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Leslie Van Houten is shown in a Los Angeles lockup on March 29, 1971

Charles Manson follower released from prison 53 years after grisly killings

Former homecoming princess Leslie Van Houten helped carry out the killings of a wealthy Los Angeles couple at the direction of the violent and manipulative cult leader.

  • Christopher Weber

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Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel in 2020.

‘Helter skelter’: California governor blocks Charles Manson follower’s parole

“She was also a significant contributor to the violence and tragedy that became the Manson Family’s legacy,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom.

  • Don Thompson
Leslie Van Houten in a Los Angeles lockup in 1971, with an X still branded on her forehead.

‘Unreasonable danger to society’: parole rejected for ageing Manson family killer

California’s governor has blocked parole for 72-year-old Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, ruling she still had “gaps in insight” about her crimes.

Jeff Franklin mansion

Full House creator selling mansion linked to Manson murders for $117m

Jeff Franklin’s opulent Beverly Hills estate comes with a waterfall, a shark tank and a link to one of Hollywood’s most infamous crimes.

  • James Robinson
Chris Ingalls, an investigative reporter with KING-TV in Seattle, talks to reporters about the poster, reproduced at right, that was mailed to his home earlier this year.

'Helter skelter' neo-Nazi group charged with harassing reporters, churches

Atomwaffen Division had an affinity for Charles Manson, whose followers wrote "Death to Pigs" with a victim's blood when they killed, a targeted reporter said.

  • Nomaan Merchant
Mia Barron in Joan Didion's The White Album.

Joan Didion's The White Album review: Pitch perfect, if not revelatory

A stupendous performance by Mia Barron is not quite enough to turn Joan Didion's timeless prose into fully convincing theatre.

  • John Shand
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Damon Herriman as Charles Manson in Mindhunter. 

Why Charles Manson continues to fascinate, 50 years after Sharon Tate

With three new takes on his family's murderous spree hitting our screens, the fascination with all things Manson shows no sign of abating.

  • Karl Quinn
Actress Sharon Tate.

'A murder like Sharon's could happen again': Debra Tate

As Quentin Tarantino's film about her sister's killing is released, Debra Tate reveals why she still fears Charles Manson's disciples.

  • Helen Chandler-Wilde
Quentin Tarantino at the Italian premiere of Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood last week.

Coppola, Scorsese ... where does Quentin Tarantino fit in Hollywood?

Never in the history of Hollywood has there been a director so skilled at manipulating audience anticipation.

  • Paul Byrnes
Damon Herriman as Charles Manson in Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in a Hollywood.

Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to screen at MIFF 2019

The much-anticipated feature is one of three in which Damon Herriman appears at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival.

  • Karl Quinn

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