Judy Johnson’s stories were growing increasingly bizarre. “Please question your child to see if he or she has been a witness to any crime or if he or she has been a victim,” it read, including “oral sex, fondling of genitals, buttock, or chest area, and sodomy, possibly committed under the pretense of ‘taking the child’s temperature.’ Also, photos may …
When Charles Manson announced that he wanted Ronald Hughes to represent him at his murder trial, even Hughes seemed surprised. He had been Manson’s most frequent jailhouse visitor, serving as his “legal runner” — a glorified gofer — but had never tried a case. Charles Manson’s devoted co-defendants Susan Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten head to court …