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MANSON

IN MAGAZINES & TABLOIDS

This is a diverse listing of some of the many

features and articles on, or related to, Charles Mansonand his “family” and their crimes as reported in the

magazines and tabloids spanning thirty years,

including more obscure publications as well. It is by

no means complete, and is limited to the publications

Im aware of and!or had access to copies of.

"opefully this will act as a guide for those interested

in the sub#ect matter and will inspire others to fill it in

with information on other publications not listed here.

Manson was commonly referred to as “$atan” by

some of his followers and also by the press as can beseen on the covers of the N.Y. Daily News from %ec.

&th and 'th, (')', as well as in some of the tabloids

and mags that follow. $ome of Mansons girls

referred to themselves as “$atans $laves” which was

also the name of the outlaw motorcycle club with a

$an *ernando +alley chapter that Manson was

supposed to have set his sights on for enlistment in

his apocalyptic desert attac battalion, which didnt

pan out.

It is interesting to note that Manson and family livedin Canoga -ar at /'(/ 0resham $t. in 1anuary and

*ebruary (')', which put them within blocs of

many of the larger publishers of the adult slics at the

time.

Its a wonder that some of Mansons girls

didnt end up posing for some of the

magazine photographers as they were

nown to turn trics on occasion when

money was tight. Catherine

East Village Other - v5 #37 Aug. 11, 1970

“0ypsy” $hare did play a nude Indian s2uaw in the se3ploitation ilm The Ramrodder in which 4obby

4eausoleil also had a part playing an Indian brave.

It is also ironic that Manson and crew were living in Canoga -ar when the 1an. (')' issue of Movies

International 5678 titled Horror Fantasy was published, also from Canoga -ar. The irony is that it featured

$haron Tate on the cover and inside posing in provocative, semi9nude shots on a bed.

In 4ugliosis boo Helter Skelter he 2uotes -aul :atins as saying, “we all moved into the 0resham $t. house

to get ready for "elter $elter. $o we could watch it coming down and see all of the things going on in the city.

"e ;Charlie< called the 0resham $t. house =The >ellow $ubmarine from the 4eatles movie. It was lie asubmarine in that when you were in it you werent allowed to go out, you could only pee out of the windows.

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:e started designing dune buggies and motorcycles and we were going to buy twenty9five "arley $portsters...

and we mapped escape routes to the desert . . . supply caches . . . we had all these different things going on.”

In ?d $anders boo The Family in the infamous “$leazo Inputs” chapter, he writes, “Manson used to hang

out on the $unset $trip using the name Chuc $ummers. There were a bunch of sleazo bars and cafes on or near

the $unset $trip with names lie the 0ala3y Club, @mnibus and The Melody Aoom that Chuc $ummers

fre2uented in (')&. 4iers, prostitutes, petty criminals and porn models floced to these clubs.” The house

band for the 0ala3y Club at the time was Iron 4utterfly.

$even $eventy -ublications and -ress Brts often used photos of the hippies and the biers from the $unset

$trip!$an *ernando +alley area, taen out on the streets and in the pars in the environment in which they were

found. In fact, some of the same outlaw bier clubs mentioned by $anders are among the clubs pictured in

many of the photos from these e3ploitation mags, identifiable by their #acet patches or “colors, or named in

the te3t itself. -endulum and 0allery -ress culled some of their nude models from the same $unset $trip scene,

using the hippies and biers in posed softcore photos. Bgain it is surprising that some of Mansons girls didnt

end up posing in those mags. $anders also mentioned that Manson tried to get his girls into the topless clubs on

the $trip as dancers through 1ac 0erard and his 0erard Bgency who was to act as their agent. 0erard was not

impressed with the scant breasts of the girls and offered to get them silicone in#ections, which they refused.

This might have been the same 1ohn 0erard that was editor of Bdam magazine for a short spell in the latesi3ties.

$anders goes on to write, “The 0ala3y Club was located up the street from the :hisey B 0o90o. Manson

probably met the bie club, 1oers @ut of "ell, at the 0ala3y. $ome of Mansons lesser9nown girl friends,

with names lie Mouse and +enus, were also fre2uenters of these establishments.

“$unset $trip seems to be where Manson first made contact with the satanic variety of bie groups, with

names lie The $atan $laves, The 1oers @ut of "ell, The $traight $atans, The Coffin Maers and other snuff

oriented groups of young men. It is undeniable that an increasing contact with some of these clubs with hellish

names would create great violent =reflections in Manson. :ith some of the groups lie $traight $atans and

particularly The $atan $laves, Manson had deep association during the following year of violence.”

$anders seems to be saying these clubs were “satanic” #ust because of their names and he doesnt seem to be

able to get the names 2uite right either, “The Coffin Maers” were actually The Coffin Cheaters. The $atans

$laves basically turned down Mansons advances and offers of willing young ladies in e3change for their

enlistment in his apocalyptic desert army. Manson had slightly better luc with the $traight $atans, a smaller,

not as well nown club. To what e3tent he convinced the motorcycle club as a whole of the truth of his

philosophy concerning an impending apocalypse has not been clarified. @nly a few of the $traight $atans

regularly hung out at the $pahn Aanch, the mainstay was $traight $atan %anny %e Carlo.

