For decades in the media, George Spahn has been portrayed as an elderly ranch owner who gave Charles Manson and his followers a place to stay in exchange for sexual favors from the women in the group.

The plot had been hatched at the Spahn Movie Ranch, where the near-blind 81-year-old owner, George Spahn, had been conned into allowing “the Family” to live. Manson and five others were in ...

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That certainly put the dilapidated Spahn Movie Ranch, owned by George Spahn, in the headlines. But it wasn’t Manson’s first choice as a place to hang his hat. Before moving a few miles west ...

Early in his career he worked with George Spahn as a horse wrangler at the Spahn Movie Ranch, where he encountered future cult leader Charles Manson. After getting his break as a stunt man ...