by Jeff Guinn
“Blackbird,” 194, 283
Black Muslims, 74, 80
Black Panthers, 80, 116–17, 201, 227, 228, 230, 235, 239, 258, 260, 270, 274, 277, 281, 293, 315, 343, 368
Manson’s fear of, 232, 233, 242
Blaster’s Handbook, The, 347
“Bluebirds over the Mountain,” 197
born-again Christians, 66, 127, 391
“Born to Be Wild,” 179
Boston, Mass., 303
Boyd, Bill, 396
Boys Town, 40
Brautigan, Virginia, 28, 414
Breslin, Jimmy, 185
Briggs, David, 129–30
Brother Records, 131, 149, 152, 160, 163, 168, 169, 323
financial difficulties of, 145, 162, 170
Brown, Jerry, 393, 404
Brown v. Board of Education, 47
Brunner, Mary, 82–83, 95, 96, 98, 102–4, 110, 137, 175, 180, 330, 343, 352, 380, 404, 417, 435
and birth of son, 143
in credit card scheme, 239, 240, 275, 292, 350
custody of Pooh Bear regained by, 166
in defection to Como, 389
drug arrest of, 164
Hinman as friend of, 127
at Hinman murder, 231, 232, 315, 433
Manson’s abuse of, 106, 130
new identity of, 135
parole of, 391
police contacted by, 326
pregnancy of, 109, 128
on probation, 292
public nursing arrest of, 144
in search for permanent home for Manson Family, 163–64
store robbed by, 387
Watson’s affair with, 179
Buckles, Jess, 257, 269, 305
Buddha, Buddhists, 90, 93
Buffalo Springfield, 122
Bugliosi, Vincent, 336, 340, 349, 361, 362, 392, 404
Atkins’s deal with, 324, 327–28
chosen for Tate and LaBianca trials, 317
evidence accumulated by, 337–38
excused from Beausoleil trial, 350–51
and fears of Manson being released on bail, 318–19
final summation of, 378
Good’s threat against, 369
Hatami interviewed by, 345–46
Hoyt’s drug overdose and, 367
Jakobson interviewed by, 344–45, 346
Kanarek’s removal from case desired by, 354
Kasabian granted immunity by, 346–47
Kasabian questioned by, 360–61
Manson Family interviewed by, 318
Manson interviewed by, 375
Manson’s juvenile files obtained by, 409, 412
Manson’s legal maneuvering observed by, 339
penalty phase statements of, 381, 382
penalty phase witnesses of, 279–80
Spahn Ranch investigated by, 317–18
and Stovitz’s removal from case, 366
worries over trial, 342, 351
Bummer Bob, see Beausoleil, Bobby
Buntline .22 pistol, 204, 243, 246, 247, 251, 253, 279, 311, 315, 317, 336, 338, 350, 437
Burdon, Eric, 3
Burton, Richard, 3
Byrds, 112, 120–21, 123, 155, 403
Caballero, Richard, 321, 324, 325, 326, 327–28, 330–31, 337, 346, 347
Cahill, Thomas, 91
calendars, 181
California, University of, at Berkeley, 77–79, 81
“California Dreamin’,” 121
“California Girls,” 130
California Highway Patrol, 117, 292, 294, 297–98, 301
California Institution for Women, 385–86, 387, 397, 398, 421, 436
California Supreme Court, 389, 398
Calley, William, 312
Camp Fairchance, 27
Canoga Park, 291
Carnegie, Dale, 59–61, 65–66, 67, 69, 72, 73, 95, 108, 128, 194, 243, 415
Carter, Alprentice “Bunchy,” 201
Cassady, Neal, 84
CBS, 123, 353
“Cease to Exist,” 159, 160, 169–70, 182, 186, 190–91, 196, 341, 425
celebrities, 115, 119–20, 121–22, 323
Chamberlain, Lorraine, 417
Chamber Orkustra, 89–90, 105
Chandler, Raymond, 123
Chantays, The, 119
Chapman, Winifred, 202, 237, 238, 245–46, 255, 360, 438
Charleston (West Va.) Daily Mail, 21
Charleston (West Va.) Gazette, 19
Chicago, Ill., 117, 118
Chicago 8 (Chicago 7), 292–93, 344
Child of Satan, Child of God (Atkins), 391
Chillicothe, Ohio, 45–46, 47, 55, 79
China, 79
Cho, Seung-Hui, 398
Choate, Raymond, 386
CIA, 86
Cielo Drive, 121, 158, 199–200, 201–3, 243
