Manson Family Found Guilty: Tate-LaBianca Murders Reach Verdict
They'd been the monsters haunting California's darkest nightmares. Manson never actually stabbed anyone that night - but he'd orchestrated a killing spree so brutal it would redefine American criminal psychology. Three women - Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten - sat stone-faced as the jury convicted them of seven counts of first-degree murder. And Manson? He carved an "X" into his forehead in the courtroom, then later a swastika - a final performance of pure theatrical madness that would cement his place in criminal folklore.
January 25, 1971
55 years ago
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