2005
- December 23, 2005 Today in History - Dec. 23, By The Associated Press
...In 1987, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for the attempted assassination of President Ford in 1975, escaped from the Alderson Federal Prison for Women in West Virginia. (She was recaptured two days later.)...
- September 26, 2005 'Squeaky' Fromme unrepentant, still devoted to Manson - Fort Worth Star-Telegram via KRT Wire via Google's cache
FORT WORTH, Texas - (KRT) - On a September morning 30 years ago, Lynette Alice Fromme pointed a loaded pistol at Gerald Ford in a park outside the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
The gun didn't fire, but she was sentenced to life in prison for her crime...
...devotion to convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, spent almost half her life in federal penitentiaries.
Fromme, now 56, is rarely heard from...
- Today in History - September 5, 2005 -The Associated Press via sfgate.com
...In 1975, President Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif...
- June 1, 2005 Former Manson follower Susan Atkins denied parole, Associated Press via sfgate.com
Former Manson follower Susan Atkins was denied parole for an 11th time Wednesday for her role in the gruesome 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others during a two-night crime spree that stunned the nation.
"She was given a four-year denial," said state Board of Prison Terms spokesman Tip Kindel, meaning she won't be eligible for another parole hearing for 48 months...
- May 22, 2005 Paul Tate, father of slain actress Sharon Tate, dead at 82 - By ANDREW DALTON, Associated Press Writer via sfgate.com
Paul Tate, whose daughter Sharon Tate was murdered by the followers of Charles Manson in a series of 1969 cult killings, has died. He was 82...
- Through March, 2005 Two Artists of the Courtroom: Rosalie Ritz and Walt Stewart, The Library-University of California, Berkeley
The Bancroft Library Pictorial Collection is fortunate to hold the visual archive of two of the foremost practitioners of the art of the courtroom, Rosalie Ritz and Walt Stewart, whose work covers over 30 years of many of the most famous and historically significant trials held in California and elsewhere from the latter half of the 20th century.
This exhibition of 50 drawings and related memorabilia represents just a small fraction of the more than 4000 drawings by Ritz and Stewart in Bancroft's collections. The seven trials featured in Two Artists of the Courtroom, Charles Manson [Tate-LaBianca murders] (1970), Soledad Brothers (1971-1972), Angela Davis (1971-1972), Ruchell Magee (1971-1973), Patricia Hearst [Symbionese Liberation Army] (1975-1976), Eldridge Cleaver (1976), Larry Layton [People's Temple] (1981), had significant legal, cultural, social, and political impact on California
- February 28, 2005 BERKELEY
Sketches from famous trials on exhibit
Charles Manson, Patty Hearst among subjects of 2 courtroom illustrators - Charles Burress, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, California (...Their work is the only visual record of some of America's most famous real-life dramas, yet ironically it can be hard to find, unless one wanders into a rare exhibit at UC Berkeley's main library by March 31.
On display are the fleeting emotions playing across the young face of kidnapped-heiress-turned-bank-robber Patty Hearst as her fate hung in the balance, of Charles Manson sitting stonily with hypnotic intensity, of angry Manson follower Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme hurling a partially-eaten apple that sheds small bits as it knocks off the glasses of a prosecutor who had just called her a danger to society.
Fromme, would-be assassin of President Ford, hurls the apple while exclaiming, "I am not dangerous," according to the caption by the artist, the late Walt Stewart...) (Photos included.)
- February 21, 2005 Cal exhibit captures courtroom artistry, By Michelle MaitreBERKELEY, STAFF WRITER, San Mateo County Times, California
(THEY'RE the unforgettable images of a turbulent time: Charles Manson's steely glare, Patricia Hearst with that rifle, a defiant Angela Davis on trial.
They leap off the page in vibrant inks, pencil and crayon � powerful and unique visual records of some of the most sensational and salacious trials of the late '60s and early '70s captured by the hands of two of the most prolific courtroom sketch artists, Walt Stewart and Rosalie Ritz.
About three dozen sketches and related items belonging to Stewart and Ritz are on display through March 31 at the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery in the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley...
...Included in the exhibit are images of well-known trials such as the 1970 murder case of Charles Manson and his "family"...
..."Ritz and Stewart: Two Artists of the Courtroom" is on display through March 31 in the Bernice Layne Brown Gallery in the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley...)
- February 1, 2005 Raymond Choate, judge in a Charles Manson trial, dead at 85 - AP via San Francisco Chronicle, California (MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif.
Raymond Choate, who as a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge presided over the second murder trial of Charles Manson, has died. He was 85...
