{"id":1009,"date":"2017-01-13T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2020-11-29T19:37:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T02:37:39","slug":"sex-with-tex-whatever-happened-to-the-manson-familys-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=1009","title":{"rendered":"Manson Family Values: Whatever Happened to the Children of the Manson Family? + UPDATES ON THE FAMILY"},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Flasvegasbuffetclub.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1009&#038;t=Manson%20Family%20Values%3A%20Whatever%20Happened%20to%20the%20Children%20of%20the%20Manson%20Family%3F%20%2B%20UPDATES%20ON%20THE%20FAMILY&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Flasvegasbuffetclub.com%2Fblog%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F1009&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.losfelizledger.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F06%2Fleslie-van-houten-590x393.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Manson%20Family%20Values%3A%20Whatever%20Happened%20to%20the%20Children%20of%20the%20Manson%20Family%3F%20%2B%20UPDATES%20ON%20THE%20FAMILY\" style=\"font-size: 0px; 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Gavin Newson has reversed parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, marking the fourth time a governor has blocked her release.<\/p>\n<p>A California panel recommended parole in July for Van Houten, who has spent nearly five decades in prison. Newsom reversed her release once previously and his predecessor, Jerry Brown, blocked it twice.<\/p>\n<p>Van Houten\u2019s attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, said they will appeal Newsom\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis reversal will demonstrate to the courts that there is no way Newsom will let her out,\u201d Pfeiffer said. \u201cSo they have to enforce the law or it will never be enforced.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Houten is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and others kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in August 1969. Van Houten was 19 when she and other cult members fatally stabbed the LaBiancas and smeared the couple\u2019s blood on the walls.<\/p>\n<p>The day before, other Manson followers, not including Van Houten, killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom said in his decision that \u201cevidence shows that she currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfeiffer had unsuccessfully requested her release in May due to the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, at her parole hearing, Van Houten talked about her childhood, including being devastated by her parents\u2019 divorce when she was 14, using drugs, and running away with a boyfriend at the age of 17. She met Manson while traveling along the coast.<\/p>\n<p>Manson was living on the edge of Los Angeles with the \u201cfamily\u201d he recruited to survive a race war that he said he would spark with random, horrifying murders.<\/p>\n<p>Manson died in 2017 of natural causes at a California hospital while serving a life sentence.<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/governor-nixes-parole-for-charles-manson-follower-leslie-van-houten\/?fbclid=IwAR1Vz98tjX9sfZzF6fq8BLjF66XsMZTbdMrS1XDAKN94eerJcaHKQWLpgh4\">View the entire ktla.com post here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE: From July 2, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>JUDGE UPHOLDS GOVERNOR\u2019S DECISION TO REVERSE PAROLE FOR MANSON MURDERER LESLIE VAN HOUTEN<\/strong><\/p>\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\">JUDGE UPHOLDS GOVERNOR\u2019S DECISION TO REVERSE PAROLE FOR MANSON MURDERER LESLIE VAN HOUTEN<\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><span class=\"entry-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=11430\" rel=\"bookmark\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2018-07-02T13:36:32+00:00\">JULY 2, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"byline\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?author=1\" rel=\"author\">WILLIAM CARBONE<\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"edit-link\"><a class=\"post-edit-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=11430&amp;action=edit\">EDIT<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div 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class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.losfelizledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/leslie-van-houten-590x393.jpg\" alt=\"Leslie Van Houten, pictured here at 19 years old, a member of Charles Manson\u2019s \u201cfamily\u201d who was convicted of the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, is escorted by two deputy sheriffs as she leaves the courtroom in Los Angeles, Dec. 19, 1969 after a brief hearing related to the case.\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leslie Van Houten, pictured here at 19 years old, a member of Charles Manson\u2019s \u201cfamily\u201d who was convicted of the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, is escorted by two deputy sheriffs as she leaves the courtroom in Los Angeles, Dec. 19, 1969 after a brief hearing related to the case.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BY LOS FELIZ LEDGER ON JUNE 29, 2018<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 A judge Friday denied a petition challenging Gov. Jerry Brown\u2019s decision to reverse a state parole board\u2019s recommendation of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who was convicted of the 1969 murders of grocers Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Feliz home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile petitioner may someday be suitable for parole, when her commitment offense is no longer predictive of current dangerousness, it is not yet that day,\u201d Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan wrote in a 16-page ruling, in which he called the crimes \u201camong the most abominable committed in California in the second half of the 20th century.