@bviously Manson and the tangential concerns of the crimes, trials and tribulations of those involved, were

covered in hundreds of newspapers and magazines worldwide, I have focused on the Bmerican magazines and

tabloid newspapers, with a few from ?urope thrown in. The articles and features in these diverse publicationsrange from the well written and highbrow, to the scurrilous and #ust plain funny tabloid drivelD but most of

them fall somewhere in between.

Taen chronologically the magazines and tabloids give a better view of the presss reaction to, and coverage

of, Manson and the trials at that time and his growing mythos through the later decades.

If youll notice the dates below, ('7/ was the year for Manson in print. ?ven though Manson was arrested in

@ctober =)', he and his family were not e3posed to the public at large as the suspects in the Tate!Ea4ianca

murders until %ecember (, (')', therefore most publications didnt get him into print until the early months of

('7/. Bs weely magazines, Time, Newsweek , and Life got out issues in the middle of %ecember (')', but

only Life chose to use Manson as coverboy, as did a few of the tabloids wees later. The earlier magazines and

tabloids on the murders, before the arrests of Manson and crew, are listed in the chapter on $haron Tate.






Fusion - #69 Dec. 24, 1971 Headuarters Dete!ti"e - v32 #2 March

1978 Holl#$ood Se% S!andals - #1 1976

Holl#$ood Star on'idential - v1 #1

1979

Holl#$ood Star - v1 #10 1980

Inside Dete!ti"e - v48 #3 March

1970

Li'e - v67 #25 Dec. 19, 1969 Master Dete!ti"e - Nov. 1970

Me(ories - v2 #4 Aug/Sep. 1989

Midnight - v16 #28 !a". 26, 1970 Mo"ie TV on'idential - v1 #6 Ma

1970 Mo"ie TV Se!rets - v9 #9 !u"e

1970















National Bulletin - v10 #26 Nov. 29,

1971

Ne$ Ti(es - v1 #4 Ma 25, 1970 )oli!e Dete!ti"e - 1977 A""ua$ -

%&"er 1977

)rison Li'e - v1 #1 !a". 1993 *a(+age - v17 #14 Apr&$ 5, 1970 *eal Dete!ti"e - Nov. 1970

*eal Dete!ti"e - !a". 1977 *eal Dete!ti"e - Nov. 1973 Saga - v41 #5 'e(. 1971

Se!onds - #32 !u"e 1995 Stern - #34 Aug. 16, 1970 S$an, - v23 #12 Dec. 1976















True Dete!ti"e - v94 #6 Apr&$ 1971 -n!ensored - v20 #4 Aug. 1971 Ada( - v22 #11 Nov. 1978

Argos# - v370 #5 Ma 1970 Astrolog# Toda# - v1 #2 Dec. 1970 ali'ornia - v10 #5 Ma 1985

on'idential Flash - v36 #2 !a". 8,

1972

on'idential Se% *e+ort - v1 #5 !u"e

1975 Dail# )lanet - v2 #7 Apr&$ 13-26,

1972

Dra!ula lassi! - 1976 Los Angeles Ti(es Maga.ine -v5 #20

Ma 14, 1989 Ada( - v14 #10 )c. 1970















N/ Dail# Ne$s - v51 #142 Dec. 8,

1969

National Tattler - v12 #9 March 1, 1970

National E%a(iner - v30 #32

Aug. 10, 1993

National E%a(iner - v28 #12 March

19, 1991 National E%a(iner - v12 #41 Nov. 17,

1975

National E%a(iner - v27 #37

Sep. 11, 1990

National E%a(iner - v8 #7 Apr&$ 12,

1971 *olling Stone - #61 !u"e 25, 1970 National Enuirer - v44 #19 !a".

11, 1970

The National Insider - v16 #12

March 22, 1970

Inside Ne$s - v12 #14 Sep. 22, 1974 Inside Ne$s - v12 #33 'e(. 2,

1975















National Enuirer - v44 #24 'e(. 15,

1970 S!re$ - #84 )c. 12, 1970

The National Tattler - v13 #19

Nov. 8, 1970

S+in - v10 #6 Sep. 1994-0S0 Ne$s & 1orld *e+ort - v127 #22

Dec. 6, 1999

International Ti(es - #127 Apr&$ 6,

1972 *+

High So!iet# - v10 #1 Ma 1985 High So!iet# - v10 #2 !u"e 1985 National Enuirer - v68 #33

March 8, 1994

Glo2e - v40 #7 'e(. 16, 1993

N Nea - ar - Ma 17, 1989 3ail Ba2es - v1 #1 !u"e 1999















on'idential Flash - v39 #26 !u$ 8, 1975 Der S+iegel - #35 Aug. 24, 1970 The E%+loiter - v4 #19 Ma 9, 1971

The E%+loiter - v3 #24 Dec. 13, 1970 Har+er4s Maga.ine - v241 #1446 Nov. 1970

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