“Frankly, I still don’t know what happened,” author Tom O’Neill says early on in Netflix’s new documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders. “But I know that what we were told didn’t happen.” It’s an auspicious start to the new film, directed by Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Unknown Known) …
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When Errol Morris was a graduate student in philosophy at University of California Berkeley, he made a “pilgrimage” to the California Medical Facility prison in Vacaville. Interested in insanity pleas and murder, the future Oscar-winning documentarian was there to interview the serial killer Ed Kemper. But while at the CMF, …
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Incorporating more than 100 hours of unreleased recorded interviews with Charles Manson, Making Manson — the three-part docuseries chronicling the serial killer’s early adolescence to his final days in prison — will premiere via Peacock on Nov. 19. In the new trailer for the docuseries released Wednesday, Manson offers chilling …
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Tariq MaQbool is an incarcerated writer serving two consecutive life sentences at the New Jersey State Prison. He is a member of the mentorship program Empowerment Avenue, which pairs writers with editors in the outside world to hone their craft and pitch stories to the media. Their mission is to …
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The sister of Sharon Tate spoke about the prison release of Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten for the first time. Speaking to ABC News just days after Van Houten’s release to a “transitional living facility” after 53 years in prison, Debra Tate said, “Is she a nice girl? No. …
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Leslie Van Houten, who in 1969 participated in a double murder at the direction of Charles Manson, was released from prison on Tuesday morning. Nancy Tetreault, a lawyer for Van Houten, confirmed her release to Rolling Stone and said the prison had kept the exact date and time confidential. “She …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom — who blocked efforts for Leslie Van Houten to be paroled five times previously — announced Friday, July 7, that he won’t contest a California appellate court’s decision to allow for her parole. Newsom had until Monday, July 10, to file a challenge with the Supreme …
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Pumpkin spice is in the air and on TikTok, the hygge aesthetic is building to a fever pitch. Videos of spooky still lifes and boots crunching through leaves have been circulating since July, and lately home-decor videos have a distinctly fall aesthetic to them. Candles burn in the twilight, and …
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Governor Gavin Newsom once again denied parole for former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten Saturday, the fourth time a California governor has blocked her release. Van Houten, serving a life sentence for her role in the Manson family murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in August 1969 — committed …
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Leslie Van Houten, who was 19 when she joined other followers of Charles Manson on a 1969 murder spree, is asking the state of California to release her on parole. Over the past five decades, the convict, now 69, has made nearly two dozen attempts to be freed from the …
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