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Will Patricia Krenwinkel Become the Next Manson Family Member to Go Free? It's Possible
Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: The Manson family were devotees of cult leader Charles Manson, and many of them killed in his name in the 1969. On Friday, a parole board recommended convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel for release. If Krenwinkel does go free, it would be significant. Most of the Manson family are still in prison today. As the leader of a messianic cult situated in a desert commune in California, Charles Manson prophesied that a race war was on the horizon and that he and his followers would have to be armed and ready. Moreover, he believed it was his duty to usher in the war by ordering his Manson family followers to go on a killing spree. On August 8, 1969, the Manson family, on orders from their leader, murdered pregnant actor Sharon Tate, who was married to director Roman Polanski, as well as four other people—Jay Sebring, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, and Steven Parent—at 10050 Cielo Drive in Beverly Hills. A day later, they killed wealthy grocery store owners Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Although the majority of the Manson Family members who took part in the massacres were condemned to death after being tried and convicted, the state of California banned the death penalty in 1972 and commuted their sentences to life imprisonment. Manson and his followers would ultimately claim they had killed a total of 35 people and buried their bodies in the desert. Regardless of the actual number of victims, the random and brutal acts of violence orchestrated by Manson and committed by his hippie communers–turned-murderers ended the decade of love and continues to haunt and confound the world. Below are the key members of the Manson Family who were convicted of committing murder in the summer of '69 and where they are now. On May 7, 1948, in San Gabriel, California, Susan Atkins was born to alcoholic parents. The shy child was left vulnerable as her family life continued to deteriorate. After her mother died of cancer, Atkins' father eventually abandoned her and her brother. Bouncing from various relatives' homes, Atkins met Manson in 1967, and he asked her to join his commune. Believing Manson was Jesus, Atkins became an ardent follower. She was charged with murdering actor Sharon Tate, who was eight months pregnant at the time. The murderer later admitted that she wasn't sure of why she killed. Although she ended up expressing remorse, she was denied parole. She died from brain cancer in 2009 at age 61. Born on August 23, 1949, in Los Angeles, Leslie Van Houten began using drugs at 15 and ran away from home, only to return briefly to finish high school. Her mother forced her to have an abortion at 17, and she eventually fled to a hippie commune where she found her way to Manson and became a heavy user of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Van Houten was only 19 when she was charged for murdering the LaBiancas. During her time in prison, Van Houten publicly took responsibility both for the murders and the role she part she played in 'helping create' Manson. During her five decades in prison, Van Houten had 23 parole hearings and was recommended for parole five times, but California Governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom vetoed each of those decisions. Newsom's final veto was overruled by a state appeals court, however. Now 75, Van Houten was released from prison on July 11, 2023. The one-time Manson Family member had been behind bars for 53 years. She was placed under 'parole supervision' for a maximum of three years and moved to a transitional living facility. Born on December 3, 1947, in Los Angeles, Patricia Krenwinkel grew up as an insecure, overweight child who was bullied in school. After graduating from high school, she considered being a nun but decided instead to attend a Jesuit college, only to drop out after one semester. Shortly after she met Manson, the two had sexual relations. At 21, she was convicted of brutally stabbing coffee bean heiress Abigail Folger 28 times and Rosemary LaBianca 16 times. Writing 'Death to Pigs' in the victims' blood, she also participated in stabbing wealthy grocery store executive Leno LaBianca, who had already died at the hands of Manson Family member Charles 'Tex' Watson. Denied parole 14 times, the 77-year-old has said Manson had been abusing her before the multiple murders occurred. Krenwinkel was granted parole in May 2022, but California Governor Gavin Newsom reversed the decision. In May 2025, a state board recommended parole for Krenwinkel a second time. She remains incarcerated as she seeks approval from both the Board of Parole Hearings and Newsom. The governor's review process can take up to 150 days. Born on December 2, 1945, in Farmersville, Texas, Charles 'Tex' Watson was an honor student and athlete. He attended the University of North Texas, joined a fraternity, and eventually got a job as a baggage handler at an airline in 1967, allowing him to access free airfare. Taking advantage of a free ticket, he flew to Los Angeles where he immersed himself into the drug and music scene. It was there that he met some of the Manson family women who introduced him to the cult leader at the infamous Spahn Ranch. Leading the charge in the Tate and LaBianca murders, Watson claimed he was the devil. After the murders, he escaped to Texas and resisted being extradited to California for nine months. Watson