The Tate-LaBianca Homicide Research Blog

[...] . Leslie replied that her full name was Leslie Van Houten and that she had been part of Charles Manson's "family." Nicollete and I were choking on our burgers. She seemed so nice and [...]

[...] know, however, the guy they're hunting will eventually become the killer we now recognize as Charles Manson. He was a lost soul who desperately wanted to get into the music scene of the '60s until [...]

[...] Jim Engster interviews Bugliosi - Friday, August 8th "Vincent Bugliosi the prosecutor of Charles Manson talks with Jim to close out the last two segments of today's show. Vincent and Jim discuss [...]

[...] the time I started taking drugs and acid at the same time I met Charles Manson. Q.        Where did you met him? A.        I picked up Dennis [...]

[...] He owned a kombi van. We were going to a ranch he said. We wanted to have fun. Charlie wanted Helter Skelter. I smile, the meth swirling around my head makes those memories all the more vivid. I [...]

[...] Gentry, a San Francisco author who wrote or co-wrote 13 books including best-seller "Helter Skelter" about the Charles Manson case, died July 10 in a San Francisco hospital. Curt Gentry in [...]

[...] 1969 June-Aug According to Lake, M told F had to be willing to kill to help blacks start Helter Skelter. 1969 June 3 Melcher, Jakobson, Mike Deasy visited M @Spahn, Melcher &Manson argued, girl [...]

[...] Considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her generation, Sharon Tate remains a fascinating pop icon and a poster child for the 1960s. What struck most about Sharon [...]

[...] 's, when I first started using makeup, I can remember asking her how to do my eyes like Sharon Tate's.  Mom would respond, "we all did that look, it was common."  Frankly, she's [...]

Venus Weighs-In... Ok, got it and loved it.  However, if you're looking for new pix, well....there weren't really many that I could classify as new- [...]

[...] PDT BY TMZ STAFF Charles Manson will NOT be glorified in porn ... so vows the sister of Sharon Tate. Debra Tate is incensed over the impending casting of "Manson Family XXX" ... a [...]

[...] 21, 2014 5:00 am | Updated: 1:34 pm, Wed May 21, 2014. Grammy Museum Goes back in Time With Laurel Canyon Exhibit By Donna EvansLos Angeles Downtown News DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - In the mid to late [...]

[...] -brought-it-fame-charles-watson-brought-it-shame.2704/ 1968: 1968 Jan-Watson in car accident, Laurel Canyon, injured knee, had operation 1968 Jan 20-Sharon & Polanski married, London 1968 Jan 22- [...]

[...] Debra Tate says: "Over my dead body". The TMZ Story Below... 6/25/2014 12:30 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF [...]

[...] Tate's story emerges through quotes and short essays—recollections—by her sister, Debra Tate, as well as by those who knew and have been influenced by her. What emerges from these [...]

Venus Weighs-In... Ok, got it and loved it.  However, if you're looking for new pix, well....there weren't really many that I could classify as new- [...]

Convicted killer and former Charles Manson associate Bruce Davis was granted parole, officials from the state prison system said on Wednesday. The Ca [...]

[...] Submitted by Venus. Thanks Venus! [...]

[...] friends all loved him and still miss him.  That is what matters to me. Submitted by Venus!  Thanks Venus!! [...]

[...] and friends. The family still misses him and treasures their memories. Submitted by Venus!  Thanks Venus! [...]

[...] Gov. Jerry Brown denies parole for Manson family member Bruce Davis Bruce Davis, left, in December 1970, and right in 2013. Davis completed a [...]

[...] and became friendly with Dennis Wilson... staying at Wilson's house, at the same time as the Manson Family. "During his stay at Dennis's house in Pacific Palisades, Alex met someone much stranger [...]

A lot of folks like to describe the Manson cronies as being political prisoners.  But guess what?  Sometimes Jerry Brown denies parole to cold blood [...]

[...] the sister of Sharon Tate. Debra Tate is incensed over the impending casting of "Manson Family XXX" ... a porn parody of the twisted Manson family murder spree that rocked L.A. [...]

[...] .html "The possibility that information on the recordings could prove beneficial to Leslie Van Houten in her next bid for parole is being considered by her attorney, Richard Pfeiffer of [...]

It's the first time that any family members were present to plead for no parole.  Angela Smaldino is present this time.  The video is dark until abo [...]

[...] "Well, who did you murder?" Nicky sputtered. Leslie replied that her full name was Leslie Van Houten and that she had been part of Charles Manson's "family." Nicollete and I were [...]

[...] "Not The Wizard of Oz XXX" -- will cast Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, Linda Kasabian, Charles "Tex" Watson, and others.  Manson is the central [...]

[...] 's girls, don't look at them."  I said "Who's Charlie?"  She said "Charlie Manson!"  I was only slightly familiar with the case, as my parents wouldn't allow me to [...]

[...] told the story to a friend, who suggested he write a memoir and call it "I slept with Charlie Manson". [...]