Charles Manson hide out at Barker Ranch, Death Valley
GPS: 35.859644°, -117.088508°
The Barker Ranch was originally built around 1940 by retired Los Angeles police officer Butch Thomason and his wife Helen. After Butch died the property was sold in 1955 to Jim and Arlene Barker. The ranch just past Barker Ranch is the Meyers Ranch where the road now ends.
Barker Ranch is famous for Tate-Labianca mass murderer, Charles Manson, having moved his band of followers to the ranch in 1968. One of Charlie’s followers, Cathy Gillies, had gotten permission to camp on the site from her grandmother, Arlene Barker, who owned the ranch at the time. Charlie, along with his “family” and yellow school bus, stayed until their arrest during raids at the ranch by authorities on October 10-12th, 1969. Charlie was found hiding under a bathroom vanity. Charlie Died in prison in 2017.
The ranch house was burned in May of 2009 though it is not known at this time how it happened. The site has since been cleaned up with the roof and supports removed for safety reasons.
Barker Ranch is famous for Tate-Labianca mass murderer, Charles Manson, having moved his band of followers to the ranch in 1968. One of Charlie’s followers, Cathy Gillies, had gotten permission to camp on the site from her grandmother, Arlene Barker, who owned the ranch at the time. Charlie, along with his “family” and yellow school bus, stayed until their arrest during raids at the ranch by authorities on October 10-12th, 1969. Charlie was found hiding under a bathroom vanity. Charlie Died in prison in 2017.
The ranch house was burned in May of 2009 though it is not known at this time how it happened. The site has since been cleaned up with the roof and supports removed for safety reasons.
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