Those cult members lucky enough not to have killed for Manson on Aug. 9-10, 1969, have spent decades trying to bury their past and free themselves from his grasp. Some never succeeded.

Hoyt went to college and became a nurse and is proud of her accomplishments.She keeps track of the Manson Family members in prison and writes letters urging that they never be released.

In a Dec. 17, 1970 photo, right, Charles Manson is pictured en route to a Los Angeles courtroom. At left, a 74-year-old Manson is shown in a photo from March 18, 2009 released by California ...

BARBARA HOYT, member of the Family. Fifty-seven years old, she is a registered nurse. I think the ones who actually did it might have caused a lot of harm or death to people anyway, even without ...

Charles Manson is escorted to court for a preliminary hearing on December 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California ; Members of the Manson "family" attend pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES -- Forty years ago, they were kids. Vulnerable, alienated, running away from a world wracked by war and rebellion. They turned to a cult leader for love and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Forty years ago, they were kids. Vulnerable, alienated, running away from a world wracked by war and rebellion. They turned to a cult leader for love and wound up tied to a web of ...

LOS ANGELES - August 10, 2009 They were part of Charles Manson's "Family" and now, on the brink of old age, they are the haunted. "I never have a day go by that I don't think about it, especially ...

Forty years ago, they were kids. Vulnerable, alienated, running away from a world wracked by war and rebellion. They turned to a cult leader for love and wound up tied ...

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