Charles Manson

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could fetch more than $10,000, organizers said. The large-scale gelatin silver print, from an image taken by David Bailey in 1969 just months before actress Tate and four others were brutally slain by followers of Charles Manson, was printed in 1988 when it was earmarked for a traveling photography exhibition. "It's an important image," said Laura Paterson, a vice president at Christie's ... Read Full Story

A picture of Charles Manson, now 74 years old, but still sporting his distinctive forehead swatiska. New pictures came out today of 74-year-old serial killer Charles Manson , showing the convicted murdered looking older, grayer, and balder, but still bearing the swatiska he carved into his own forehead years ago. The LA Times got their hands on the photo, taken during a routine update on prisoners' information files at Corcoran State Prison, where Manson is serving a life sentence for his role in the Sharon Tate murder. From the LA Times write-up: The photograph of the 74-year-old cult leader was taken at Corcoran State ... Read Full Story

By PETE SAMSON US Editor LIKE many adopted children, Matthew Roberts set about finding his biological parents with a mix of nerves and excitement. In particular, he hoped that discovering his father's identity would help him to work out what made him the man he had become. But nothing could have prepared him for being told his dad was... serial killer CHARLES MANSON . Warped ... Charles Manson now Over a five-week period in the summer of 1969, Manson and his Family of commune followers committed a series of nine gruesome murders. Victims included pregnant actress Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski. ... Read Full Story

Susan Atkins, a member of Charles Manson's "family" who was later convicted of murdering seven people in their horrific 1969 killing spree, has died in a California prison. She was 61. Atkins, who had been terminally ill with brain cancer and had a request for compassionate release denied on September 2, died of natural causes late Thursday at the Central California Women's Facility, authorities said. The former Manson disciple was one of the most notorious members of the cult and admitted stabbing to death actress Sharon Tate -- eight months pregnant with husband Roman Polanski's child -- as she begged for her life. Atkins ... Read Full Story

Debra Tate, the sister of Roman Polanski's second wife, actress Sharon Tate, says Polanski is brilliant and a "good guy" and she doesn't think her former brother-in-law can get a fair trial in the United States. Tate tells NBC's "Today" show on Wednesday that the U.S. justice system is broken. Polanski was arrested Saturday in Zurich. The U.S. has been seeking his extradition for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Tate says Polanski did not forcibly have sex with the girl, calling it a "consensual matter." Sharon Tate was murdered in Los Angeles in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson. She was ... Read Full Story