Gary Hinman: The Forgotten Manson Family Victim
6 min readJul 28, 2020
On July 25, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was 34 years old, a UCLA student who was aiming to add a PhD in Sociology to his existing degree in chemistry. To support himself, he worked at a music shop teaching piano, drums, the trombone and the bagpipes. He also reportedly sold relatively small amounts of mescaline and/or marijuana for extra money.