The Tate-LaBianca Homicide Research Blog

The map Charles Watson drew of Spahn Ranch depicts the horse corral to the "right" of the main street and buildings of the ranch.  Nearly every photo I've seen of Spahn's, shows the corral to the "left" of the buildings on "main street".  For Watson to draw such a detailed map of the buildings and layout from this perspective, I'm guessing he spent a great deal of time on the hill "behind" the ranch looking down on it, possibly as a "lookout".  The corral would appear on the right from that vantage point and possibly explain why his map and various photos are basically "mirror images".

A person on another blog with the user name FredCDobbs apparently went to Spahn not long after the Barker arrests.  He wanted to rent a horse and ride around and see what he could find out.  In 2009 he posted this pic:

Mr. Dobbs said: 
"Here’s a snapshot of Randy Starr getting my horse ready.  The guy whose face I blacked out was a friend who went with me. I can’t remember now if the girl on the right is Squeaky or some other girl who lived at the ranch. I was trying to take pictures without them knowing I was taking pictures."

Here is the link to that post:
http://forums.tcm.com/thread.jspa?threadID=146141&start=15&tstart=0

Finally, a person on another blog said that Manson was "obsessed" with Randy Starr.  Apparently, Starr would practice "fake hangings" at Spahn Ranch, and it's been speculated this may have been the inspiration for the rope Watson packed into Cielo Drive: