6, 1971.
“Susan Atkins’ Implication of Manson Alleged.” March 9, 1971.
“Miss Van Houten Not Motivated by Manson Order, Doctor Says.” March 10, 1971.
“Manson Is Substitute Father to 3 Girls, Psychiatrist Says.” March 11, 1971.
“Manson, 3 ‘Girls’ Again Removed for Court Misbehavior.” March 13, 1971.
“Manson ‘Girl’ Left at Ranch Says She Was Willing to Kill.” March 16, 1971.
“Prosecution and Defense Rest Cases in Manson Penalty Trial.” March 17, 1971.
“Manson, ‘Girls’ Called Monsters; Death Asked; Prosecutor Confines His Time to 10 Minutes; Defense Attorney Heard.” March 19, 1971.
“Manson’s Attorney Makes Final Plea to Save His Life.” March 20, 1971.
“Lawyer Claims DA Welshed on Deal with Susan Atkins.” March 23, 1971.
“Five Manson ‘Family’ Members Change Pleas; Accused of Conspiring to Keep Girl from Testifying, They Take ‘No Contest’ Stand.” March 24, 1971.
“Murder and Bloodshed Threatened by Manson.” March 24, 1971.
“Ranch Search for Missing Lawyer Fails.” March 24, 1971.
“Bugliosi Says Final Decision to Kill Was up to 3 Girls, Watson.” March 25, 1971.
“Manson Life-Death Case Goes to Jury.” March 27, 1971.
“Sidewalk Vigil: Society Doomed, Manson ‘Family’ Members Assert.” March 30, 1971.
“Body Identified by Friend as Missing Manson Trial Lawyer.” March 31, 1971.
“Manson’s Fate—And Society’s.” March 31, 1971.
“Manson Loses Plea in New Murder Case.” April 3, 1971.
“Manson, 3 Girls Condemned.” April 4, 1971.
“Three in ‘Family’ Will Be Tried with Manson.” April 7, 1971.
“Manson, Miss Atkins Return for 2nd Case; Watson Plea Delayed.” April 14, 1971.
“Sentencing of Manson, ‘Girls,’ May Be Delayed.” April 17, 1971.
“ ‘I Accept—Judgment,’ Manson Tells Court; Subdued Clan Leader, 3 Girls Sentenced to Die in Gas Chamber.” April 20, 1971.
“Manson Again Asks to Defend Self; Hints Behavior Will Be Better in Hinman Case.” April 21, 1971.
“Manson Screams in Court to Prove He Has a Voice.” April 22, 1971.
“Manson Rides Bus to San Quentin but Faces Quick Return.” April 23, 1971.
“2 Manson ‘Girls’ Sent to Frontera.” April 29, 1971.
“Manson Cultist Given Jail Term.” May 1, 1971.
“The Manson Family: Through a Glass Darkly; Some Reflections on How They Got That Way.” June 20, 1971.
“Separate Trial for Manson Ordered.” June 23, 1971.
“Manson Tries to Enter Guilty Plea to Shea-Hinman Murders.” July 15, 1971.
“Manson Drops Plea Request.” July 16, 1971.
“Alleged Killing of Stunt Man Told in Court.” July 21, 1971.
“3 Trials Underway for Manson, Followers; ‘Family’ Leader Faces 2 Murder Charges While 2 Members Appear in Other Cases.” August 5, 1971.
“Manson Evicted from Court After Outbursts.” August 6, 1971.
“ ‘Mystery’ Witness in Manson Case Identified.” August 7, 1971.
“Witness at Manson Trial Says She Lied in Beausoleil Case.” August 11, 1971.
“Shea’s Plaintive ‘Why?’ Seconds Before Death Told by Witness.” August 12, 1971.
“$50,000 Bail Asked for Manson Cultists After Shootout.” August 24, 1971.
“ ‘Family’ Plan to Re
lease Manson in Raid Hinted; Theft of Weapons from Surplus Store Was Prelude to Assault on Court, DA Aide Says.” August 25, 1971.
“Girl Quotes Watson as Admitting Killing.” August 25, 1971.
“Threatening Call to Lawyer Prompts Shea Case Outburst.” August 26, 1971.
“LaBianca Murder Role Confessed by Watson; Cult Member Says He Obeyed Manson Under Narcotics.” September 2, 1971.
“Watson Suffered Drug-Induced Brain Damage, Doctor Testifies.” September 4, 1971.
“Judge Refuses Motion for Manson Mistrial.” September 8, 1971.
“Grogan Retrial in Shea Killing to Start Today.” September 14, 1971.
“Ninth Manson Follower Indicted in Slaying Case.” September 16, 1971.
“Manson Boast of Shea Decapitation Reported; Student Testifies She Left ‘Family’ After Twice Hearing Details of Grisly Slaying.” September 17, 1971.
“Watson Was Dominated by Manson, Trial Told.” September 17, 1971.
“Watson Had Desire to Kill, State Contends.” October 6, 1971.
“Manson Cry: ‘I’d Rather Cut My Head Off’ than Testify.” October 9, 1971.
