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Charles Manson

Born	November 12, 1934 (1934-11-12) (age 72) Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Charge(s)	Murder Conspiracy to commit murder
Penalty	Life imprisonment
Status	Incarcerated
Occupation	No gainful employment

Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934, as Charles Milles Maddox) was leader of what came to be known as the Manson Family, a cult-like hippie commune that began to form around him in San Francisco in 1967.^[1] He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the 1969 Los Angeles Tate-LaBianca murders, which members of the commune carried out at his instruction. Though there was no evidence Manson personally killed any of the victims, he was also found guilty of the murders themselves, through the joint-responsibility rule of conspiracy.^[2] November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government - Type Strong mayor - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area - City 79. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area Ranked 34th - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 kmÂ²) - Width 220 miles (355 km) - Length 220 miles (355 km) - % water 8. ... In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, and, in some cases, with at least one overt act in furtherance of that agreement. ... Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually seven years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... A prison is a place in which people are confined and deprived of a range of liberties. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Singer at a modern Hippie movement in Russia Hippie refers to a subgroup of the 1960s and early 1970s counterculture that found its earliest beginnings in the United States, becoming an established social group by 1965 before declining during the mid-1970s. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area City 1,290. ...

Manson is forever associated with Helter Skelter, an imagined racial cataclysm that he told his followers was impending and that the crimes were intended to precipitate.^[3]^[4] This conception's connection with rock music linked him, from the beginning of his notoriety, with pop culture, in which he has become a symbol of transgression, rebelliousness, wickedness, ghoulishness, bloody violence, homicidal psychosis, and the macabre.^[5] It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Rock and roll. ... Popular culture, or pop culture, is the vernacular (peoples) culture that prevails in a modern society. ... Transgression refers to an action that breaks some code or set of rules, that is, goes across or against basic assumptions or norms. ... Psychosis is a generic psychiatric term for a mental state often described as involving a loss of contact with reality. Stedmans Medical Dictionary defines psychosis as a severe mental disorder, with or without organic damage, characterized by derangement of personality and loss of contact with reality and causing deterioration... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ...

At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed ex-convict, who had spent half his life in correctional institutions for a variety of minor and major offenses. In the subsequent period before the murders, he situated himself on the periphery of the Los Angeles music industry, through a chance association with Dennis Wilson. After Manson was charged with the crimes, recordings of songs written by Manson and performed by him or members of the Family were released commercially; many artists have covered his songs in the decades since. This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Manson's original death sentence was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when a decision by the Supreme Court of California eliminated the death penalty in that state. Having been denied parole ten times, Manson is currently an inmate at California's Corcoran State Prison, where he is to be considered for parole again in 2007.^[6] Life imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment for a serious crime, nominally for the entire remaining life of the prisoner, but in fact for a period which varies between jurisdictions: many countries have a maximum possible period of time (usually seven years) a prisoner may be incarcerated, or require the... Parole can have different meanings depending on the area and judiciary system. ... California State Prison, Corcoran is a state penitentiary in Corcoran, Kings County, California. ...

Early life

Charles Milles Maddox was born at Cincinnati General Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 12, 1934 to a 16-year-old unwed girl named Ada Kathleen Maddox.^[7] Shortly after her son's birth, she married William Manson who provided the last name by which he is now known. William Manson was Charles' stepfather; by most accounts Manson did not know his biological father. Nickname: Location in Hamilton County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Hamilton Founded 1788 Incorporated 1802 (village) - 1819 (city) Government - Type Strong mayor - Mayor Mark L. Mallory (D) Area - City 79. ... November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1939, his mother and his uncle, Luther Maddox, were convicted of armed robbery of a gas station. Luther served five years in the West Virginia State Penitentiary, dying there in 1949. Robbery is the crime of seizing property through violence or intimidation. ... The West Virginia State Penitentiary is a retired, Gothic style prison located in Moundsville, West Virginia. ...

