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NEWS ABOUT: Sharon Tate

Sharon Tate stories: 10 news summaries

Dying Ex-Manson Disciple Atkins Denied Release 

Parole board refuses Susan Atkins' request for mercy

Sep 3, 09 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - California yesterday rejected Susan Atkins' plea for compassionate release, the Los Angeles Times reports. The former Charles Manson family member—California's longest-serving female inmate—has brain cancer and likely has just months to live. Atkins was busted in 1969 for participating in the murder of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and... More »

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parole • Charles Manson • Susan Atkins • Sharon Tate • Manson Family • compassionate release

 Dying Manson 
 Killer Pleads 
 Today for 
 'Sympathy' 
 Parole 

Susan Atkins suffers from brain cancer 40 years after slashing Sharon Tate

Sep 2, 09 4:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Charles Manson cult member who held down pregnant actress Sharon Tate and stabbed her 16 times will plead for sympathy today at her 13th parole hearing, reports CNN. Susan Atkins, 61, is suffering from brain cancer and is 85% paralyzed, according to her husband. The hearing may be held... More »

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Charles Manson • Susan Atkins • Sharon Tate • Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme • Debra Tate

 Manson 'Harem' 
 Angles for Freedom 

Atkins up for parole; filmmaker makes case for van Houten

Aug 9, 09 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - With Squeaky Fromme, who aimed a gun at President Ford, set for parole next Sunday, other members of the murderous “Manson Family” are pushing for release, the Telegraph reports. Susan Atkins, who at first said she’d stabbed actress Sharon Tate 16 times, plans to plead for freedom at... More »

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crime • murder • cult • Charles Manson • Susan Atkins • Sharon Tate • Manson Family • Leslie Van Houten

 Manson 
 Lookout: 
 'Tate Cried Out 
 for Her Mom' 

Linda Kasabian speaks out for first time since Mason cult convictions

Aug 2, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A witness has ended years of silence about the savage 1969 Charles Manson cult attacks with new details of the night pregnant actress Sharon Tate pleaded for her baby and cried out for her mom as she was fatally stabbed 16 times, reports the Guardian. Linda Kasabian served as a... More »

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Charles Manson • Susan Atkins • Sharon Tate • Linda Kasabian • Patricia Krenwinkel • Leslie Van Houten

(Newser) - Charles Mason has reached out to former music producer Phil Spector, sending the actress-killer fan mail in the California prison they now share, reports the New York Post. Manson, a mediocre musician before he turned cult leader, sent Spector a note via a guard that he wanted to meet and... More »

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California • Phil Spector • prison • murder • Los Angeles • Charles Manson • Sharon Tate • prison sentence

 Manson Follower Won't Go Free  

Board won't release ailing Susan Atkins, who admitted murdering Sharon Tate

Jul 15, 08 6:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Charles Manson • Susan Atkins • Sharon Tate • Manson Family

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

Terminally ill Atkins is seeking release

Jul 15, 08 9:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Manson Family Member Pleads for Release

Dying killer seeks mercy after almost 40 years behind bars

Jun 14, 08 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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murder • Charles Manson • Sharon Tate • Manson Family

 Manson Body Hunt a Bust 

Diggers come up empty at Death Valley ranch 

May 22, 08 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

More Manson Victims?

Amateur sleuths and a corpse-sniffing dog search Manson ranch in the Calif. Desert

Mar 16, 08 9:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

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