Cielo Drive, Altobelli house at, 235, 237–38, 239, 397
caretaker hired at, 217
electronic gate of, 214
guesthouse at, 158, 215, 238, 243–44, 255
Manson at, 215, 216, 323–24, 345–46
Cielo murders, 245–53, 281, 340, 399, 436–38
Atkin’s jailhouse confession of, 308, 309–11, 313, 316, 318, 320, 322, 327
autopsies of victims of, 268, 270
discovery of, 245–46
drugs and, 256, 257, 269–70, 273, 277–78, 281, 291, 305, 365
eyeglasses found at scene of, 305, 306
gun used in, finding of, 288
Hinman murder connected to, 305
investigation of, 255–59, 268–70, 273, 279, 281, 288, 289–90, 291, 295, 308, 320–22, 324–28, 338, 342
LaBianca murder as similar to, 272
Manson’s confession to Springer of, 311–12
Manson’s drive to scene of, 254
motive for, 325, 343–46, 349, 355, 357, 358, 359, 365, 366
“PIG” written at scene of, 252, 256, 268, 269, 281, 310, 397
in press, 268, 273–74, 277–78, 279, 280, 289, 325, 333, 337
robbery in, 250, 251, 253, 343
suspects in, 279–80
TV bulletins of, 257–58
see also Tate-LaBianca trial
civil disorder, 1, 141
civil rights movement, 114
Clapton, Eric, 3
Clark, Dick, 119
Cleaver, Eldridge, 368
Clem, see Grogan, Steve “Clem”
clocks, 181
cocaine, 214
college education, 77–78
Columbia, 120, 152, 155–56, 200, 215, 223
Columbine shooting, 398
commodity riots, 100
communes, 128–29
communism, 47
Como, Kenneth, 386–87, 389
Como, Perry, 54
Costello, Lou, 152
crime, 114–15
Crockett, Paul, 210, 225, 226, 288–89, 293, 294, 295, 346, 352
Cromwell, Oliver, 89
Cronkite, Walter, 131
Crosby, David, 120
Crowe, Bernard, see Lotsapoppa
Croxey, 168
Daley, Richard, 185
Dalton, David, 344, 354
Darin, Bobby, 151–52
Davis, Bruce, 110, 124, 133, 188, 231, 295, 297, 299, 309, 404, 429–30, 438
arrest of, 376
conversion of, 391
Hinman murder and, 315, 351
parole denied to, 404
release from police custody of, 303
sentencing of, 388
at Shorty Shea murder, 282–83
trial of, 389
Davis, Edward M., 201, 257, 318, 324–26, 331
Davis, Rennie, 292–93
Day, Doris, 115, 155, 199–200, 325, 390
Days of Rage, 296
Deasy, Mike, 221, 222–23
death penalty, 321, 328, 349
California abolition of, 389, 398
Death Valley, 187–91, 203, 223, 225, 227, 230, 270, 275, 282, 284–87, 290–92, 296, 371, 440
DeCarlo, Danny, 208, 233, 276–77, 281, 287, 304–5, 311, 313, 314, 315, 316–17, 320, 340
at Tate-LaBianca grand jury, 329
Dee, 165
Dellinger, David, 292–93
Democratic National Convention (1968), 167, 185, 293
DeRosa, Jerry Joe, 255, 256
Despar, Stephen, 168–69
Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health (Hubbard), 66–67
Didion, Joan, 33, 92, 123
Dien Bien Phu, 79
Diggers, 89–90, 91, 92, 94–95, 100, 104, 136
Dino, Desi and Billy, 119
Doherty, Denny, 121
Dohrn, Bernardine, 334–35
“Doin’ What Comes Naturally,” 97
“Do It Again,” 190
domino theory, 79
“Don’t Do Anything Illegal,” 341
Doors, 120, 140, 179
Dorgan, Joe, 271
Doris Day Show, The, 403
Dotson, David, 438, 442
Downward Spiral, The, 397
Dreiser, Vera, 313
drugs, 85–89, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96–97, 100, 104, 127, 142, 214
Duke, Patty, 202
dune buggies, 192, 205–6, 216, 222, 225, 276, 282, 284, 292, 294, 304, 306
du Pont Corporation, 347
Dyer Act, 43, 55, 415
Dylan, Bob, 112, 120
Earp, Wyatt, 204
Ed Sullivan Show, 70
Effective Speaking and Human Relations, 60
Ehrlichman, John, 303
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 79
Ella Jo, Ella-Jo, see Yeller
Elliot, Cass, 121, 224