“Damage Suit Filed for Manson Victim’s Son.” October 14, 1971.
“2 Members of Manson Group Arraigned in L.A. Jail Escape.” October 23, 1971.
“Manson Convicted of Murder in Shea and Hinman Cases.” November 3, 1971.
“Manson ‘Girl’ Held in Contempt, Jailed.” November 5, 1971.
“Jury Votes Death Penalty for Grogan.” November 9, 1971.
“Watson Given Death Penalty by Judge Who Strongly Opposes It.” November 12, 1971.
“Manson Receives Life Terms for Two ’69 Slayings.” November 29, 1971.
“Judge Assails Manson Before Sentencing.” December 14, 1971.
“Manson Installed as San Quentin’s 97th Death Row Inmate.” December 15, 1971.
“Manson Follower Gets Life Sentence for Shea Murder.” December 23, 1971.
“Judge Reverses Jurors, Gives Grogan Life for Shea Murder.” December 24, 1971.
“Bugliosi’s Next Trial—Winning DA’s Office.” January 9, 1972.
“Manson Girl Convicted of Aiding Escape.” February 5, 1972.
“Manson Cult Girl Gets Added Term for Aiding Escapee.” February 25, 1972.
“2 Manson Girls Seized in Murder.” November 13, 1972.
“One of Manson’s ‘Family’ Arrested in San Francisco.” December 25, 1972.
“Manson Girl Freed in Murder.” February 1, 1973.
“Manson, 3 Cohorts Will Appear at Trial.” February 11, 1973.
“Judge Sequesters Jurors in Trial of Manson Followers.” February 14, 1973.
“4 Manson Followers Convicted in Hawthorne Robbery-Shootout.” February 22, 1973.
“ ‘You Better Pray I Never Get Out,’ Manson Friend Tells Sanity Trial.” February 24, 1973.
“Manson Follower Recalls His Life of Crime at Sanity Hearing.” February 28, 1973.
“Four Manson Followers Found Sane in Two Armed Robberies; Defendants Face 10-Years-to-Life Sentences.” March 1, 1973.
“Manson Life-Style Changes After Move from Death Row; Convict Drops in Prison Social Order, Loses Special Privileges of Condemned Men in New Setting at Folsom.” March 5, 1973.
“Manson ‘Girl’ Sentenced for 2 Robberies.” March 21, 1973.
“Manson Moved from Isolation into Cellblock.” September 18, 1974.
“Books: Stripping Away the Manson Myths.” (Review of Helter Skelter.) November 24, 1974.
“Tate Murders Play: Tempest in Toronto.” November 29, 1974.
“Two Manson Girls Move to Sacramento.” February 9, 1975.
“One of Manson’s ‘Girls’ Paroled.” March 11, 1975.
“Ex-Manson ‘Girl’ Seeking to Erase Past; Now Paroled, ‘Gypsy’ Takes New Name, Wants New Life.” April 15, 1975.
“Manson Attacked by Two Inmates in Prison Yard.” May 14, 1975.
“Manson Transferred for Own Protection.” June 12, 1975.
“Manson Doubts He’ll Go Free.” August 12, 1975.
“Manson Girl Tries to Shoot President.” September 5, 1975.
“Follower of Manson Held After Trying to Kill Ford; Woman Aims Gun from 2 Feet Away.” September 6, 1975.
“Manson ‘Family’ Scattered, in Prison; Fromme Lived in Sacramento Attic.” September 6, 1975.
“Manson Plotted It, Prosecutor Claims.” September 6, 1975.
“Manson Shows Surprise on Learning News.” September 6, 1975.
“Manson Family Inner Circle Now Almost Zero; Only 1 Believed Still Free.” September 29, 1975.
“Ex-Manson Girl Held on Warrant from 1970 Case.” October 10, 1975.
“Ex-Manson Girl Tells of Quitting ‘Family’; Claims She Failed to Appear for Sentencing Because of Pregnancy.” October 15, 1975.
“Manson Shifted, Is ‘Withdrawn.’ ” May 11, 1976.
“Spahn Ranch Sits like a Ghost Town.” June 14, 1976.
“Sent out List of People to Be Killed, Manson Claims.” August 26, 1976.
“Manson Protests.” October 18, 1976.
“New Trial for Manson ‘Family’ Member Assured.” December 10, 1976.
“Manson Cultist Will Be in Court for New Trial Date.” December 27, 1976.
“Linda Kasabian Found in Florida, Will Return.” January 4, 1977.
“Witness Sought in Van Houten Case Flown Here.” January 5, 1977.
“Former Manson Girl Vows to Testify Here.” January 6, 1977.
“Woman in Manson Family Arrested; Charged with Sending Threatening Letters to Two Men.” January 18, 1977.
“Leslie Van Houten Retrial to Stay in L.A., Judge Rules.” January 20, 1977.
“Linda Kasabian Finishes Slaying Account.” April 26, 1977.
“Jury Told of Manson Hold on ‘Family’; Programmed Members into ‘Zombies,’ Linda Kasabian Testifies.” April 27, 1977.