was convicted of murder in 1971 and is currently serving a life sentence in Sacramento, California. The 79-year-old has since turned to religion, becoming a minister, and earned a business degree. He has been denied parole 18 times and won't be eligible for parole again until 2026. Born on November 6, 1947, in Santa Barbara, California, Bobby Beausoleil grew up in a large Catholic family. At 15, he was sent to a reform camp for delinquent behavior and soon after fled to Los Angeles and San Francisco, getting involved in the music scene. It was during this time he befriended and moved in with Gary Hinman, who was a Manson follower. By the time the Tate murders occurred, Beausoleil was already in jail for the July 1969 fatal stabbing of Hinman. Beausoleil was on orders from Manson to kill his roommate for outstanding debt Hinman owed the cult leader. Beausoleil, 77, is serving a life sentence and spends his time creating music and selling art. After having previously rejected his parole requests 18 times, the California Board of Parole recommended Beausoleil's release in 2019, but Governor Newsom reversed the decision. Beausoleil participated in an on-camera interview for the 2025 Netflix documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders. He described his theory for Manson's killings—which he believes were more about keeping followers in line than anything—and suggested Manson wasn't an effective cult leader. '[People] don't wanna hear how mundane this story really is. How not a mastermind Charlie actually was. In his paranoid delusions, in his miscalculations,' he said. 'It was just blunder after blunder after blunder. If you only knew what I know now in terms of the criminal mindset.' Born on July 13, 1951, Clem Grogan was an artistically inclined high school dropout who was involved in petty crimes before he joined Manson's cult. Long before Manson and his followers found shelter at Spahn Ranch, Grogan was working odd jobs there, where he met ranch hand and stuntman Donald Shea. Believing Shea had snitched to the police about some of the Manson family's criminal activities, Manson ordered Grogan and fellow follower Bruce Davis to murder Shea on August 26, 1969. Although Grogan was originally sentenced to death, the presiding judge reduced his sentence to life in prison, because he felt Grogan was too intellectually inept and high on drugs to have planned the murder. Grogan received parole in 1985 after revealing to authorities the location of Shea's remains. The 71-year-old currently lives in the Bay Area, where he plays music with several different bands. Born on October 5, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana, Bruce Davis was the editor of his high school yearbook and attended college in Tennessee for a few years before traveling to California in the early 1960s. He met Manson and some of his female followers in Oregon and eventually became Manson's right-hand. Davis was present during the murder of Gary Hinman and actively participated in the torture and killing of Donald Shea. Although he was temporarily on the lam for a time, he turned himself in to authorities in 1970. Having become a preacher in prison, the 82-year-old is currently serving a life sentence at San Quentin State Prison. Davis has been recommended for parole seven times, but those efforts were blocked by three different governors, including Arnold Schwarzenegger. Davis was denied parole most recently in 2022, during which time the parole board said he lacked empathy. Born on June 21, 1949, in Biddeford, Maine, Linda Kasabian moved to Los Angeles in 1968. She met Mason through Catherine 'Gypsy' Share and moved to the Spahn Ranch with Manson and his followers. At first, Kasabian found Manson's message to be peaceful, but his tone eventually changed to one of violence and paranoia. She was sent to 10050 Cielo Drive to assist in the Tate murders but never went inside the house as Watson told her to stay outside the residence. She also stayed in the car during the LaBianca murders, eventually leaving the scene with Manson. Kasabian turned herself in December 1969 and received immunity after becoming a lead witness in the trials against Manson and his followers. She died on January 21, 2023, at age 73. Although she was one of Manson's most trusted associates, Lynette 'Squeaky' Fromme had no hand in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Born on October 22, 1948, in Santa Monica, California, she wasn't present at either murder scene. However, she was a fixture in front of the Los Angeles courthouse during Manson's trial, remaining loyal to him throughout. After Manson was convicted, he was moved from prison to prison, and Fromme moved from town to town to be near him. In September 1975, she pulled a gun on President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, but it didn't go off, and she was immediately restrained by the Secret Service. She was convicted of the attempted assassination and sentenced to life in prison. The trial ended with Fromme throwing an apple at the face of the prosecuting attorney, knocking off his glasses. In December 1987, Fromme escaped from a West Virginia prison in an attempt to meet up with Manson, who she heard had developed cancer. She was captured and imprisoned for several more years but was granted parole in 2008. Fromme was released a year later, after which she moved into a home decorated with skulls, living with an ex-convict boyfriend who was obsessed with Manson. Now 76, Fromme published a book about her life in 2018 and said in an interview the next year: 'Was I in love with Charlie? Yeah, oh yeah, oh, I still am, still am. I don't think you fall out of love.' You Might Also Like Nicole Richie's Surprising Adoption Story The Story of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Her Mother Queen Camilla's Life in Photos