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge wrote that he had concluded that there was \u201csome evidence\u201d to support the governor\u2019s determination that petitioner poses an unreasonable risk of danger to society, and that all of petitioner\u2019s due process rights were met and found that the petition challenging the governor\u2019s reversal of parole \u201cmust be denied.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Van Houten\u2019s appellate attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, has vowed to continue to fight for Van Houten\u2019s release. He said he plans to ask a panel from California\u2019s 2nd District Court of Appeal to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>Van Houten, now 68, was convicted of murder and conspiracy for participating with fellow Manson family members Charles \u201cTex\u201d Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel in the Aug. 9, 1969, killings of Leno La Bianca, 44, and his 38-year-old wife, who were each stabbed multiple times.<\/p>\n<p>The former Monrovia High School cheerleader and homecoming princess did not participate in the Manson family\u2019s killings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others in a Benedict Canyon mansion the night before.<\/p>\n<p>A state parole board panel had initially recommended parole for Van Houten in April 2016 after she had been denied parole 19 times between 1979 and 2013. But the governor subsequently reversed that decision, finding in July 2016 that \u201cthe evidence shows that she currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a hearing in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom last summer, a woman who once lived at a ranch with Manson testified that Van Houten was \u201cextremely docile\u201d before the killings and that she believed Van Houten would have done anything the cult leader asked. Catherine Share\u2019s testimony came during an Aug. 31 hearing to present mitigating evidence now allowed under state law because Van Houten was 19 at the time of the killings.<\/p>\n<p>Last September, a parole board panel again recommended that Van Houten be granted parole. But the governor reversed the recommendation, finding in January that she \u201chas not wholly accepted responsibility for her role in the violent and brutal deaths\u201d of the La Biancas.<\/p>\n<p>Manson \u2014 who died last November \u2014 and many of his other former followers have repeatedly been denied parole.<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.losfelizledger.com\/\">Los Feliz Ledger.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/index.html\">LasVegasBuffetClub.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>From September 10, 2017<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/a.abcnews.com\/images\/US\/WireAP_4349be92607b45fb998a69a7c473593e_12x5_992.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - In this April 14, 2016, file photo, former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten confers with her attorney, during a break from her hearing before the California Board of Parole Hearings at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif. Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Mason's murderous hippie followers is once more attempting to persuade a California parole panel she has reformed and deserves release from prison. Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson in 1969, is scheduled to appear before a parole panel for the 21st time Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 (AP Photo\/Nick Ut, File)more +\" width=\"496\" height=\"206\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE &#8211; In this April 14, 2016, file photo, former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten confers with her attorney, during a break from her hearing before the California Board of Parole Hearings at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif. Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Mason&#8217;s murderous hippie followers is once more attempting to persuade a California parole panel she has reformed and deserves release from prison. Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson in 1969, is scheduled to appear before a parole panel for the 21st time Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017 (AP Photo\/Nick Ut, File)more +<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sep 7th, 2017<br \/>\nBy Associated Press<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson\u2019s murderous followers, was recommended for parole Wednesday by a state panel that concluded she has radically changed her life during the more than 40 years she has been in prison for two brutal murders she helped commit 48 years ago and is no longer a threat to society.<\/p>\n<p>The two-member panel\u2019s ruling must still be approved by the state Parole Board and Gov, Jerry Brown, who reversed another panel\u2019s ruling last year.<\/p>\n<p>In blocking her release then, Brown said Van Houten had failed to adequately explain to the panel how a model teenager from a privileged Southern California family who had once been a homecoming princess could have turned into a ruthless killer by age 19.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the panel grilled her for two hours on how she could address those concerns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a lot of therapy trying to answer that question myself,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo tell you the truth, the older I get the harder it is to deal with all of this, to know what I did, how it happened,\u201d added Van Houten, now a frail-looking 68-year-old who appeared before the panel on crutches, her gray hair pulled back in a bun.