...Raymond Choate presided over Manson's second murder trial that resulted in sentences of life in prison for Manson and follower Bruce Davis for the 1969 murders of Gary Hinman and Donald "Shorty" Shea...)
2004
- August 25, 2004 Manson Family Disciple Denied Parole, KABC-TV Los Angeles, California (LOS ANGELES � For the 15th time - Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has gone before the parole board - and for the 15th time - she is denied...
...She took part in one of Charles Manson's infamous murders...)
- August 25, 2004 Manson follower Van Houten denied parole again, Associated Press via sfgate.com (CORONA, Calif. (AP) --
Thirty five years after the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders, Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of the women convicted with Charles Manson, was denied parole for a 15th time Wednesday, a spokesman for the Board of Prison Terms said.
"She was denied for an additional two years and the board ordered a new psychological evaluation for the next hearing,"...)
- August 25, 2004 Manson Follower Meets With Parole Board, KNBC 4, Los Angeles, California (LOS ANGELES -- Thirty five years after the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders, Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of the women convicted with Charles Manson, was denied parole for a 15th time Wednesday, a spokesman for the Board of Prison Terms said.
"She was denied for an additional two years and the board ordered a new psychological evaluation for the next hearing,"...)
- August 9, 2004 The Manson Slayings 35 Years Later, ABCNEWS.com ( Thirty-five years after the infamous slayings by Charles Manson's followers, relatives of the victims united in their grief and determination to keep the former "family" members behind bars.
In August 1969, the nation was stunned by the slayings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca and actress Sharon Tate...)
- On TV July 16, 2004 Biography on A&E - Charles Manson Friday, July 16 at 10pm ET/9 CT
(...BIOGRAPHY: Charles Manson traces Charles Manson's past from birth through the days when he collected followers in Northern and Southern California through the crimes, the arrests, the trial, and the more than 25 years that have passed since.
Through recent interviews with Manson, three followers (Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme), and...)
- July 7, 2004 Charles Manson follower denied parole for 11th time, Associated Press via San Francisco Chronicle, California ((07-07) 18:14 PDT CHINO, Calif (AP) --
Parole was denied again Wednesday for Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel who will not be considered for release for another three years, state prison officials said...)
- July 7, 2004 Decision Made In Manson Follower's Parole Hearing, The Associated Press via NBC4 TV, California (LOS ANGELES -- Parole was denied again Wednesday for Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel who will not be considered for release for another three years, state prison officials said.
Citing the callousness, viciousness and precalculation of the seven murders Krenwinkel was responsible for in 1969...)
- May 14, 2004 'Helter Skelter' revisits violent Manson case, carefully - LYNN ELBER, Associated Press Writer via sfgate.com ("Helter Skelter," CBS' Sunday movie about the 1969 murders committed by Charles Manson's followers, is more tell than show when it comes to the brutal crimes...)
- May 14, 2004 'Helter Skelter': Manson Family's Summer of Death, By ALESSANDRA STANLEY, The New York Times ("Helter Skelter," helter, shmelter. The three-hour CBS movie on Sunday night about one of the most brutal killing sprees in Los Angeles history is a big bore.
The story of how Charles Manson mesmerized his followers in 1969 into stabbing and mutilating seven strangers...)
- May 13, 2004 'Skelter' lacks heart of darkness, by Robert Bianco, USA TODAY (Whatever else it does, a movie about Charlie Manson should scare you to the depths of your soul.
Misguided in concept and casting, this three-hour film is based on the same Vincent Bugliosi best seller that inspired the original Helter Skelter. That 1976 CBS miniseries remains TV's highest-rated two-part movie ever, which explains CBS' unseemly eagerness to revisit the topic...)
- May 13, 2004 Manson's Case: Why He Did It - The Early Show, CBS News
...Charles Manson. In the summer of 1969, Manson�s followers brutally murdered actress Sharon Tate and six others under his orders.
It would become known as the Tate/LaBianca murders. Manson and three women (Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten) stood trial for murder. A fourth Manson follower who was present at the murders, Linda Kasabian, was indicted with the others, but turned state's evidence and was granted immunity in exchange for her testimony.
In January 1971, Manson was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder; Atkins and Krenwinkel were convicted of murder. All received the death penalty... (Includes link to online video.)
- April 26, 2004 Prosecutor gives an inside view of serial killer Charles Manson, By Jared King, Dawgnet Writer, Dawgnet, Butler University (Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor who convicted mass murderer Charles Manson, spoke Thursday morning at Clowes Hall as part of the Town Hall Lecture series.
