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TIL Former Manson Family member Barbara Hoyt, was poisoned by a hamburger with several doses of LSD in it. This was meant to prevent her from testifying in the Tate-LaBianca murder trial. The plan backfired when she survived. After the attempt to silence her, her reticence disappeared.

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