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to say that she was devastated when her parents divorced when she was 14. Soon after, she said, she began hanging out with her school\u2019s outcast crowd in the Los Angeles suburb of Monrovia. She started smoking marijuana and graduated to LSD at 15. When she was 17, she and her boyfriend ran away to San Francisco\u2019s Haight-Ashbury District during San Francisco\u2019s summer of love.<\/p>\n<p>When they returned, she said, she discovered she was pregnant. When her mother found out, she ordered her to have an abortion and bury her fetus in their backyard.<\/p>\n<p>Soon after, she was traveling up and down the California coast, trying to find peace within herself when acquaintances led her to Manson, who was holed up at an old abandoned movie ranch on the outskirts of Los Angeles where he had recruited what he called a \u201cfamily\u201d to survive what he insisted would be a race war he would launch by committing a series of random, horrifying murders. His disaffected youthful followers became convinced that the small-time criminal and con man was actually a Christ-like figure and believed him.<\/p>\n<p>As she did at her parole hearing last year, the soft-spoken Van Houten went on to candidly describe how she joined several other members of the \u201cManson Family\u201d in killing Los Angeles grocer Leno La Bianca and his wife, Rosemary, in their home on Aug. 9, 1969, carving up La Bianca\u2019s body and smearing the couple\u2019s blood on the walls.<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>She was not with Manson followers the night before when they killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others during a similar bloody rampage.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of the second attack she said she held Rosemary La Bianca down with a pillowcase over her head as others stabbed her dozens of times. Then, ordered by Manson disciple Tex Watson to \u201cdo something,\u201d she picked up a butcher knife and stabbed the woman more than a dozen times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel absolutely horrible about it, and I have spent most of my life trying to find ways to live with it,\u201d she added quietly.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of the La Biancas didn\u2019t believe her. They spoke emotionally as they pleaded with the commission to reject her parole bid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo member of the Manson family deserves parole, ever,\u201d nephew Louis Smaldino said. \u201cShe is a total narcissist and only thinks of herself and not the damage she has done.\u201d<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The voice of the La Biancas\u2019 oldest grandson, Tony LaMontagne, broke as he noted he\u2019s about to turn 44, the same age his grandfather was when he was killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease see to it that this fight doesn\u2019t have to happen every year for the rest of our lives,\u201d he said of Van Houten\u2019s nearly two dozen parole hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Family members left before the panel announced its decision.<\/p>\n<p>In reaching it, Parole Commissioner Brian Roberts and Deputy Commissioner Dale Pomantz said they took into account Van Houten\u2019s entire time of incarceration. During those years she has earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in counseling, been certified as a counselor and headed numerous programs to help inmates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve been a facilitator, you\u2019ve been a tutor and you\u2019ve been giving back for quite a number of years,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he warned her that if she is released that living in society again will not be easy. He noted parole officials have heard from \u201ctens of thousands\u201d of people who don\u2019t want her released. But others, he added, including many who have known her since childhood, spoke up for her, saying they\u2019ve seen her mature in prison and become a different person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo with that we\u2019d like to wish you good luck,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you very much, I really appreciate it,\u201d replied Van Houten, who attended on crutches because of a knee injury suffered in a recent fall. She said her health is otherwise fine.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, her attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, said he believes Van Houten addressed the concerns the governor had when he denied her parole last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy hope is he\u2019s going to follow the law and let his commissioners do their job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added his client was relieved by Wednesday\u2019s ruling, adding he believes she will be released eventually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m getting her out of here. That\u2019s not an issue. The question is when,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No one who took part in the Tate-La Bianca murders has been released from prison so far.<\/p>\n<p>Van Houten has been in prison for more than 40 years for her role in two brutal murders committed by disciples of Charles Manson.