To this day the late Charles Manson still has a hold over his “family” members. Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was a teenager with nowhere to go when she met the infamous cult leader, who ordered two ...

She was one of Charles Manson’s earliest disciples, a waif-like flower child who rhapsodized about LSD and redwood trees, and one day in 1975 she brought a loaded gun to see the president. Lynette ...

In the summer of 1969, the idealist hippie dream was shattered when over, two hot August nights, Charles Manson’s “family” gang brutally murdered seven people in their own homes, including the actress ...

The Charles Manson devotee whose claim to infamy is being the first woman ever to try to assassinate a U.S. president is now said to be living out her life as a “very friendly” neighbor while ...

A 1970 photo of Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the Manson family. HOUSTON (AP) The Charles Manson follower convicted of attempting to assassinate President Gerald Ford is set to be released ...

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On Dec. 17, 1975, a federal jury in Sacramento sentenced Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme to life in prison for her attempted ...

Former Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme reflects on her time in prison for her 1975 attempt to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford. While Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for the ...

In the 50 years since members of the so-called Manson Family murdered nine people in a savage killing spree in California, the mystique surrounding the murderous cult leader hasn’t dissipated. That’s ...