2nd Official Tate-LaBianca Murders Blog

Courtesy Framepool & Rightsmith  “ It was so quiet , one of the killers would later say, that you could almost hear the sound of ice rattling in the cocktail shakers in the homes way down the canyon .” ~ Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter Fifty years is a long time… Gary Hinman would be 84 this December. Steven Parent would be 68. Jay Sebring would be 86 this October. Voytek Frykowski would be 83 this December. Abigail Folger would be 76 this August. Sharon Tate would be 76. Sharon’s baby, Paul Richard, would be 50. Leno LaBianca would be 94. Rosemary LaBianca would be 90 this December. Donald “Shorty” Shea would be 86 this September. Instead, every soul listed above has been dead and buried for a half century while their killers — minus Atkins-brain cancer and Manson-heart attack — breathe quite comfortably above ground in prison. I will not list the killers’ names. It was hard enough on this anniversary to list the two above wh...

This is the final part in the Brian Davis and Catscradle77 interview with Bill Garretson, audio-taped six years ago this month on Star City Radio. Parts One , Two A , Two B , and Three are here. I apologize for the very late arrival of this final episode, but better late than never. ~~~ Before I begin my final analysis, I want to announce to my readership (although by now it is probably widely known) that Bill passed away from cancer, August 16, 2016, at age 66. Brian Davis posted the announcement January of this year, and you can read his take on Bill's loss in his Star City Radio article, entitled, Bill Garretson Has Passed Away Brian offers a link - lhs60.net - for the short Lancaster High School announcement of Bill's death but currently this link is no longer in operation. This was the announcement below: Courtesy tlbradio.com I must say I was rather shocked to hear of his passing at still such a young age, but it should not come as any shock, really, fo...