<br \/>\nBy Associated Press<br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&lt;strong&gt;Read more about The Manson Family here&lt;\/strong&gt;:<br \/>\n&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=1009&#8243;&gt;http:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/?p=1009&lt;\/a&gt;<\/p>\n<p>&lt;a href=&#8221;http:\/\/LasVegasBuffetClub.com&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;&gt;LasVegasBuffetClub.Com&lt;\/a&gt;<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>From JAN 11 2017, 10:56 AM ET<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.newsapi.com.au\/image\/v1\/c7284dc9e6163fae6c665d6155134907\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Manson would be 92 when he is next up for parole in 2027.Source:AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Hell gets ready to welcome Charles Manson<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom: http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/<br \/>\n<em>JANUARY 10, 201711:40AM<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CHARLES Manson is closing in on death\u2019s door, a source familiar said on Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>[ NOT TRUE<\/strong><em> scroll down to <strong>LISTEN TO MANSON PHONE CALL FROM PRISON ]<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>[<strong>PLEASE BE ADVISED NAZI IMAGERY INCLUDES HITLER DOLL<\/strong>]<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019ll be around too much longer, but he is able to talk in his current condition,\u201d the California Corrections Department source told the New York Post, referring to the infamous cult leader\u2019s health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Manson, 82, was taken out of Corcoran State Prison in California\u2019s Central Valley and rushed to a hospital in Bakersfield about 100km away for emergency surgery to stop his intestines from bleeding, sources told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>But doctors decided not to perform the procedure because they believed that Manson was \u201ctoo weak\u201d and could potentially die while under the knife, TMZ reported.<\/p>\n<p>Manson was then shuttled back to the prison, where he\u2019s currently being held, sources said <a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/world\/north-america\/hell-gets-ready-to-welcome-charles-manson\/news-story\/f1e7f8596f006c959dbda351b237079d\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>From http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/<\/em><br \/>\nBY NANCY DILLON<br \/>\nNEW YORK DAILY NEWS<br \/>\nTuesday, January 10, 2017, 9:43 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alleged friend of Charles Manson claims killer cult leader called to say he isn\u2019t near death<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN TO MANSON PHONE CALL FROM PRISON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[<strong>PLEASED BE ADVISED NAZI IMAGERY INCLUDES HITLER DOLL<\/strong>]<br \/>\n&#8220;Charles Manson is nowhere near death&#8217;s door, a friend of the murder mastermind told the Daily News Tuesday.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s not about to die,&#8221; Illinois-based pal Ben Gurecki said in a phone interview. &#8220;He is strong. He is healthy. I&#8217;ve talked to him every night since he got out of the hospital.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F06GXYQPsQs\">Gurecki posted one of his alleged calls with the notorious Manson Family leader to YouTube on Sunday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He claimed Manson phoned from Corcoran State Prison Friday night, just hours after guards shuttled him back from Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>From JUL 23 2016, 10:56 AM ET<\/strong><br \/>\nby THE ASSOCIATED PRESS<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media3.s-nbcnews.com\/j\/newscms\/2016_15\/1497056\/160414-leslie-van-houten-parole-816p_55e4eda0ee53734f8739e68b3f70c521.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg\" alt=\"Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten is seen during a hearing before the California Board of Parole Hearings at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif., Thursday, April 14, 2016. Nick Ut \/ AP\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten is seen during a hearing before the California Board of Parole Hearings at the California Institution for Women in Chino, Calif., Thursday, April 14, 2016. Nick Ut \/ AP<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>California Governor Denies Parole for Manson Ex-Follower Leslie Van Houten<\/strong><br \/>\nCalifornia Gov. Jerry Brown denied parole Friday for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of murderous cult leader Charles Manson who is serving a life sentence for killing a wealthy grocer and his wife more than 40 years ago <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/california-governor-denies-parole-manson-ex-follower-leslie-van-houten-n615316\">read more<\/a><br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>From October 19, 2012<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>12 unsolved murders have possible ties to Manson family, LAPD says<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><code><embed src=\"http:\/\/media.nbclosangeles.com\/designvideo\/embeddedPlayer.swf\" width=\"576\" height=\"324\"\/><\/code><\/p>\n<p><em>By By Samantha Tata and Robert Kovacik, NBC Los Angeles<br \/>\n<\/em><strong>LOS ANGELES &#8211; The LAPD on Thursday announced it has open investigations on a dozen unsolved homicides near known Manson Family hangouts around Los Angeles.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The revelation came amid a legal battle to obtain hours of audio tape recordings between former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Charles &#8220;Tex&#8221; Watson and his lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have an obligation to the families of these victims,&#8221; Cmdr. Andy Smith told NBC4. &#8220;Our detectives need to listen to these tapes. The tapes might help with solving these murders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>News of the open investigation was first reported by the Los Angeles Times Thursday and confirmed to NBC4 by LAPD officials. Smith told the Times the 12 murders they are investigating &#8220;are similar to some of the Manson killings.