Patricia Krenwinkel, a Charles Manson follower convicted in the Manson family murder spree and the longest-serving female inmate in the California prison system, will be up for parole consideration on ...

A former "Manson family" member who stabbed actress Sharon Tate to death more than 40 years ago and is now terminally ill faces her 13th parole hearing on Wednesday. Susan Atkins, 61, has terminal ...

I’m an expert in cults, and I believe Patricia Krenwinkel should be free. She is a survivor of Charles Manson’s violent cult, and her actions over half a century ago don’t reflect who she is today: an ...

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) ...

A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and ...

The country was shocked — and gripped — when members of a cult known as the Manson Family brutally murdered actress Sharon Tate, who was eight months pregnant, and eight others in the summer of 1969.

Manson family member Patricia Krenwinkel — who broke into the home of a Los Angeles grocer, stabbed him and wrote "Helter Skelter," "Rise" and "Death to Pigs" on the walls with his blood — has been ...