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Charles Manson. 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 and early 1970s. [1] Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
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. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The group at its peak consisted of approximately 100 followers, who lived an unconventional lifestyle, frequently using psychoactive drugs , including amphetamine and hallucinogens such as LSD .
Jul 12, 2023 · Charles Manson was a cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s, after which he was sentenced to life in prison.
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Sep 30, 2024 · Charles Manson (born November 12, 1934, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died November 19, 2017, Kern county, California) was an American criminal and cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s.
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Born in 1934 to a teenaged mother, Charles Manson’s early childhood and young life was spent bouncing around between relatives and, later, in and out of institutions in the Midwest. In his early 20s, he married twice and fathered a son. Manson was considered so thoroughly institutionalized by authorities that upon his 1967 release from a California...
In the public’s imagination, the “Manson girls,” as they came to be known, loomed almost as large as Manson himself. Mostly young women in their late teens and early 20s, Manson Family members were, in the late 1960s, not especially unusual. White, middle-class women all over the country were heading for cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles, i...
The brutal nature of the murders committed by the Manson Family, in addition to the fact that some of the victims were celebrities, touched upon some of the deepest fears of the American psyche—the idea that you might not be safe at home, for one, and the idea that even ‘good girls’ are a few moves away from committing unspeakable crimes. They also...
Learn about the cult leader, his followers, and the brutal crimes they committed in 1969 Los Angeles. Explore the connections between Manson and the Hollywood scene, and the motives behind the 'Helter Skelter' plan.
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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Nov 20, 2017 · As members of Charles Manson's messianic cult, several of the so-called Family committed murders at his request. Mostly young women from middle-class backgrounds, they were convinced to join his ...
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