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/10\/19\/14554720-12-unsolved-murders-have-possible-ties-to-manson-family-lapd-says?lite\">read more<\/a><br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>From <strong><em>October 5, 2012<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Former Charles Manson associate Bruce Davis, who was convicted of murdering two men, has been recommended for parole, KTLA.com reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/10\/04\/14228451-former-manson-follower-recommended-for-parole-after-40-years?lite\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bruce Davis, formerly a follower of Charles Manson, has been recommended for parole after 40 years in prison. During that time, he received a masters degree in philosophy and religion, which factored into the parole recommendation.\" src=\"http:\/\/msnbcmedia.msn.com\/j\/MSNBC\/Components\/Photo\/_new\/121004-brucedavis-436p.380;380;7;70;0.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce Davis, formerly a follower of Charles Manson, has been recommended for parole after 40 years in prison. During that time, he received a masters degree in philosophy and religion, which factored into the parole recommendation.\" width=\"313\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bruce Davis, formerly a follower of Charles Manson, has been recommended for parole after 40 years in prison. During that time, he received a master&#8217;s degree in philosophy and religion, which factored into the parole recommendation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>By NBC News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Former Charles Manson associate Bruce Davis, who was convicted of murdering two men, has been recommended for parole, KTLA.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>The California Parole Board recommended parole for Bruce Davis, 69, at his 27th parole hearing, finding that during his 40 years in prison he had a record of good behavior and had earned a master\u2019s degree in philosophy and religion through a correspondence course.<\/p>\n<p>Davis was convicted alongside Manson for the 1969 killings of Gary Hinman, a musician, and Donald Shea, a stuntman who lived with the Manson crew who was nicknamed \u201cShorty.\u201d Davis is serving two life sentences. His crimes were unrelated to the murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others. <a href=\"http:\/\/usnews.nbcnews.com\/_news\/2012\/10\/04\/14228451-former-manson-follower-recommended-for-parole-after-40-years?lite\">read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>FROM April 6, 2012 | 1:24 pm<\/strong><br \/>\nFrom the LA Times Blog: &#8220;Charles Manson may not attend parole hearing, but lawyer will&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2012\/04\/charles-manson-may-skip-a-parole-hearing-thats-last-chance-at-freedom.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grey haired Charles Manson 2012\" src=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/.a\/6a00d8341c630a53ef016764ae94a8970b-640wi\" alt=\"Gray haired Charles Manson 2012\" width=\"580\" height=\"325\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray haired Charles Manson 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Next week convicted killer Charles Manson is set for his 12th chance before the parole board, but so far the notorious inmate informed Corcoran State Prison officials that he is not planning to attend.<\/p>\n<p>Corcoran State Prison spokeswoman Theresa Cisneros said so far Manson has said that he will not be showing up for his parole hearing but as is allowed he could have a last-minute change of heart. An attorney for Manson, however, is expected to attend, Cisneros said.<\/p>\n<p>It could be his final chance at freedom as the state board under Marsy&#8217;s Law can now deny parole for up to 15 years. Manson is now 77.<\/p>\n<p>Manson refused to participate in his last parole hearing, in 2007, describing himself as a &#8220;prisoner of the political system.&#8221; He also declined to participate in any psychological evaluations that were part of that process.<\/p>\n<p>He and other members of his so-called family were convicted of killing actress Sharon Tate and six other people during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area during two August nights in 1969. He is housed in a special unit for inmates felt to be endangered by other inmates separated from the general prison population.<\/p>\n<p>Twice in the last few years, guards at Corcoran State Prison said they found phones in the notorious killer&#8217;s possession. Manson called people in California, New Jersey and Florida with an LG flip phone found under his prison bunk in March 2009, The Times reported in 2011. A second cellphone was found a year later. Thirty days were added to his sentence for the first offense, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, a homemade weapon was found in his possession.<br \/>\nDespite the prospect that Manson will be absent, the Los Angeles County District Attorney&#8217;s office said it would vigorously oppose Manson&#8217;s release. &#8220;We consistently [opposed parole] and will continue to do so,&#8221; spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.<\/p>\n<p>A new photo released by the California prison system shows Manson with long, gray hair and a beard. It was released at the request of CNN. <a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/lanow\/2012\/04\/charles-manson-may-skip-a-parole-hearing-thats-last-chance-at-freedom.html\">read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>UPDATE YAHOO NEWS Fri Jan 21, 7:03 pm ET By Vanessa Evan<\/em>s:<br \/>\n<strong>Manson Family Member Patricia Krenwinkel Denied Parole<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Although they made note of the progress she&#8217;s made in her life throughout the four decades that&#8217;s she been incarcerated in a California prison, on Thursday a parole board panel denied former Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel&#8217;s request to be released. The two-person board was conducted by parole commissioner Susan Melanson and deputy commissioner Steven Hernandez, who received letters from around the globe requesting the Krenwinkel&#8217;s parole be denied.