His mother was an alcoholic prostitute who (by Manson's account) sold him for a pitcher of beer. In and out of reform school as a youngster, he had a reported IQ of 109 and became somewhat of an institutional politician and manipulator by age 19. King Alcohol and his Prime Minister circa 1820 Alcoholism is the consumption of or preoccupation with alcoholic beverages to the extent that this behavior interferes with the alcoholics normal personal, family, social, or work life. ... Prostitution is the sale of sexual services (typically manual stimulation, oral sex, sexual intercourse, or anal sex) for cash or other kind of return, generally indiscriminately with many persons. ...

From then on his continual scrapes with the law landed him in prison. His record there described Manson as having "a tremendous drive to call attention to himself."^[8]

Manson attended Walnut Hills High School as a child. When he was thirteen, his mother attempted to put him in a foster home. When she was unable to find one for him, he ended up at Gibault School for Boys, a reform school in Terre Haute, Indiana. Within a year he ran away and back to his mother, who rejected him. He began living on the streets, supporting himself by petty theft; in 1951, after a string of arrests and escapes, Manson fled to California, where he was apprehended and placed in the National Training School for Boys in Washington, D.C., a Federal juvenile facility, for driving a stolen car across state lines. At least one psychiatrist there observed marked anti-social tendencies, and in that same year, Manson raped another boy. By 1952, Manson already had eight assault charges against him. After being transferred to the Federal Reformatory in Petersburg, Virginia, and later to Chillicothe, Ohio, Manson became a model inmate, resulting in his parole in 1954 at the age of 20. Following his release, however, he continued along a criminal path. His crimes quickly escalated to major offenses, including Mann Act violations. [Prior to the Tate-LaBianca murders, Manson had already spent more than half his life (approximately 17 years) in Federal prison — at one point in 1967 asking not to be released.] In January 1955, Manson married 17-year-old Rosalie Jean Willis, and decided to move to California. Soon after the wedding, Manson stole a car and was arrested. Willis became pregnant in April. Manson's parole was revoked in 1956 when he missed a court date. Soon after his arrest, Willis gave birth to their son, Charles Milles Manson, Jr. She then left town with a truck driver and Charles Jr. (Charles Jr. committed suicide in 1993.) Walnut Hills High School is a public college-preparatory classical high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. ... Foster care is a system by which a certified, stand-in parent(s) cares for minor children or young people who have been removed from their biological parents or other custodial adults by state authority. ... A reform school in the United States was a term used to define, often somewhat euphemistically, what was often essentially a penal institution for boys, generally teenagers. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... Anti-social behaviour is that lacking in judgement and consideration for others, ranging from careless negligence to deliberately damaging activity, vandalism and graffiti for example. ... Chillicothe is the name of some places in the United States of America: Chillicothe, Illinois Chillicothe, Ohio Chillicothe, Missouri Chillicothe is also the alternate spelling of Chalahgawtha, one of the two principal septs of the Shawnee in the Ohio Country, as well as the name of their principal village. ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the area and judiciary system. ... The United States White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 prohibited so-called white slavery. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... It has been suggested that Suicide method be merged into this article or section. ...

Manson's prison and probation reports showed a consistent theme:

(1950-52) "Tries to give the impression of trying hard although actually not putting forth any effort ...marked degree of rejection, instability and psychic trauma ... constantly striving for status ... a fairly slick institutionalized youth who has not given up in terms of securing some kind of love and affection from the world ... dangerous ... should not be trusted across the street ... assaultive tendencies ... safe only under supervision ... unpredictable ... in spite of his age he is criminally sophisticated and grossly unsuited for retention in an open reformatory type institution"; (1958-59) "Almost without exception [he] will let down anyone who went to bat for him ... an almost classic case of correctional institutional inmate ... a very difficult case and it is almost impossible to predict his future adjustment ... a very shaky probationer and it seems just a matter of time before he gets into further trouble."

Manson was paroled in 1958 after serving two years of a three-year sentence. In 1959, he was arrested again for passing stolen checks. Once again, he was given probation, which was revoked nine months later. Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event. ...

