Do you ever wonder why someone turned out the way they are? Like Charles Manson, what exactly does it take to create a cult leader that kills innocent people? Charles Manson is currently 82 and serving a life sentence at Corcoran State Prison. He is facing charges of first degree murder of nine people and conspiracy. He was originally sentenced to death, but in 2012, California abolished the death penalty, so it was changed to life without parole. Since then Manson has been denied parole 12 times, the last time being in 2012. Manson’s mother and the childhood she gave him is identified as a main cause of his merciless behavior and life. He also is seen to have the mental illness of schizophrenia, and found himself in music, which inspired his crimes later in life.
Charles Manson is one of the most notorious criminals in modern American history. Although he did not personally kill anyone, he masterminded the homicides of seven prominent public figures. Although, some reports have reported that there were even more murders;however, there isn’t enough evidence to substantiate it just no other evidence. Some categorize him as criminally insane, but instead of the death penalty the american taxpayers have paid just over two million dollars to house and feed this cold blooded killer.
A devious, unstable, manipulator known as Charles Manson is a notorious killer. He was the leader of the famous, Manson family cult. Also famous for his wicked crimes committed in the late 1960s. Multiple years later and the actions of his family and him are still intensely discussed. Many will consider him as one of the most manipulating people ever, and don’t forget that for many have paid the price. He manipulating anyone that spoke to him, with his empowering voice and attention demanding personality.
He then got involved in the hippie movement and claimed to be a guru. He moved into an apartment with Mary Brunner who was a 23 old student and got her to bring other women to live with them. Soon 18 other woman joined and this was the beginning of the cult. He inflicted fear in this family and told them that assassinations were coming their way which was proved by Martin Luther King’s death and he believed The Beatles White song album was a secret code predicting the horrible future and it was aimed at the Manson family. He got Lynette Fromme who was one of the woman to sleep with someone else and in return gave her free rent. He offered survival and a place to eat and sleep for woman with little to no money and inflicted fear with the impending “doom” of the
The date of August 9, 1969, seems familiar to some people and to others there is no such relevance or significance. On that date, Manson and members of his brainwashed “family” undertook their grisly killing spree in Los Angeles. Charles Manson is a living embodiment of evil. Manson was connected to the brutal slayings of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, but he was never actually found guilty of committing the murders himself. The Manson Family is thought to have carried out 35 killings but, most were never tried due to lack of evidence or perpetrators were already sentenced to life for the Tate/La Bianca killings.
Charles Manson , Born Charles Milles Maddox was the result of teenage negligence to a 16-year old Kathleen Maddox.”Kathleen later married william Manson, but the marriage ended quickly and Charles was placed in A boys school”(Charles Manson). Here the once innocent Manson fell to the feet of abandonment. The juvenile took on a life of petty crimes. These unorganized crimes of stupidity placed Manson on the path of incarceration.”He started his criminal activities by committing A burglary at A grocery store”(Charles
From a young age Charles Manson experienced neglect from his mother and his father, often times being left alone to fend for himself. Charles had the ability to manipulate people even
"The opposition to parole has always been the name Manson. A lot of people who oppose parole don’t know anything about Leslie’s conduct. Her role was bad. Everyone’s was. But they don’t know what she’s done since then and all of the good she’s done."
After his arrest and trial, some of the Family were still influenced by him even giggling and singing in the courtroom. Some even walked in with X’s cut on their foreheads, just as Manson had done. Manson had taken the hippie lifestyle and used it to create mass murder. This began to exploit the hippie name; people began to think that LSD would turn normal people into bloodthirsty killers and news headlines painted hippies as violent and corrupt criminals. These added among other stuff would later help in ending the hippie movement. The deaths reminded celebrities and movie stars that they too can be victims and created panic among the lower classes because of the randomness of the
The leader of a murderous cult which led to the deaths of actress Sharon Tate and six others in 1969 died of natural causes at a hospital in Bakersville, California on Sunday evening, as confirmed in a statement by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Charles Manson’s course in life was set from the beginning. Charles Milles Maddox was born on November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. “He was born to a 15 year old girl, Kathleen Maddox, who wanted to party rather than be a mother.
Charles Manson was thought to have killed thirty-five people. Most of the cases were never solved, or he was already sentenced with something else. He was an American cult leader, who was responsible for several murders in the 1960’s, resulting in life in prison. Manson had around 100 followers, who had shared his pasion use of drugs, and killing. He was thought to be the murder of Sharon Tate and other famous Hollywood stars (Charles Manson).
Charles Manson is one of the most notorious cult leaders whose “family” carried out several murders in America in the late 1960’s. Even though he didn’t engage in any of the crimes, he still was considered America 's most popular serial killer. Manson gathered a group of followers who shared the same beliefs as him and four out of a hundred of them were involved in the infamous killing of Sharon Tate, Leno, and Rosemary
Charlie Manson is known as one of the most danger American cult leader serial killer in the late 1960’s with his followers several notorious murders. Officials think that Manson carried out approximately 35 murders but Manson was never actually found committing the murders. Because he had his cult followers who were the ones that committed some of the murders, one of the followers that helped Manson was Leslie Van Houten. Leslie Van Houten she was 19 years old when she joins and was part on this horrifying cult when she was one of the person on LaBianca killings. Manson had a way to manipulate his followers so they can be part and be the one who committee the crimes, in the court Van Houten she said that Manson had taken advantage of her witnesses and vulnerabilities so she can
Although Manson had a very lengthy criminal history, his infamy came from his involvement in series of killings dub the Tate-LaBianca murders by the media. On August 09, 1969, Manson ordered members of his