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  • July 2008

    • Manson Follower Won't Go Free

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 15, 08 6:11 PM CDT

      Manson Follower Won't Go Free

      A California parole board today refused to grant a compassionate release for Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson who admitted murdering Sharon Tate 40 years ago, the AP reports. Atkins, 60, is dying of brain cancer, and the parole board listened to impassioned pleas from both sides in a 90-minute hearing before unanimously rejecting her release. More »

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      Charles Manson  • Sharon Tate  • Manson Family  • Susan Atkins

    • DA to Prison Board: Don't Free Ailing Manson Killer

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 15, 08 9:30 AM CDT

      DA to Prison Board: Don't Free Ailing Manson Killer

      The Los Angeles County district attorney has asked the California parole board to deny Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins' request for compassionate release from prison. Atkins, who was convicted of seven 1969 murders, is terminally ill with brain cancer. The DA noted that Atkins stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate, tasted her blood, and used it to write the word "Pig" on the victim's door during a murderous Manson Family rampage. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Charles Manson  • Sharon Tate  • Manson Family  • Susan Atkins

  • June 2008

    • Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jun 14, 08 8:24 AM CDT

      Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

      A member of Charles Manson's "family" of killers is asking for compassionate release after 37 years in jail, the Los Angeles Times reports. Susan Atkins, who stabbed Sharon Tate to death while the 8-months-pregnant actress begged for mercy—and then used her blood to write "PIG" on the front door—is dying of brain cancer and wishes to spend the few months she has left as a free woman. More »

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      murder  • Charles Manson  • Sharon Tate  • Manson Family

  • May 2008

    • Manson Body Hunt a Bust

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 22, 08 2:53 AM CDT

      Manson Body Hunt a Bust

      Investigators yesterday packed up and left the the Death Valley ranch used as a hideout by the murderous Manson Family after finding no trace of bodies a member of the group once suggested might be buried there. The search was triggered by a cadaver-sniffing dog and initial findings of scientific equipment which may have erroneously interpreted dead rats and insects as human remains, reports the Los Angeles Times. More »

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      murder  • crime  • Charles Manson  • Sharon Tate  • Manson Family  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    • 'Big Dig' Seeks More Manson Bodies

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  May 20, 08 2:06 PM CDT

      'Big Dig' Seeks More Manson Bodies

      Investigators with high-tech equipment and shovels will be spending the next few days combing the Manson Family's desert hide-out for bodies, the Los Angeles Times reports. Rumors that murder victims are buried at the isolated ranch have persisted for decades. Police called in scientists after corpse-sniffing dogs became agitated at ranch locations. Many locals are skeptical about the hunt, and suspect investigators will only find an old Indian burial ground. More »

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      murder  • cult  • Charles Manson  • desert  • forensic science  • bodies

    • Lohan Dumped From Movie About Manson

      newser  |  Deadline Hollywood Daily  |  May 9, 08 11:22 AM CDT

      Lohan Dumped From Movie About Manson

      Lindsay Lohan has been dumped from the upcoming Manson Girls movie—and not for the official reasons being circulated, says Deadline Hollywood columnist Nikki Finke in LA Weekly . Apparently, Lohan has become something of an industry pariah—the producers couldn’t find a single name actress willing to work with her. Lohan was to play a rich surfer girl who became obsessed with Charles Manson. More »

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      film  • Lindsay Lohan  • movie industry  • Charles Manson

  • April 2008

    • Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

      newser  |  Radar  |  Apr 30, 08 10:51 AM CDT

      Dear Mass Murderer: I Need Advice

      An unemployed writer posing as a 10-year-old boy seeking advice wrote letters to a number of celebrities, including some of America's most infamous killers. The responses to the queries from the "pop-culture historian," as Radar magazine described Bill Geerhart, range from the weirdly sensible (Ted Kaczynski) to the terrifyingly psychotic (Charles Manson). More »

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      Charles Manson  • serial killers

    • Top 10 Crazy Cults

      newser  |  LiveScience  |  Apr 12, 08 10:04 AM CDT

      Top 10 Crazy Cults

      Experts are debating whether the polygamist sect raided in Texas last week is a cult. Meanwhile, LiveScience has cooked up a list of bona fide cults—the top 10 craziest of them all: Raëlians: Followers believe that UFOs spawned most religions and cloning can lead to reincarnation. More »

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      list  • religion  • polygamy  • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  • FLDS  • cult  • Charles Manson  • Jim Jones  • Jonestown massacre

  • March 2008

    • Lindsay Lohan to Play Teen in Manson Family

      newser  |  E! Online  |  Mar 28, 08 8:40 AM CDT

      Lindsay Lohan to Play Teen in Manson Family

      Actress Lindsay Lohan will play a member of the violent Manson family in the upcoming movie Manson Girls , reports E! Online. LiLo will portray Nancy Pitman, who grew up well-to-do in Malibu and was just 16 when she met Manson through a  friend and quickly became one of his followers. More »

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      movie  • actor  • Lindsay Lohan  • movie industry  • Charles Manson

    • More Manson Victims?

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Mar 16, 08 9:37 AM CDT

      More Manson Victims?

      A rag-tag group of forensic investigators, a gold miner, and a corpse-sniffing dog say they have turned up evidence of long suspected killings by the Manson family in the California desert, AP reports. Using the tools and techniques of chemistry and archeology, the group has concluded that there may be bodies in the ground—and suggested that the cops get digging. More »

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      murder  • Los Angeles  • cult  • Charles Manson  • desert  • Sharon Tate  • Susan Atkins  • forensic science

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