On June 1, 1960, Manson was arrested for solicitation of prostitution. He was ordered to serve his 10-year suspended sentence for passing stolen checks at the federal prison on McNeil Island in Washington state. While at McNeil, Manson was a cell mate of notorious 1930s bank robber Alvin Karpis who taught Manson to read music and to play the guitar. It is interesting what Karpis wrote about Manson in his memoirs "On the Rock: Twenty-five Years at Alcatraz" (written with Robert Livesey, published in 1980): June 1 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years), with 213 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Solicitation is a crime; it is an inchoate offense that consists of a person inciting, counseling, advising, urging, or commanding another to commit a crime with the specific intent that the person solicited commit the crime. ... McNeil Island is an island in Puget Sound, located just west of Steilacoom, Washington at 47°1242 North, 122°4114 West3. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area Ranked 18th - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 kmÂ²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 6. ... Alvin Karpis Alvin Karpis (August 10, 1907-August 26, 1979, born Alvin Karpowicz), nickname Creepy , was a noted criminal in the United States known for his alliance with the Barker gang in the 1930s. ...

"This kid approaches me to request music lessons. He wants to learn guitar and become a music star. 'Little Charlie' is so lazy and shiftless, I doubt if he'll put the time required to learn. The youngster has been in institutions all of his life--first orphanages, then reformatories, and finally federal prison. His mother, a prostitute, was never around to look after him. I decide it's time someone did something for him, and to my surprise, he learns quickly. He has a pleasant voice and a pleasing personality, although he's unusually meek and mild for a convict. He never has a harsh word to say and is never involved in even an argument."

After Manson had become somewhat proficient on the guitar, he asked Karpis for help in getting a job playing in Las Vegas as Karpis had contacts with nightclub and casino owners there. Manson even told him he would be bigger than the Beatles, but in the end Karpis decided to leave Manson on his own regarding his music career. Manson was moved to a Los Angeles facility in 1967, a step which proved to be one of the most ominous prison transfers ever. Later Karpis added "The history of crime in the United States might have been considerably altered if 'Little Charlie' had been given the opportunity to find fame and fortune in the music industry."

Manson was finally released March 21, 1967, against his own expressed wish to remain in prison.^[1] While either in prison or on probation, he had stolen cars, pimped inmates, raped another inmate and forged federal checks. His prison reports continued with the same message: March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (81st in leap years). ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Forgery is the process of making or adapting objects or documents (see false document), with the intention to deceive. ...

(1961-62) "He hides his resentment and hostility behind a mask of superficial ingratiation ... even his cries for help represent a desire for attention with only superficial meaning"; (1964) "Pattern of instability continues...intense need to call attention to himself...fanatical interests"; then finally, (1966) "Manson is about to complete his ten-year term. He has a pattern of criminal behavior and confinement that dates to his teen years ... little can be expected in the way of change."

Aged 33, with less than half of his life having been spent in the outside world, he did not want freedom. "Oh, no, I can't go outside there...I knew that I couldn't adjust to that world," he said. Upon his release, he went to San Francisco, where the string of associations that constituted the Family's formation soon began.^[1]

The murders

The Manson Family was responsible for several murders, known collectively as the Tate-LaBianca murders.

The Tate murders

On the night of August 8, 1969, Manson directed some members of the Family, Charles "Tex" Watson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Susan Atkins, and Linda Kasabian to go to the former residence of an acquaintance, record producer Terry Melcher, and kill whoever was on the premises.^[1] August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... Charles Denton Watson (born December 2, 1945 in Dallas, Texas), also known as Tex Watson, is an American murderer and former member of the Charles Manson Family. He was convicted of the murders of the famed movie-star Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Jay Sebring that... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Susan Atkins in 2001. ... Linda Louise Kasabian (born Linda Drouin, 1949) was the star witness in the Tate-LaBianca murders, for which Charles Manson and members of his family were convicted. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