Emmons, Nuel, 410–11
E! network, 437
eyeglasses, 181
Farrow, Mia, 136
FBI, 62, 64, 201, 270, 275, 281
Fearless Vampire Killers, 202
Felton, David, 344, 354
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, 84, 90
Fillmore, 101
Fitzgerald, Paul, 336, 337, 345, 353, 359, 361, 368, 372–73, 377, 382, 383, 394
Fleishman, Gary, 327
Flo (prostitute), 62
Flynn, Juan, 174–75, 177, 287, 289, 294, 365, 370–71
Fokianos, John, 262
Folger, Abigail “Gibby,” 214, 217, 237, 239, 244, 248–52, 255, 257, 268, 343, 345, 437, 438
Folsom State Prison, 389, 393
Fonda, Henry, 121
Food and Drug Administration, 82
Ford, Gerald, 393–94, 398
Fort Dix, 347
“For What It’s Worth,” 122–23
Fowles, Frank, 301, 318, 319, 343
Free Clinic, 101–2, 109, 176
Free Frame of Reference, 89
free love, 82, 83, 94
Free Speech Movement, 78–79
Friends, 149
Froines, John, 292–93
Fromme, Lynette “Squeaky,” 97–98, 102–4, 110, 135, 136, 137, 175, 211, 280, 282, 286, 293–94, 321, 330, 335, 417
arraigned for attempted murder of Hoyt, 367–68, 385
arrested for Willett murder, 390
arrested in Barker Ranch raid, 298, 303
Atkins badgered on testimony by, 346
background of, 97
book of, 387, 390, 393
Bugliosi’s interview of, 318
charm of, 107
as desirous of transfer to California prison, 394–95
in escape from prison, 395
in first meeting with Manson, 97–98
Fitzgerald intimidated by, 359
Ford assassination attempted by, 393–94, 398
Helter Skelter denounced by, 392–93
Hoyt given trip to Hawaii by, 367
International People’s Court of Retribution created by, 392
Krenwinkel urged to allow extradition to L.A. by, 339, 345
loss of contact with Manson, 393
as Manson Family informant, 297, 356
as Manson Family leader, 387, 389–90
Manson’s abuse of, 106, 130
in Manson trial vigils, 369, 386
Manson visited in jail by, 306, 319
in Order of the Rainbow, 391–92
parole of, 396
prison violence of, 395
in search for Manson recordings, 341
as Spahn’s housekeeper and lover, 173, 179, 192, 203, 208
suicide attempts of, 97, 107
testimony of, 380
Frye, Marquette, 117
Frykowski, Bartek, 396
Frykowski, Voytek, 214, 217, 237, 239–40, 248–53, 255, 257, 268, 269–70, 310, 327, 345, 348, 361, 398, 437, 438
“Fun, Fun, Fun,” 130
fundamentalist Christians, 93
Gail, 145, 164, 165, 166
Galindo, Danny, 256, 257, 259, 272
gangs, 116
“Garbage Dump,” 159, 160
Garretson, William, 217, 238, 251, 436, 437
arrest of, 255–56, 258, 268, 270
on night of murders, 243–44, 246–47, 248
testimony of, 360
Gentry, Curt, 392
Gibault School for Boys, 37–38, 39, 40, 43
Gillies, Cathy, 176, 187, 188, 285, 309
Ginsberg, Allen, 84, 90, 91
Golden Gate Park, 85, 90, 93, 94, 101
Golden Penetrators, 2, 5, 403
Gold Rush, 113
Goler Wash, Calif., 290, 294, 297–98
Good, George, 143
Good, Ivan (infant), 298, 303–4
Good, Sandy, 142–43, 188, 233, 287, 321, 330, 422, 435
arrest of, 298
background of, 142
Bugliosi’s interview of, 318
Bugliosi threatened by, 369
in credit card scheme, 239, 240, 275, 350
as desirous of transfer to California prison, 394–95
Hoyt given trip to Hawaii by, 367
indictment of, 394
International People’s Court of Retribution created by, 392
Kasabian confronted at trial by, 360–61
loss of contact with Manson, 393
Manson Family held together by, 389–90
as Manson Family informant, 297, 356
in Manson trial vigils, 369, 386
Manson visited in jail by, 306, 319
on parole, 404
pregnancy of, 180–81, 216, 233, 275, 351
released from police custody, 303–4