“Miss Van Houten Tells of Perjury.” May 6, 1977.
“Miss Van Houten Tells Role in Slaying.” May 13, 1977.
“Prosecution to End Van Houten Case Today.” May 17, 1977.
“Manson Called Father Figure; Gave Miss Van Houten Sense of Family, Psychiatrist Says.” May 24, 1977.
“Had Mental Duels with Manson, Prospector Says.” May 26, 1977.
“Van Houten Trial Told of Hiding Place.” May 27, 1977.
“Judge in Van Houten Trial Cuts off Mental Testimony.” June 7, 1977.
“Miss Van Houten Describes What Led to LSD Use.” June 9, 1977.
“Change in Clan’s Mood Described; Miss Van Houten Says It Turned ‘Murderous.’ ” June 10, 1977.
“Van Houten Jury Hears Manson Tape; Cult Leader Denies in Interview He Ordered Slayings.” June 28, 1977.
“Growing ‘Craziness’ of Manson Cult Told at Van Houten Trial.” June 29, 1977.
“The Manson Mystique, Whatever It Is, Lives On.” July 1, 1977.
“Miss Van Houten Likened to a Soldier at Time of Slayings.” July 7, 1977.
“Van Houten Attorney Asks Lesser Verdict.” July 8, 1977.
“Van Houten Case Jury Must Start All Over.” July 25, 1977.
“Van Houten Jurors Deadlocked 3 Ways.” August 5, 1977.
“3rd Trial for Van Houten; Over Million Spent So Far.” September 1, 1977.
“Third Leslie Van Houten Trial Scheduled for Jan. 16.” October 20, 1977.
“Skeleton Found; May Be Manson Victim Shea.” December 16, 1977.
“Leslie Van Houten Freed on $200,000 Bail.” December 28, 1977.
“Third Van Houten Trial Gets Underway.” February 22, 1978.
“ ‘Family’ Still Intact, Manson Girl Claims; Prison Fails to Dim Dedication.” March 19, 1978.
“Justices Reject Manson Appeal.” April 3, 1978.
“Third Van Houten Murder Trial Stars; Prosecutor Calls Her a ‘Bright Girl,’ Defense Says She Was ‘Not Aware.’ ” April 4, 1978.
“Don’t Be Gullible, Van Houten Jur
ors Told.” June 13, 1978.
“Miss Van Houten’s ‘Sickness’ Reported.” June 15, 1978.
“Manson Women Moved to Prison in Pleasanton.” June 17, 1978.
“Jurors Begin Deliberations in Van Houten Trial.” June 23, 1978.
“Manson Girl Guilty Again; Van Houten Convicted in First Degree.” July 5, 1978.
“Miss Van Houten Convicted Again for Two Slayings.” July 6, 1978.
“Rare Prison Interview: Was Forced to Commit Violence, Manson Says.” July 10, 1978.
“Miss Van Houten’s Sentencing Delayed; Defense Granted Time to Seek New Murder Trial or Probation.” July 22, 1978.
“Guard Accuses Manson of Attack.” August 1, 1978.
“Tex Watson, Follower of Manson, Is Denied Parole.” October 28, 1978.
“Manson Denied Parole in 3-Hour Hearing; Tells Board He Is Unsuitable for Society but Claims He Never Killed.” November 17, 1978.
“Leslie Van Houten Refused Parole for Year At Least.” February 1, 1979.
“A Murderous ‘Family’: 10 Years After.” August 9, 1979.
“As Legend Has It, Santa Ana Means an Ill Wind Blows.” February 20, 1988.
“Keeping Manson Behind Bars: Prosecutor Stephen Kay Still Fights to Make Sure the Evil of the Tate-LaBianca Murders Is Never Forgotten.” May 14, 1989.
“The Long, Chilling Shadow of Manson: The Rampage in 1969 Still Evokes Fear and Fascination.” August 6, 1994.
“Charles Manson Has Not Been a Model Prisoner.” April 6, 2012.
“Charles Manson Likely to Die in Prison, Prosecutor Says.” April 11, 2012.
New York Daily News
“Terror Tale HQ: It’s Movieland Hotel.” August 12, 1969.
“Hollywood Horror Script.” August 12, 1969.
“Fear Sadistic Killer on Prowl in L.A.” August 12, 1969.
New York Times
“Full Circle: The New Life of Patty Hearst.” September 10, 1988.
“Bernardine Dohrn: Same Passion, New Tactics.” November 18, 1993.
“Susan Atkins, Manson Follower, Dies at 61.” September 25, 2009.
“Owsley Stanley, Artisan of Acid, Is Dead at 76.” March 14, 2011.
“Heads Bowed in Grateful Memory.” March 16, 2011.
Seattle Times
“Doors Closing at McNeil Island Prison After 135 Years.” February 28, 2011.
Terre Haute Tribune/Sunday Star
“Boys on the Mend; Great Work Being Done at Gibault Home South of the City by Order of the Holy Cross.” February 26, 1956.