Bugliosi has written a number of best-selling true crime books, including "Helter Skelter," which details the Manson trial and became the biggest selling true crime book in publishing history...)
- April 26 - 29, 2004 Helter Skelter, CNW Telbec (Communiqu�s de presse), Canada (The Biography Channel April 2004 Programming Highlights
This week we journey to the dark side and delve deep into the life of one of the most talked about cult leaders of our time, his followers and his victims. Learn more about the notorious Charles Manson...)
- March 1, 2004 Appeals court upholds decision to deny parole to Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, Associated Press ((03-01) 23:02 PST RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) -- A California appellate court on Monday ruled that a state parole board did not have to provide additional evidence supporting its decision to deny parole to former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten.
The three-justice panel from the 4th District Court of Appeal unanimously reversed a lower court's order that the board provide "some evidence" showing Van Houten's offense was so great that to protect public safety she ought to serve more time...)
- January 25, 2004 Today in Entertainment History, Associated Press via The Miami Herald (...in 1971, Charles Manson and three young women followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon Tate and six others...)
2003
- October 24, 2003 Ex-Manson prosecutor says public still has great interest in case, by Tim Gulla, Citizens' Voice Staff Writer, The Citizens Voice, Pennsylvania (It's been more than three decades since Charles Manson directed his "family" to embark on murderous rampage in Los Angeles...
..."The very name, Manson, has become a metaphor for evil," said former Los Angeles County prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi, who obtained convictions against Manson and several of his followers...
...There are many aspects of the Manson case that made it unique and infamous. Manson didn't commit the murders personally but had his followers, mostly young women who came from average American homes, do his bidding. Many of his followers believed he was the second coming of Jesus Christ...)
- August 9, 2003 Cincinnati-born Charles Manson led grisly spree, The Beacon Journal (On this day in 1969, police were called to the scene of a gruesome crime: actress Sharon Tate and four others had been slaughtered in her Bel Air home. The next night, Los Angeles police found a similar scene at the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.
The cult leader still serving a life sentence for masterminding those killings is Cincinnati-born Charles Manson...)
- August 9, 2003 Events which occurred on this day in history: Ananova (1969 The bodies of actress Sharon Tate, eight months pregnant, and four others were found butchered at a Beverly Hills mansion. Members of a commune known as The Family led by Charles Manson were later arrested, tried and jailed.)
- August 5, 2003 With 'Helter Skelter' Remake, CBS Again Gives Evil the Eye - by Lisa de Moraes, The Washington Post (CBS will dip into the well of Evil Men and How They Get That Way again, this time with a remake of its 1976 flick about the Charles Manson murders...)
- July 10, 2003 Defendants released from lawsuit by former Manson family member, Associated Press via SFGate.com, California (A federal judge dismissed portions of a lawsuit that claimed former Manson family member Susan Atkins is a political prisoner because of the governor's policy opposing parole for most murderers...)
- May 31, 2003 Former Manson follower Atkins claims she is a political prisoner, Associated Press via SFGate.com (Former Charles Manson disciple and convicted murderer Susan Atkins says she has become a political prisoner and is seeking release from prison.
The suit filed in U.S. District Court in Riverside County, where she is incarcerated, contends that Atkins is a victim of Gov. Gray Davis' controversial policy opposing parole for convicted murderers...
...She was convicted along with Manson and two other members of his cult, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkle, in the slayings of Tate and six others in two notorious nights of murder in 1969...)
2002
- August 9, 2002 Events which happened on this day in history include, Ananova (1969 The bodies of actress Sharon Tate, eight months pregnant, and four others were found butchered at a Beverly Hills mansion. Members of a commune known as The Family led by Charles Manson were later arrested, tried and jailed.)
- June 29, 2002 Board: Manson Disciple Van Houten Should Not Be Paroled, FOXNews.com (Leslie Van Houten, the Charles Manson "family" member who has been serving a life sentence for the cult's infamous Tate-La Bianca murders in 1969, should remain behind bars, a California parole board recommended Friday...) (Photo of Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel from March 29, 1971 included.)
- June 29, 2002 Encore Presentation: Interview With Leslie Van Houten, CNN LARRY KING WEEKEND, CNN.com - Transcripts
- June 28, 2002 California parole board denies parole for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, CourtTV.com (A woman who did the deadly bidding of one of the nation's best known sociopath-killers, Charles Manson...
..."I am deeply ashamed of it. Living with the acts of that night is difficult," Van Houten said during the hearing, which was televised by Court TV...) (Photo of Leslie Van Houten, Charles Manson and more.)