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In part it may have been those letters that convinced Melanson and Hernandez to deny her request. Melanson, speaking for the board, stated that she didn&#8217;t feel that Krenwinkel understood that her actions and those of the Manson followers in general had shaken people all over the world, and that they continue to have resonance even 40 years later. Krenwinkel tried to blame her actions on her love for Manson and search for his approval, but Melanson and Hernandez appeared unmoved by her attempts at justification.<br \/>\nKrenwinkel has been in prison longer than any other female prisoner in California, and like the other Manson followers, and indeed Manson himself, seems unlikely to ever be released on parole&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ac\/20110122\/tr_ac\/7669144_manson_family_member_patricia_krenwinkel_denied_parole\">read more&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\nUPDATE CNN September 3, 2009 <strong>&#8220;Former &#8216;Manson family&#8217; member denied parole&#8221;<\/strong> Former &#8220;Manson Family&#8221; member Susan Atkins, who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and now is terminally ill, was denied parole Wednesday, prison officials said. [read more at the bottom of this post.]<br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br \/>\n(<strong>This post was originally published April 9, 2009<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2263\" style=\"width: 288px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/manson2009mug1_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2263\" title=\"manson2009mug1_lg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/manson2009mug1_lg-288x300.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Manson 2009\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/manson2009mug1_lg-288x300.jpg 288w, https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/manson2009mug1_lg.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charles Manson 2009<br \/>credits: turner.com\/thesmoking gun.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Charlie Manson &#8217;09<\/strong> &#8220;Charles Manson was photographed by the California Department of Corrections in March 2009 at the age of 74. The convicted murderer, serving a life sentence at Corcoran State Prison, will be eligible for parole (for the twelfth time) in 2012.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesmokinggun.com\/mugshots\/manson2009mug1.html?link=rssfeed\">thesmokinggun.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Michael Brunner. Son b. April 1, 1968 by Mary Brunner. His mother was the first member of the Family&#8221; [see below.]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/booksonmars.blogspot.com\/2009\/03\/interview-with-valentine-michael-manson.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Michael Manson Brunner\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_x48-ap8qktU\/ScUWVWB_5CI\/AAAAAAAAFz8\/zAAqGTEAKVI\/s200\/Michael+Brunner.JPG\" alt=\"Michael Manson Brunner\" width=\"72\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Michael Manson, son of Mary Brunner [<a href=\"http:\/\/booksonmars.blogspot.com\/search?q=manson\">booksonmars.blogspot.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>More from laist.com:<br \/>\n&#8220;Manson was released from Terminal Island on March 21, 1967, and the raid on Death Valley took place October 12, 1969. I am going to assume that on average, any children would be born at the earliest 7 months into pregnancy and at most, at 9 months and 2 weeks after conception. Conception can sometimes occur up to a week after sexual relations due to a number of factors. Therefore, any Spahn-era biological children of Charles Manson would have to have been born between October 21, 1967 and August 7, 1970. This would make them between 37 and 39 years old today.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/10\/30\/where_are_manso.php\">read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The following is a YouTube video (Part one of LA-TV2&#8217;s interview with Michael Brunner,) from around 1995. The video includes clips of Michael Brunner &#8211; Manson&#8217;s son with Mary Brunner.<br \/>\n[Quotation is from laist.com]<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Here is an indepth investigation, featuring Mary Brunner&#8217;s baby, whose April 15, 1968 birth was so vividly described in the first video. Valentine Michael, nicknamed &#8220;Sunstone Hawk&#8221; and &#8220;Pooh Bear&#8221; has dropped out of sight since this video was filmed around 1993.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Part One of the Channel 2 report:<\/p>\n<p><code><object width=\"318.75\" height=\"258\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f035w8eD2f0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/f035w8eD2f0&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"318.75\" height=\"258\" \/><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family1_lg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2247\" title=\"manson_family1_lg1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family1_lg1-207x300.jpg\" alt=\"9 members of the Manson Family Credit: listverse.com\" width=\"207\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family1_lg1-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family1_lg1.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px\" \/><\/a> 9<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2248\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family_cave2_lg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2248\" title=\"manson_family_cave2_lg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family_cave2_lg-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"9 members of the Manson Family... Credit: freewebs.