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40 Years After the Manson Verdict, Visitors Take 'Helter Skelter Tour'

It was 40 years ago -- Jan. 25, 1971 -- that a jury returned guilty verdicts against Charles Manson, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel, three central figures in the infamous "Helter Skelter" murder spree. The three were found guilty on seven counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for...

Ex-Manson Family Member Is Up for Parole Again

LOS ANGELES (July 5) - Leslie Van Houten, the one-time Charles Manson follower long seen as the most likely of his ex-acolytes to win freedom someday, faces her 19th parole hearing with a new lawyer and new case law which may give her the best chance yet for release. Even if there is a finding of suitability for parole at...

Van der Sloot: I'm Getting Marriage Proposals in Jail

(June 23) -- Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot says he has been receiving multiple marriage offers from women while in his Lima, Peru, cell. If true, that would add him to a long list of prison heartthrobs. "One of them even wants me to get her pregnant," Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf quoted van der Sloot as saying...

Background on manson family

Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s.

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