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Edinburgh singer Shirley Manson 'doesn't care' if she's cancelled after 'great career'
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Edinburgh singer Shirley Manson has said she 'doesn't care' if she gets cancelled. The 58-year-old artist, who is never shy with her opinions, said she'd 'rather be true to who she is'. This comes after her eighth album Let All That We Imagine Be The Light was released on Friday, May 30. Manson, who lives in LA with her husband, said it was 'heavenly to get away from the madness' as she came to London amid the release of her album. She told NME magazine: "If you cancel me, you cancel me. I've had a f***ing great career. I really don't f***ing care. "If you cancel us, I'll feel guilty that I've messed s**t up for my band, but I'd much rather be true to who I am as a human being, how I was raised by a family I'm very proud of." Sign up for Edinburgh Live newsletters for more headlines straight to your inbox Speaking on her latest album, and the motivations behind it, she said: "I've never really written about love very much. I always think it's been written about by people a thousand more talented than me. "I'm just not a romantic person, really. After my mum died and then Veela [Manson's dog], I realised I had to touch love somewhere, somehow. Join Edinburgh Live's Whatsapp Community here and get the latest news sent straight to your messages. "I've got an amazing marriage and I love my husband so much, but I also realised that in order to move on through a different passage in my life I had to reach out to find all the different types of love: the world, nature, the ocean, friends, my bandmates, my family. "I want to ignite that love. Like a torch when the world feels dark, I need to find all the hands that I can hold. My go-to is usually indignance, so I realised I had to come at things from a different perspective this time around or I would drown in my own negativity."
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Shirley Manson 'doesn't care' if she is cancelled, Entertainment News
Shirley Manson "doesn't care" if she is cancelled, because she's had a "great career". The Garbage frontwoman has never held back with her opinions, and while she would "feel guilty" that she has "messed s**t up" for the band if she was ostracised from society, the star would rather go through life being "true to who I am as a human being". She told NME magazine: "If you cancel me, you cancel me. I've had a f***ing great career. I really don't f***ing care. "If you cancel us, I'll feel guilty that I've messed s**t up for my band, but I'd much rather be true to who I am as a human being, how I was raised by a family I'm very proud of." Garbage recently dropped their eighth studio album, Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which features more tunes about love than Manson has ever penned before. She said: "I've never really written about love very much. I always think it's been written about by people a thousand more talented than me. "I'm just not a romantic person, really. After my mum died and then Veela [Manson's dog], I realised I had to touch love somewhere, somehow. "I've got an amazing marriage and I love my husband so much, but I also realised that in order to move on through a different passage in my life I had to reach out to find all the different types of love: The world, nature, the ocean, friends, my bandmates, my family. "I want to ignite that love. Like a torch when the world feels dark, I need to find all the hands that I can hold. My go-to is usually indignance, so I realised I had to come at things from a different perspective this time around or I would drown in my own negativity." The 58-year-old star has hinted she might try to "get even better" at penning songs about love going forwards. Asked about her future, she said: "Maybe I'll get even better at writing about love. "How could I have not allowed this fire to run in parallel to the rest of my life? How could I have been so blind to it? How could I have wilfully not tuned into that force?" [[nid:716798]]
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Arkansas man arrested in Springfield after 130 farm animals found in neglect
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The Springfield Police Department says they have arrested a man from Yellville, Arkansas, for animal abuse and neglect after officers found around 130 farm animals in poor conditions in his vehicle. Online court records state 34-year-old Steven Manson is charged with six misdemeanors, including two counts of animal abuse and four counts of animal neglect. He is currently in Greene County Jail with a $10,000 bond. According to the probable cause statement, officers recieved 911 calls about a pickup truck with a trailer parked at a location on North Glenstone filled with many animals and that some of the animals were dead or injured. The responding officer went to check the vehicle in question. Pickwick Street Fair in Springfield showcases music and art The trailer contained 14 small to medium-sized dog kennels holding 63 animals, including chickens, pigs, piglets, rabbits, turkeys, goats and ducks. The officer found a dead rabbit in a cage full of other rabbits and an injured turkey, court documents state. The kennels were also in poor condition and did not have water, except one, whose water was dirty and cloudy. In the truck, there were 10 small crates of about 67 chickens, two of which were found dead. All but one of the truck's windows were closed. According to court documents, Manson came from Yellville to sell the animals at local swap meets. Manson told officers his truck had mechanical issues that were hard to fix and he often takes animals to swap meets and stockyards in this condition, thinking he took adequate care of them. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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A Former Charles Manson Follower Was Just Recommended for Parole
