Charles Manson Case

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Charles Manson once said “You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something, nowadays everyone is crazy.” Charles Manson was the man who brought fear into Los Angeles by brainwashing people to become part of his cult and together they formed “The Family” and killed 9 innocent people. During the Manson Murders many of the people in Los Angeles did not feel quite safe due to the fact that these killings were random and many felt as if anybody could be the next victim.
Charles Manson was born on November 12th, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the son of sixteen year old Kathleen Maddox, and Colonel Scott who left Kathleen during her pregnancy. (Guinn 39) According to law2.umkc.edu, in November of 1939, Manson’s mother and uncle got sentenced to prison for five years for robbing a gas station. Also in 1947, Manson’s mother tried to send him to a foster home but was not able to due to not having room for Manson. A court then sent Manson to a school for boys in Terre Haute, Indiana. Manson was an unordinary child, he would constantly act out and enjoyed it. He would constantly break out and escape from his training schools and juvenile centers. Law2.umkc.edu states that Charles Manson’s first offense was when he burglarized a grocery store, Manson got caught in his constant acts of crimes and got sent to a juvenile center in Indianapolis. While there Manson escaped with a cell mate and both of them committed two armed robberies. In 1951 Charles Manson escaped with two other men, the three of them eventually got caught driving a stolen car. After this act Manson was sent to Washington D.C’s National Training School for Boys, there he escaped a number of 18 times, after being sent too many different places Charles Manson was finally...

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... cult, there were also many plays, movies, and television shows made about him. Today there is little form of The Family left but Charles Manson still receives mail from people who want to join and become part of his family. The Manson Murders were a big wake up call for America, it also showed the fall of the hippie counter-culture and the carefree attitude of the 60's society. People saw that Manson was capable of manipulating people into killing other people and was the mastermind behind these killings. People then

realized that they need better security in the Los Angeles area, many people moved out of Los Angeles or bought guns and keep them at their house for safety. (crimelibrary.com)

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