- June 28, 2002 Parole board denies ex-Manson disciple, Associated Press via Nando Times (Former Manson disciple Leslie Van Houten was denied parole Friday after a hearing in which she pleaded for her freedom, saying will always bear the sorrow of the cult murders that landed her in prison 33 years ago...) (Photo of Leslie Van Houten included.)
- June 28, 2002 California rejects Van Houten parole plea, CNN (Leslie Van Houten, serving a life term in prison for her role in a gruesome 1969 killing spree by followers of Charles Manson, was denied parole Friday by a California board...)
- June 28, 2002 Manson Family Member Denied Freedom, Los Angeles Times (Former Manson disciple Leslie Van Houten was denied parole today after a hearing in which she pleaded for her freedom, saying will always bear the sorrow of the cult murders that landed her in prison 33 years ago...)
- June 28, 2002 Manson follower Leslie Van Houten testifies at parole hearing, San Francisco Chronicle
- June 28, 2002 Judge's ruling offers new parole hope for Manson member, CNN (The California parole board will consider Friday whether to release an infamous "Manson family" member who is currently serving life in prison for her role in two killing sprees in 1969...Leslie Van Houten...) (Photo of Leslie Van Houten included.)
- June 28, 2002 Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Denied Parole, KNBC 4
- June 27, 2002 Manson disciple Leslie Van Houten faces parole board for 14th time, CourtTV.com (Leslie Van Houten, convicted of two murders in the shocking 1969, two-day killing spree carried out by Charles Manson and his followers, is up for her 14th parole hearing on Friday...) (Photo of Leslie Van Houten included.)
- June 27, 2002 Leslie Van Houten considered different one in Manson cult, Associated Press via SFGate.com (...Now she hopes to be the first member of the cult involved in the Tate-La Bianca killings to get out on parole...)
- June 26, 2002 Outlook more upbeat for former Manson disciple seeking parole, Associated Press via The Sacramento Bee (Of all the members of Charles Manson's murderous "family," Leslie Van Houten was always seen as the different one - the youngest, the one most vulnerable to Manson's diabolical control...) (March 29, 1971 photo of Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten included.)
- June 5, 2002 New parole hearing ordered for former Manson follower, Associated Press via Nando Times
- Photo of Charles Manson (Source: May 26, 2002 Margaret Singer has made history delving into the psychology of brainwashing, San Francisco Chronicle)
- May 24, 2002 Manson follower challenging parole board, Associated Press via Nando Times (A judge hearing the appeal of a parole rejection for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten said Thursday that the board has failed to give Van Houten any guidance on how she could become eligible for release...)
- May 24, 2002 Ex-Manson Follower Back in Courtroom, Los Angeles Times (Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, convicted of two murders in a crime spree that shook Los Angeles 33 years ago, appeared in court in San Bernardino Thursday to press her claim that she is rehabilitated and should be paroled...)
- April 27, 2002 Manson Follower to Get Hearing on Bid to Be Freed, Los Angeles Times (Leslie Van Houten hopes to convince a judge that she is rehabilitated...)
- April 25, 2002 Charles Manson Denied 10th Parole Bid, CBS News (Charles Manson, one of America's most notorious mass murderers, was denied parole Wednesday for the 10th time at a hearing before a prison board at Corcoran State Prison in California where he has been jailed for masterminding a bloody 1969 rampage, prison officials said...) (Photo of Charles Manson included.)
- April 25, 2002 Manson loses parole bid, BBC News (Mass murderer Charles Manson's latest bid for freedom ended in failure when a parole board rejected his tenth application for release...) (Photo of Charles Manson included.)
2001
- October 11, 2001 Manson Follower Watson Denied Parole in Calif., Reuters via Yahoo! News (Charles Watson, who was convicted with cult leader Charles Manson and three young women for the brutal 1969 murders of seven people in Southern California...)
- August 9, 2001 Today in History Associated Press via Yahoo! News (In 1969, ...Charles Manson and a group of his...)
2000
- December 29, 2000 Atkins denied parole for 10th time in Manson family killings, Associated Press via The Modesto Bee
1999
- August 9, 1999 1969 Manson murders still considered nation's most bizarre crime, Associated Press via Court TV (Photo of Charles Manson included.)
- August 9, 1999 Anniversary of Manson murders spotlights fascination with cult leader, CNN (Thirty years to the week after his followers savagely slaughtered seven people, the public is still fascinated with Charles Manson and his murderous cult...)
- August 9, 1999 The Manson Family Today, APBnews.com (Included photos of Charles Manson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten and Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme.)
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