Charles H. Older, a no-nonsense judge who presided over the bizarre and boisterous circus that was the trial of Charles Manson and his followers, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 88. The cause ...

LOS ANGELES -- Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two nights in Los Angeles. The Manson family, as the cult ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Patricia Krenwinkel is shown at a 2011 parole hearing, at left, and being led into court on Feb. 24, 1970. (Associated Press) ...

Fifty years after the Manson Family killings, the name Charles Manson still evokes a strong image — that of a shaggy-haired cult leader who spoke provocatively about mass murder. “There’s no need to ...

During the Korean War, Americans became obsessed with mind control. Following the bizarre confessions of American POWs in North Korea, in which captured military personnel admitted to heinous (and ...

Long Before Little Charlie Became the Face of Evil In a new biography, Jeff Guinn provides a more probing view of the cult leader Charles Manson by delving deeper into his past and deeply troubled ...