Former Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel was recommended for parole on Friday, May 30 She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Sharon Tate, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent, Jay Sebring, Leno LaBianca and Rosemary LaBianca "Pat has fully accepted responsibility for everything she did, everything she contributed to, every twisted philosophy she embraced and endorsed and, most importantly, every life she destroyed by her actions in 1969," Keith Wattley, Patricia Krenwinkel's parole attorney, saidPatricia Krenwinkel, a one-time follower of cult leader Charles Manson, was recommended for parole on Friday, May 30. The California state parole board found Krenwinkel's risk of reoffending to be low, according to CBS. "This decision does not minimize or forgive the criminal conduct or the loss your victims and their families have suffered," Commissioner Gilbert Infante said, per CBS8. "At the time of these crimes, you exhibited all the hallmark features of youth. When we look at subsequent growth, you have made strides, and this is evidenced in the work you have done." The panel's decision must now be reviewed by the Board of Parole Hearings and then Governor Gavin Newsom, which can take up to 150 days. Krenwinkel was 21 when she and Manson's followers went on a two-day murder spree killing pregnant actor Sharon Tate, coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Earl Parent and Jay Sebring in August 1969 — as well as grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, the next night in what prosecutors called Manson's attempt to start a race war. Krenwinkel, now 77, testified that she stabbed Folger 28 times, per the New York Times. She later helped kill the LaBiancas the following night and wrote in blood on the walls, 'Death to Pigs,' according to the Times. She was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder in April 1971 and sentenced to death. She was resentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 1972 after the death penalty in California was deemed unconstitutional. Krenwinkel, the longest-serving female inmate in the California prison system, first became eligible for parole in 1976. She has had 16 appearances before the state parole board. In 2022, Newsom overruled the recommendation by the Board of Parole Hearings for her release after citing that Krenwinkel still posed 'an unreasonable danger to society if paroled at this time.""Ms. Krenwinkel fully accepted Mr. Manson's racist, apocalyptical ideologies," Newsom said, per The Associated Press. "Ms. Krenwinkel was not only a victim of Mr. Manson's abuse. She was also a significant contributor to the violence and tragedy that became the Manson Family's legacy." Jay Sebring's nephew Anthony DiMaria spoke out at Friday's hearing. "Patricia Krenwinkel is not a follower, nor is she a victim," said DiMaria, according to CBS8. "She is a cold-blooded killer of eight people. The more accurate number is eight, as I include the murder of Tate's unborn son. Krenwinkel obliterated the rights of all of her victims. Charles Manson did not write Helter Skelter in blood. Patricia Krenwinkel did. She is the author of blood-smeared messages that terrified the world. Parole Patricia Krenwinkel once her victims are paroled from their graves." Keith Wattley, Krenwinkel's parole attorney, said in a statement obtained by PEOPLE that the inmate should be released. "After 56-and-a-half years of incarceration with no rule violations, with substantial change in who she is, and with the last nine psychological evaluators over the past 40 years agreeing that Pat is no longer a risk, it's time to make the possibility of parole a reality," he said. "Pat has fully accepted responsibility for everything she did, everything she contributed to, every twisted philosophy she embraced and endorsed and, most importantly, every life she destroyed by her actions in 1969," Wattley continued. "Pat has participated in extensive therapy and group counseling to address her experiences as both a perpetrator and survivor of violence, allowing her to understand how she was able to cause this tragedy and helping others along their own healing journeys. This case also shows what happens when we don't officially offer any healing-focused alternative to survivors of violent crime. Pat and I wish them peace, if they can ever experience it after the harm she caused." In response to the recommendation, Sharon Tate's sister, Debra, has started a petition to keep Krenwinkel from getting parole. "Society cannot allow this serial killer who committed such horrible, gruesome, random killings back out," she wrote. "I am asking for your help by letting the parole board know that you do not want to see her get released by signing this petition." It has gained 116,790 signatures as of Monday morning. Manson died in prison in 2017. Read the original article on People
