Manson Girl : The True Story of Ruth Ann Moorehouse

As the trial of Charles Manson gripped a nation, the stories of those whose lives he had touched also fell into the media spotlight. Many of these were the ‘girls’ in the Family, often referred to as Manson’s girls. And of these girls, there was one by far that received the most attention and has maintained this in the form of an unwanted cult following: Ruth Ann Moorehouse. Ruth joined the Family very early on in her life, which led to a string of events that would plague the rest of her life.