sentencing of, 387
testimony of, 380
“Good Vibrations,” 130, 148
Graham, Bill, 88, 101
Graham, Virginia, 307, 308, 309–11, 313, 320, 322, 324, 371, 377, 386
Granado, Joe, 256
“Grandma’s place,” 187–91
Grateful Dead, 88, 94, 112, 345
Great Depression, 10, 26
Green, Billy, 102
Greenwich Village, 347
Griffin, Gerry, 427
Grogan, Steve “Clem,” 174, 186, 226, 228, 229, 286, 298, 352
arraigned for attempted murder of Hoyt, 367–68, 385
death sentence received by, 388
indicted for Hinman slaying, 385
at LaBianca murder, 259–68, 327, 370, 438
as Manson’s enforcer, 297
in Manson trial vigil, 369
religious conversion of, 404
at Shorty Shea murder, 282–83, 376, 388
testimony of, 380
Guenther, Charles, 233, 235–36, 269, 290, 301, 302, 304, 311, 314
Guerrero, Frank, 237
Gulf Oil, 353
Guns N’ Roses, 396
Guy, Buddy, 3
Gypsy (Catherine Share), 145, 146, 164, 165, 166, 176, 177, 179, 187, 224, 229, 352, 368, 432
arraigned for attempted murder of Hoyt, 367–68, 385
arrest of, 298
Bugliosi’s interview of, 318
in defection to Como, 389
interrogation of, 320
judge insult
ed by, 349
parole of, 391
store robbed by, 387
testimony of, 380, 381
Haber, Joyce, 291
Haight-Ashbury, 1, 84, 85, 86–88, 90, 91–93, 98, 107, 109, 136, 165, 234, 354, 417
deterioration of, 104–6, 111
health services in, 101
newcomers to, 93, 94, 99–100
preachers in, 93, 95, 96, 127, 210, 289
violence in, 93, 100–101
Harlem, 117
Harris, Eric, 398
Harrison, George, 100, 431
hashish, 85, 214, 257
Hatami, Shahrokh, 214, 215, 345, 371, 433
Haught, John Philip (Zero), 176, 299, 303, 306, 309, 316, 319, 390
Hawk, David, 303
Hawkey, Richard, 28
Hayden, Tom, vii, 166–67, 200, 292–93, 417
Heinlein, Robert, 69
Helder, Robert, 257, 305, 306
Hells Angels, 207, 329
Helter Skelter, 196, 199, 200, 203, 204–5, 208–9, 212, 214, 216–17, 218, 219, 220, 223, 224, 225, 228, 229, 233–34, 239, 240, 241, 274, 288–89, 290, 296, 329, 346, 349, 355, 357, 358, 359, 430, 365, 366, 370, 371, 375, 382
see also Cielo murders
“Helter Skelter,” 185–86, 194, 283, 344
Helter Skelter (bar), 206–7
Helter Skelter (Bugliosi and Gentry), 392–93, 398, 404, 438, 442, 446
Hendrix, Jimi, 3, 130
Hepburn, Katharine, 121
Herald Examiner, 333
heroin, 92, 127
Hersh, Seymour, 312
Heuvelhorst, Edward L., 99, 421
“High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me),” 54
Hillman, Chris, 129
Hindus, 93
Hinman, Gary, 105, 127, 129, 230–32, 380
investigation of murder of, 233
Manson’s slashing of, 231, 276, 311, 315
stabbing of, 232–33, 235–37, 239, 242, 244, 245, 252, 253, 258, 269, 274, 276, 281, 290, 298, 301–3, 304, 309, 313–14, 315, 321, 328, 350–51, 352, 399, 433
hippies, 88, 91, 94, 99–100, 104–5, 130, 159, 165, 184, 220
hipsters, 88
Ho Chi Minh, 303
Hoffman, Abbie, 200, 278, 292–93
Hoffman, Julius, 292
Hog Farm, 128–29
Hollopeter, Charles, 349
Hollywood, 113–14, 119
Holmstrom, Jan, 395
“Home Is Where You’re Happy,” 396
“Honey Pie,” 195
Hoskyns, Barney, 334
Houghton, Robert A., 289
Howard, Ronnie, 307, 310, 313, 316, 317, 318, 322, 324, 337, 371, 386
How to Remember Names, 60
How to Win Friends and Influence People (Carnegie), 60–61, 66
Hoyt, Barbara, 216, 287, 291, 301, 326, 356
overdose of, 367, 385, 394
testimony of, 369–70
Hubbard, L. Ron, 66–67
Huggins, John, 201
Hughes, Ronald, 349, 373, 375–76, 394
Hullabaloo, 119
Humphrey, Hubert, 167, 185
“I Believe,” 54
“I Can Hear Music,” 190
Indiana Boys School, 40–44