They entered the compound and arrived at midnight at the grounds of the Beverly Hills home of the film director Roman Polanski and his wife Sharon Tate. Polanski, highly acclaimed for his recent hit Rosemary's Baby, was in London working on his next film and had asked friends to stay with Tate, who was eight and a half months pregnant. Before entering the house, the Manson family members shot dead Steven Parent, an 18-year-old friend of Tate's gardener, William Garretson, who was leaving the property and had seen the intruders while getting in his car. Kasabian, who was acting as the getaway driver, expressed horror at the murder of Parent and was told to remain outside and keep watch while the others entered the house.^[1] For other uses, see: Beverly Hills (disambiguation). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Roman Raymond PolaÅ„ski (born August 18, 1933 in Paris) is an Academy Award-winning Polish film director, writer, and producer. ... Sharon Marie Tate (January 24, 1943 â€“ August 9, 1969) was an American film actress. ... Rosemarys Baby is a 1967 horror novel by Ira Levin which deals with Rosemary, a housewife in New York City who is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. ... Steven Earl Parent (February 12, 1951 - August 9, 1969) was a victim of the Charles Manson murders. ... William Garretson was the caretaker of the Polanski residence at the time of Sharon Tates murder by the Charles Manson family. ...

The quotation, "I am the devil, and I have come to do the devil's work" has been attributed to Watson when Wojiciech "Voytek" Frykowski awoke from his slumber on the living room couch. They assembled the four occupants of the house into the living room. The intruders asked if anyone had money, and, in replying that she did, Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folgers Coffee Company, was led to her bedroom to empty her purse. She was led back to the living room where the four occupants of the house were tied together. Jay Sebring, a noted hairstylist and friend of the Polańskis was visiting, and when he attempted to defend Tate, he was shot by Watson, who then kicked him several times in the face. In the film Legend, the devil is characterized in the Lord of Darkness. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Abigail Anne Folger (August 11, 1943 â€“ August 9, 1969) was an American coffee heiress, debutante, socialite, volunteer social worker, civil rights devotee and member of the prominent United States Folger family. ... For other uses, see inheritance (disambiguation). ... Folgers Coffee is a major brand of coffee in the US, part of the food and beverage division of Procter & Gamble. ... Jay Sebring (October 10, 1933 â€“ August 9, 1969) was a hugely successful international American hair stylist to the stars. ...

Frykowski and Folger, who were staying in the house until Polanski's return from London, were able to escape from the living room and were each pursued as they ran onto the front lawn. Quickly overtaken by the attackers, Frykowski was stabbed fifty-one times, shot twice, and pistol-whipped over a dozen times. This was allegedly inspired by the Beatles song Piggies. Folger was stabbed 28 times by Krenwinkel after being tackled on the lawn. Tate, eight months pregnant, begged for the life of her unborn child and was rebuffed by Atkins, who coldly replied, "Look bitch, I have no mercy for you" before stabbing the actress sixteen times. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For the animal, see pig. ...

Linda Kasabian later received immunity for submitting evidence against the group. She told Manson, "I'm not you, Charlie. I can't kill anybody," and evinced shock and horror in court at finally seeing police photographs of the murdered victims. Immunity confers a status ojavascript:insertTags(Ã¬,,)n a person or body that makes that person or body free from otherwise legal obligations such as, for example, lijavascript:insertTags(Ãš,,)ability for damages or punishment for criminal acts. ...

