Charles Manson

Los Angeles Police Department has made a request for eight hours of taped conversations between Charles 'Tex' Watson and his lawyer Bill Boyd, America's NBC reported.Detectives believe the recordings could hold new information about killings carried out by the Manson Family, which in 1969 murdered seven people including film director Roman Polanski's pregnant wife Sharon Tate.Notorious: Serial killers Charles 'Tex' Watson, 66, (left) and Charles Manson, 77In a letter obtained by NBC, LAPD...Read Full Story

PLANO, TEXAS – Los Angeles police are entitled to audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney, a Texas judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brenda T. Rhoades of Plano granted the request allowing police to obtain the eight cassette tapes containing hours of talks between Charles "Tex" Watson and Bill Boyd, a now-deceased Texas attorney who once represented Watson. Charles Manson is escorted by officers while enroute to court in Independence in...Read Full Story

Criminologist Casey Jordan on if old audio tapes of serial killer Charles Manson could lead LAPD to solve cold cases.Read Full Story

Police want to listen to the tapes to learn whether Watson described any unsolved killings in the conversations. They have said they have no specific information on what might be in the recordings. Officers will be able to obtain them when the court order becomes final in 14 days. “We’re hoping 14 days from now we can send our guys there to pick them up,” LAPD spokesman Andrew Smith said. A law firm in McKinney where Boyd once worked has the tapes, and a trustee in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy...Read Full Story

LOS ANGELES — A Texas judge on Tuesday granted a request by Los Angeles Police Department detectives to review interviews between a Manson family convicted murderer and his attorney. The LAPD had made the request for recordings between Manson family member Tex Watson and his Texas-based attorney, hoping it could shed more light on the infamous case. Officials said the judge allowed two weeks for anyone to challenge the release of the interviews. Watson’s attorney had opposed the release...Read Full Story

Charles Manson's grandson, Jason Freeman, provides a DNA sample to determine if another man is also related to Manson. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Two men grapple with same heavy burden -- they might both descend from Charles Manson Cage fighter Jason Freeman says his family never discussed his infamous grandfather L.A. musician Matthew Roberts learns Manson may have fathered him in a 1967 orgy Moment of truth with DNA evidence: Are the two bound through the blood of Manson? Cincinnati (CNN...Read Full Story

Thursday, April 19, 2012  Has Sarasota Fl gone from “Cougar Town” to Crazy Town”? The Charles Manson Fan Club in Sarasota continues to send me emails complaining about my articles on Manson and his Family who slaughtered pregnant actress Sharon Tate and others. I guess the person who would be the president of the “Sarasota Manson Fan Club” is Heidi Ley. Last night’s Crazy Town emails came from Mr. Terry L. Little who writes, “Heidi is a very nice person and I’m glad I can call her my...Read Full Story

Sunday, April 22, 2012  ABC NEWS….On August 9, 1969, two naive 17-year-old girls were launched on a path that led to the unlikeliest of friendships. That infamous night, four young people under the sway of a charismatic career criminal slipped into a neighborhood of Hollywood glitterati, then bludgeoned and stabbed rising young actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and three others. Across town the next night, the band killed again. The name Charles Manson quickly became a...Read Full Story

Sunday, April 22, 2012  ABC NEWS….On August 9, 1969, two naive 17-year-old girls were launched on a path that led to the unlikeliest of friendships. That infamous night, four young people under the sway of a charismatic career criminal slipped into a neighborhood of Hollywood glitterati, then bludgeoned and stabbed rising young actress Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and three others. Across town the next night, the band killed again. The name Charles Manson quickly became a...Read Full Story

Thursday, April 19, 2012  There appears to be this bizarre cult in Sarasota Fl that plans to prove convicted serial killer Charles Manson, his photo above, is innocent and that his trial was a set up, WTH? I have received a series of thinly veiled threatening emails from the supposed co-authors of the book “Charles Manson’s Final Say“, Heidi Ley and Mr. Terry L. Little (who claims to be out of state) also phone calls from the husband of Heidi Ley, Alex Ley. Back in December 2011 when the...Read Full Story