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family_cave2_lg-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/manson_family_cave2_lg.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">9 members of the Manson Family...<br \/>Credit: freewebs.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>click images to enlarge<\/p>\n<p>More from laist.com:<br \/>\n&#8220;Other Children of The Family, Paternity Uncertain:&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Zezozose Zadfrack Glutz. Son b.October 7, 1968 to Susan Atkins. It is stated as fact that Manson was not the father, although it is unclear how anyone can be certain (Unless he didn&#8217;t have sex with her). She has said that the father was a short-term Family member by the name of Bruce Hall. She has had no contact with her son since her incarceration in 1969. Her son was adopted (Wikipedia) by a California couple and renamed Paul.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Phoenix Son b. January 5, 1971, to Catherine Share (Gypsy) about 6 months too late to be Manson&#8217;s. Although she will not officially confirm paternity, she has stated that fellow Family member Steven Grogan was the father (charliesfamily.tripod.com)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ivan. Son b. September 16, 1969 to Sandra Good. Boyfriend Joel Pugh and Charles Manson have both been named as the father. Both seem doubtful candidates. Little is known about Good&#8217;s son Ivan, however, it has been reported that he went to College on a football scholarship. (www.cielodrive.com) I don&#8217;t know why they would be doubtful candidates. The dates line up (unless the child is biracial). One theory is that since she had the child in a hospital, which was against the Family way, it was doubtful it would have been Manson&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Angel. Son b. March 1970 to Linda Kasabian, father unknown. Reportedly given up for adoption (Although she kept her other children from her husband). In late June of 1969, she attempted a reconciliation with her husband. On July 4, she had <strong>sex with Tex<\/strong>. On July 5, she had sex with Manson. On August 10th, she told Manson she was pregnant. So it could have been any of the three. On August 13, she returned to her husband. On December 12, she was arrested in Concorde. She had brought one child, Tanya, into the family. She later regained custody of Tanya from the foster system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From LifeOnTheRow.Proboards.com:<br \/>\nDepending on the source, Charles &#8220;Tex&#8221; Watson&#8221; is reportedly the father of 3 &#8211; 4, or more children.<br \/>\n&#8220;Where Watson is Today: Since 1993 he has been at the Mule Creek State Prison, and is the father to four children. He remains married and continues to fight for his parole. To date, he has been denied parole 13 times&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/lifeontherow.proboards.com\/index.cgi?board=manson&amp;action=display&amp;thread=483\">read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just a guess, but I&#8217;m thinking that there must be more 2nd and 3rd? generation extended family members &#8220;out there,&#8221; maybe someone reading this post&#8230;Imagine what it&#8217;s like, trying to live a life under the dark, black cloud which certainly must accompany that level of infamy. The &#8220;Manson Family&#8217;s&#8221; offspring surely are victims as well as those whose lives were destroyed by the original craziness: the murder victims and their extended families. Come to think of it, we&#8217;re all victims.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laist.com\/2007\/10\/30\/where_are_manso.php\">More about children of the Manson Family from laist.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansonfamilytoday.info\/manson-children-interviews.htm\">MansonFamilyToday.info&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/linda_drouin_kasabian\">Linda Drouin Kasabian&#8217;s (Tanya &#8211; Linda Kasabian&#8217;s daughter) MySpace page&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*If, for some reason, the reader is not familiar with &#8220;case-details,&#8221; the following links provide definitive information on eight of the slayings (CAUTION &#8211; very graphic, explicit police reports!) and limited information on the ninth:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansonfamilytoday.info\/tate-homicide-report.htm\">Read the first homicide investigation report of August 9th, 1969 &#8211; 5 victims at 10500 Cielo Dr. in Los Angeles: ABIGAIL ANNE FOLGER, WOJCIECH FRYKOWSKI, STEVEN EARL PARENT, JAY SEBRING and SHARON MARIE TATE-POLANSKI. <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansonfamilytoday.info\/labianca-homicide-report.htm\">Read the first homicide investigation report of August 10th, 1969 &#8211; 2 victims at 3301 Waverly Dr. in Los Angeles: ROSEMARY and LENO LABIANCA<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mansonfamilytoday.info\/hinman-police-report.htm\">Read the homicide investigation report of October 13th, 1969 -1 victim at 964 Old Topanga Canyon Road in Los Angeles: GARY HINNMAN <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/tatefamilylegacy.com\/brucedavis.html#Shortyshea\">THE MURDER OF DONALD &#8220;SHORTY&#8221; SHEA (TateFamilyLegacy.com) &#8211; 1 victim, unknown location (probably on the Spahn Ranch.)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>**&#8221;Manson himself has boasted of being responsible for more than 35 murders. Other members of the Manson Family agree that they killed between &#8220;35 to 40 people.