Spahn Ranch
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- For the band, see Spahn Ranch (band)
The Spahn Ranch is a 500 acre ranch at 1200 Santa Susana Pass Road in the Santa Susana Mountains. It is best known as one of the residences of Charles Manson and his group of followers commonly referred to as "The Family", who lived there in the spring of 1968.
The ranch, once owned by silent film actor William S. Hart, was used to film many westerns, including Duel in the Sun and episodes of Bonanza and The Lone Ranger. A Western village movie set formerly stood there, but was totally destroyed by a wildfire in November, 1970.
The ranch gets its name from dairy farmer George Spahn, who purchased the ranch in 1948. Mr. Spahn was a resident of the ranch when he was very elderly, along with the Manson Family. Charles Manson asked his follower Lynette Fromme to sleep with Spahn, and thus the Mansonites got free lodging at the Spahn Ranch.
