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Jul 30, 2019 · In the summer of 1969, Charles Manson and his murderous “family” went on a rampage in Los Angeles that left nine people dead.
- Murdered Sharon Tate
- Murdered Leno and Rosemary Labianca
- Participated in Murders of Sharon Tate and Rosemary and Leno Labianca
- Murdered Gary Hinman
- Murdered Donald Shea
- Murdered Gary Hinman and Donald Shea
- Follower Who Testified Against Manson and His Followers
- Attempted to Kill President Gerald Ford
On May 7, 1948, in San Gabriel, California, Susan Atkinswas born to alcoholic parents. A shy child, Atkins was left vulnerable as her family life continued to deteriorate. After her mother died of cancer, Atkins’ father eventually abandoned her and her brother. Bouncing from various relatives’ homes, Atkins met Manson in 1967, and he asked her to j...
Born on August 23, 1949, in Los Angeles, Leslie Van Houtenbegan using drugs at 15 and ran away from home, only to return briefly to finish high school. Her mother forced her to have an abortion at 17, and she eventually fled to a hippie commune where she found her way to Manson and became a heavy user of LSD and other psychedelic drugs. Now 73, Van...
Born on December 3, 1947, in Los Angeles, Patricia Krenwinkel grew up as an insecure, overweight child who was bullied in school. After graduating from high school, she considered being a nun but decided instead to attend a Jesuit college, only to drop out after one semester. Shortly after she met Manson, the two had sexual relations. At 21, she wa...
Born on November 6, 1947, in Santa Barbara, California, Bobby Beausoleil grew up in a large Catholic family. At 15, he was sent to a reform camp for delinquent behavior and soon after fled to Los Angeles and San Francisco, getting involved in the music scene. It was during this time he befriended and moved in with Gary Hinman, who was a Manson foll...
Born on July 13, 1951, Clem Grogan was an artistically inclined high school dropout who was involved in petty crimes before he joined Manson’s cult. Long before Manson and his followers found shelter at Spahn Ranch, Grogan was working odd jobs there, where he met ranch hand and stuntman Donald Shea. Believing Shea had snitched to the police about s...
Born on October 5, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana, Bruce Davis was the editor of his high school yearbook and attended college in Tennessee for a few years before traveling to California in the early 1960s. He met Manson and some of his female followers in Oregon and eventually became Manson’s right-hand. Davis was present during the murder of Gary Hin...
Born on June 21, 1949, in Biddeford, Maine, Linda Kasabianmoved to Los Angeles in 1968. She met Mason through Catherine “Gypsy” Share and moved to the Spahn Ranch with Manson and his followers. At first, Kasabian found Manson’s message to be peaceful, but his tone eventually changed to one of violence and paranoia. She was sent to 10050 Cielo Drive...
Although she was one of Manson’s most trusted associates, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme had no hand in the Tate-LaBianca murders. Born on October 22, 1948, in Santa Monica, California, she wasn’t present at either murder scene. However, she was a fixture in front of the Los Angeles courthouse during Manson’s trial, remaining loyal to him throughout. Aft...
- colin.mcevoy@hearst.com
- Senior News Editor, Biography.Com
- Elaine Aradillas
- Linda Kasabian. After two failed marriages and the birth of her daughter Tanya, Kasabian joined Manson's commune at Spahn Ranch in July 1969. During the Tate-LaBianca murders, Kasabian waited outside.
- Mary Brunner. Mary met Manson in 1967, and is often regarded as his first follower. On April 15, 1968, Mary gave birth to Manson's son, who she named Valentine.
- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme. While many of the members were on trial and testifying, Fromme and other Manson family members camped outside and spouted their devotion to Manson at passers-by and the media.
- Susan Atkins. Atkins was known as "Sexy Sadie" on Spahn Ranch, an abandoned movie set used as the group's commune. She was sentenced to death, but the sentence was commuted to life in prison after the state changed its death penalty laws in February 1972.
Size. 100 members. The Manson Family (known among its members as the Family) was a commune, gang, and cult led by criminal Charles Manson that was active in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Nov 20, 2017 · Charles Manson’s followers were young and zealously committed. Now, 48 years after the brutal series of killings, the cult leader is dead, and most of the “Manson Family” of followers,...
Jul 26, 2019 · If we’re going to talk about Charles Manson, we’ve also got to talk about the Manson family members he had with him on the nights of August 8 and 9, 1969 and how they participated in...
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Aug 6, 2019 · THE KILLERS. — Charles Manson was a petty criminal who had been in and out of jail since childhood when he reinvented himself in the late 1960s as a guru-philosopher who targeted teenage runaways and other lost souls, particularly attractive young women he used and bartered to others for sex.
