Charles Manson Murders

Women Linked By Manson Murders Form Unlikely Friendship

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 04.15.2012

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CORCORAN, Calif. — On August 9, 1969, two naive 17-year-old girls were launched on a path that led to the unlikeliest of friendships. That infa...

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Charles Manson Denied Parole At Hearing That Could Be His Last

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 04.11.2012

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CORCORAN, Calif. — A prison panel denied parole Wednesday to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th and probably final bid for freedom. Manso...

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Charles Manson Disciple Charles 'Tex' Watson Denied Parole

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 11.17.2011

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Charles "Tex" Watson, the former disciple of Charles Manson who once referred to himself as the cult leader's "lieutenant for killing," has been denie...

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Charles Manson and Me

David Macaray | Posted 12.04.2011

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Charles Manson is now a wizened 76 year-old man, short enough (at 5' 2") to blend in with a junior high school gym class, and deluded enough to believe that carving a swastika on his forehead would impress the parole board.

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PHOTOS: Top Ten Books About Los Angeles

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 10.09.2011

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In honor of National Book Lover's Day, we've compiled a very special list for you. With a few parts sex, a dash of neo-noir, some cocaine-using mo...

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James Marsden Cast As Charles Manson

Posted 06.05.2011

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From Easter Bunny to cult leader and murderer -- it's quite a 180 turn for James Marsden. The star, who took the lead in this weekend's family-frie...

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Helter Skelter: Racism and Murder

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Manson, the psychopathic killer responsible for the seven murders at this Hollywood Hills home, blamed the Beatles' White Album for the series of killings his "Family" committed.

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Local DJ Claims Charles Manson is His Father

KTLA | KTLA News | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A local radio DJ is claiming that notorious killer Charles Manson is his biological father. ...

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Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 5 of 5

John Waters | Posted 05.25.2011

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"I ask that I be shown the mercy I didn't give... and that is not easy in this parole board room but I am going to ask for it. I am who I say I am."

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Charles Manson's Ranches (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post via LIFE.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Following the news that Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson follower who tried to assassinate President Ford in 1975, will be relea...

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Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 4 of 5

John Waters | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Waters

"Each act we did in that house, I take responsibility for," she testified in 2004, adding "I can't... place the blame on someone else. It was me."

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Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 3 of 5

John Waters | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Waters

I've always secretly wondered if Leslie ever felt "cool" when she was with the Manson gang and I finally got up the nerve to ask. "Cool? We had no concept by then of any such possible word!"

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Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 2 of 5

John Waters | Posted 05.25.2011

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By now I certainly knew that what Leslie had done was anything but "art." Her participation in the La Bianca murders was a very real atrocity.

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Charles Manson's Race War: The Beatles and Helter Skelter

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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Charles Manson, the psychopathic killer responsible for the seven murders at this Hollywood Hills home, blamed the Beatles' White Album for the series of killings his "Family" committed.

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Leslie Van Houten: A Friendship, Part 1 of 5

John Waters | Posted 05.25.2011

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I have a really good friend who was convicted of killing two innocent people when she was nineteen years old on a horrible night of 1969 cult madness.

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Charles Manson Jail Photo Released (SLIDESHOW, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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California corrections officials have released a new photo showing a 74-year old Charles Manson. The infamous murderer's photo was taken for routine ...

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