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Charles Milles Manson ( né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
- Who Was Charles Manson?
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- Early Life
- The Manson Family Cult
- Charles Manson and "Helter Skelter"
- The Manson-Beach Boys Connection
- Murders and Victims
- Arrest, Trial, and Conviction
- Children and Wives
- Girlfriend in Prison
Charles Manson spearheaded a murderous campaign with his followers, the Manson Family cult, that made him one of the most infamous criminals in history. The group’s killing spree included the notoriously brutal slayings of pregnant actor Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents. For these crimes, Manson received the death penalty in 1971, a senten...
FULL NAME: Charles Milles Manson BORN: November 12, 1934 DIED: November 19, 2017 BIRTHPLACE: Cincinnati, Ohio SPOUSES: Rosalie Jean Willis (1955-1958) and Leona Rae “Candy” Steves (1959-1963) CHILDREN: Charles Manson Jr. and Charles Luther Manson ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Scorpio
Charles Manson was Charles Milles Maddox born on November 12, 1934, in Cincinnati to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old girl who was both an alcoholic and a prostitute. Kathleen later married William Manson, but the marriage ended quickly, and Charles was placed in a boys school at age 12. Rejected in his attempts to return to his mother, Charles was s...
“The Family” was a group of around 100 followers of Manson who shared his passion for an unconventional lifestyle and habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD and magic mushrooms. The Manson Family eventually moved from San Francisco to a deserted ranch in the San Fernando Valley. Manson’s followers also included a small, hard-core unit of...
Manson was influenced not only by drugs, but also by art works and music of the time, most notably The Beatles song “Helter Skelter” from their 1968 White Album. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders was later the title of a best-selling book about Manson and his crimes. Paul McCartneyhas said that the playground slide in “Helter Ske...
Before Manson’s famous murderous spree, Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boyshad allowed Manson and several members of the Manson family to stay at his home after picking up two female followers who had been hitchhiking. It was through this association that Manson, who wanted to be a musician, got the opportunity to audition for Terry Melcher, the son of...
The Manson Family—including Manson and his young, loyal disciples—is thought to have carried out some 35 murders. Most of their cases were never tried, in part for lack of evidence. The perpetrators had also already been sentenced to life for brutally killing seven people—actor Sharon Tateand wealthy supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife...
Ironically, Manson and his family were arrested not on suspicion of the Tate-LaBianca murders, but simply on the belief that they had vandalized a portion of the Death Valley National Park while hiding out in the Mojave Desert. In 1969, the county sheriff had taken them into custody, not realizing that they were involved in the heinous murders. But...
In 1955, between prison sentences, Manson married Rosalie Jean Willis, a 17-year-old hospital server. The couple moved to California and had a son, Charles Manson Jr., who died by suicide in the 1990s. By 1956, Willis had left with their child to be with her new lover, and she divorced Manson two years later. In 1959, Manson married Leona Rae “Cand...
In a 2013 interview with Rolling Stonemagazine, Afton Burton, who called herself Star, claimed that she and Manson were in a relationship, telling the reporter: “I’ll tell you straight up, Charlie and I are going to get married. When that will be, we don’t know. But I take it very seriously. Charlie is my husband. Charlie told me to tell you this.”...
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Mar 11, 2024 · Charles Manson (born November 12, 1934, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died November 19, 2017, Kern county, California) American criminal and cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s.
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It’s the summer of 1969, and what none of the characters know is that Tate and five others will soon be brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family, the cult led by Charles Manson that ...
Nov 20, 2017 · Charles Manson, the notorious cult leader who directed his followers to commit a string of brutal murders, and who became a symbol of the dark side of 1960s counterculture, has died aged 83....
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Jan 22, 2020 · Perhaps one of the most famous cults of all time, Charles Manson began forming the Manson Family in late 1967 upon his release from prison for a series of small crimes. He recruited 100 or so...
Jul 28, 2019 · Charles Manson (November 12, 1934–November 19, 2017) was a mass murderer who founded a desert cult known as "The Family" in the 1960s and manipulated its members into brutally killing people on his behalf, including the pregnant actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents.