Charles Manson

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A family of killers that swarmed California in the late 60s. This is no ordinary family. This family is lead by the notorious cult leader and manipulator mastermind Charles Manson. With his followers: Charles “Tex” Watson, Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, Bernard Crowe, Leslie Van Houten, and Steve Grogan. This family would brutally kill innocent people they brought a reign of terror to California. (Crimemuseum)
Born November 12th, 1934 Charles Manson would become one of the most notorious killers of his time. Before Manson was even born the family he was going to be in was not a good one. Manson’s mother was a runaway named Kathleen Maddox. She got pregnant with Charles at the age of sixteen. He was an unplanned child. He had a rough home life and started getting into criminal activity at an early age. He started by doing little petty things like stealing candy from stores, trying to bribe people into giving him things, and skipping school. He never was raised properly no one ever taught him right from wrong. His mother was constantly at parties and never taking care of Manson. She was on jail sometimes constantly getting put in and getting out. Charles first job was to take stolen cars across state lines which is the first thing he got arrested for in 1956. After his frequent breaks in and out of jail for 11 years the only other job he had was being a pimp. (Crimemuseum) He was really good at being a pimp because of his manipulative skills that he had been really good and he could convince women to join him. After being incarcerated again and in prison for a second time he learned how to play the guitar and he really enjoyed it. He kept telling himself that once h...

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... going to search the ranch that the Manson Family lived on to see if there are any other murder victims. (New York Times)
To conclude the horrific all the Manson Family and Charles Manson himself may be in prison or dead but there horrific crimes and what they did will never be forgotten and it still sends fear of what people can do to people today.

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