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.accuracyproject.org\/cbe-Manson,Charles.html\">Source: Internet Accuracy Project&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>*<br \/>\n <script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- LVBC BLOG RESPONSIVE -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3305383693358973\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8378569513\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>==================================================================================<br \/>\nPOST UPDATES &#8211; September 1-3, 2009<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/squeaky_fromme-with-gun-holster10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2277\" title=\"squeaky_fromme-with-gun-holster10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/squeaky_fromme-with-gun-holster10-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"Squeaky Fromme with gun holster\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/squeaky_fromme-with-gun-holster10-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/squeaky_fromme-with-gun-holster10.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Squeaky Fromme with gun holster<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas, Aug. 14, 2009 -AP<br \/>\n<strong>Manson Disciple &#8220;Squeaky&#8221; Fromme Set Free<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;Lynette Fromme Released More Than 30 Years After 1975 Assassination Attempt on Gerald Ford&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released Friday from a Texas prison hospital after more than three decades behind bars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lynette &#8220;Squeaky&#8221; Fromme, 60, left the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth at about 8 a.m. EDT Friday, spokeswoman Dr. Maria Douglas said. Though a few photographers had camped out since the night before outside the facility surrounded razor wire-topped fences, Fromme slipped by the group unnoticed in one of the many cars streaming in and out of the front gate Friday morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a far cry from her antics that captivated the United States&#8217; attention 30 years ago: shaving her red hair and carving an &#8220;X&#8221; into her forehead after Manson was convicted for orchestrating a mass murder, wearing a red robe when she pulled a gun on Ford, being carried into her trial courtroom by marshals when she refused to walk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In September 1975, Fromme pushed through a crowd, drew a semiautomatic .45-calibre pistol from a thigh holster and pointed it at Ford, who was shaking hands with well-wishers while walking to the California state capitol in Sacramento. But Secret Service agents grabbed her and the gun, and Ford was unhurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In September 1975, Fromme pushed through a crowd, drew a semiautomatic .45-calibre pistol from a thigh holster and pointed it at Ford, who was shaking hands with well-wishers while walking to the California state capitol in Sacramento. But Secret Service agents grabbed her and the gun, and Ford was unhurt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fromme, who reportedly got her nickname while in Manson&#8217;s &#8220;family,&#8221; possibly because of her voice, had become its leader. She was never implicated in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, for which Manson is serving a life term in Corcoran State Prison in California.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During her trial, Fromme either refused to attend or had outbursts. Her attorney argued that she wanted to call attention to environmental issues and Manson&#8217;s case and never meant to kill Ford. A few bullets were in the gun but not in the chamber.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/stories\/2009\/08\/14\/national\/main5241905.shtml\">read the rest of the story from CBS News\/AP <\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2267\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_atkins1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2267\" title=\"susan_atkins1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_atkins1.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Atkins - file photo\" width=\"300\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_atkins1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lasvegasbuffetclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/susan_atkins1-244x300.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Susan Atkins<br \/>File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Former &#8216;Manson family&#8217; member denied parole&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UPDATE CNN September 3, 2009 &#8220;Former &#8220;Manson Family&#8221; member Susan Atkins, who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and now is terminally ill, was denied parole Wednesday, prison officials said.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The parole hearing was the 13th for Atkins, 61, who is battling terminal brain cancer. Held at the Central California Women&#8217;s Facility in Chowchilla, California, the hearing stretched to more than nine hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The panel set another hearing for Atkins in three years, said Michele Kane, spokeswoman for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Atkins was 21 when she and other followers of Charles Manson participated in a two-night rampage that left seven people dead and terrorized the city of Los Angeles in August 1969. She and the others &#8212; Manson, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and Charles &#8220;Tex&#8221; Watson &#8212; were initially sentenced to death in the slayings of five people, including Tate, and two additional deaths the following night.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/CRIME\/09\/03\/california.manson.atkins\/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn\">read the rest of the story from CNN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by . . 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