The Manson Family Blog

Last night Autumn, a friend of the blog was at Souley Vegan in Oakland celebrating her birthday when she realized her b-day present was sitt...

1959 was a busy year for Charles Manson, he had been released from federal prison at Terminal Island in September 1958 and was on five years...

One of the main tasks I set myself during the writing of "Coming Down Fast", was to determine any possible connection Joel Pugh ma...

Some of you might recall these tabloid photos from 1994 when Manson was doused with lighter fluid and set ablaze : We were curious as ...

August 28, 2016 8:57 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday by John Kalish Sanders wrote the definitive book on the Manson Family ("...

This book review was contributed by long time reader Jim Hayes: Love Letters from a Secret Disciple, a psychoanalytical search by Sy Wi...

Parallel Universes I generally don't indulge in "what if?" scenarios, preferring much more to live in a world of "wh...

Little by little we are dissecting the Bernard Crowe incident.  Nailing down who was present has been difficult due to no one being sure tha...

At the outset I apologize in advance to anyone who takes offense at the clinical discussion, below, of the wounds inflicted on the victims ...

My bucolic home county of 13 years, San Luis Obispo, CA, is, strangely, an area of much Manson related activity.  The city of SLO (populatio...