The LaBianca murders

Main article: Leno LaBianca

The following night in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles, California, wealthy supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary were killed in their home, once again by members of the Family (Watson, Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten). On this occasion, Manson apparently went along to "show them how to do it" with less tumult, and pacified the victims, tying them up before returning to the car to tell his followers to commit the killings. Watson apparently killed Mr. LaBianca, and Krenwinkel and Van Houten took turns stabbing Mrs. LaBianca when she began to struggle. Between them, the two girls stabbed Mrs. LaBianca 41 times, including more than 20 stab wounds made after the woman was dead. Krenwinkel then added to the butchery, using a carving fork to cut the word "WAR" into Mr. LaBianca's chest. She then left the fork embedded in his stomach, soaking up some blood on a piece of paper and writing the phrases "RISE" and "DEATH TO PIGS" on the walls, as well as the misspelled "HEALTER SKELTER", from the Beatles song Helter Skelter, on the refrigerator.^[1]" Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary LaBianca were victims of the Charles Manson murders. ... Contemporary view of L.A. from behind the Griffith Observatory in Los Feliz. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 kmÂ²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ... Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary LaBianca were victims of the Charles Manson murders. ... Van Houten at her 2004 parole hearing Leslie Louise Van Houten (born August 23, 1949 in Altadena, California) is a former member of the Charles Manson Family who was convicted of the murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca. ... This article is about the Beatles song. ...

Other murders

Members of the Manson Family had previously been responsible for the death of Gary Hinman, a high school music teacher in nearby Topanga Canyon. Manson ordered the killing of Hinman after he denied the Manson Family money that Charles claimed Hinman owed them. Bobby Beausoleil was arrested for Hinman's murder a few days before the Tate slaying; later Susan Atkins confessed her part in the plot. Topanga, California is an unincorporated neighborhood in western Los Angeles County, USA. It is located in the Santa Monica Mountains and occupies Topanga Canyon. ... Robert Kenneth Bobby Beausoleil (born 6 November 1947, in Santa Barbara, California), was a member of the Charles Manson Family who was convicted of killing music teacher Gary Hinman on July 25, 1969. ... Susan Atkins in 2001. ...

On August 16, 1969, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies descended upon Spahn Ranch and arrested Manson and most of the Family members on suspicion of auto theft (the Family were not, as yet, suspected of the Tate or LaBianca killings). Ranch hand Donald "Shorty" Shea offered to tell the deputies what he knew about the Family's activities, but disappeared before he could give them a statement. It is believed that on August 25 or 26, after the Family members were released due to lack of evidence, Manson directed Family members, including Steve "Clem Tufts" Grogan, to kill Shea. One of the enduring Family myths, presumably used to frighten members into submission, was that Shea was dismembered and his body parts buried in different places around the ranch. In 1977, the incarcerated and extremely remorseful Grogan directed law enforcement officials to Shea's body, and it was found in one piece, contrary to the horror story passed down through the Family. Grogan, who was paroled in 1985, is still the only former Family member to have been paroled after being convicted of a Manson-ordered murder. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ...

Capture

Barker Ranch, on the outskirts of California's Death Valley, is known as the last hideout of Manson and his "family" after the gruesome Los Angeles murder spree. The local county sheriff's department and National Park Service officers had arrested Manson and his group in 1969 on suspicion of trespassing and vandalism. Some of the members of the organization were seen burning a mass of road-grading material and arson investigators suspected the crime to have come from Manson. At the time of the Manson arrests, the officers were unaware of other criminal actions by those they had in custody. They wanted to apprehend and prosecute the persons responsible for vandalizing road repair equipment in Death Valley National Monument farther north, not knowing that they had Manson and his followers. Manson was ultimately discovered hiding beneath a sink in the Barker Ranch bathroom. Barker Ranch is infamous as the last hideout of Charles Manson and his family during and after the gruesome LA murder spree. ... Death Valley and Panamint Range The salt lake at Badwater, Death Valley is the lowest point in western hemisphere. ... The National Park Service (NPS) is the United States federal agency that manages all National Parks, many National Monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. ... In law, trespass can be: the criminal act of going into somebody else’s land or property without permission; it is also a civil law tort that may be a valid cause of action to seek judicial relief and possibly damages through a lawsuit. ... Vandalism is the conspicuous defacement or destruction of a structure, a symbol or anything else that goes against the will of the owner/governing body. ...

Possible motives

The murders initially seemed random, but some key motives were later identified: Manson suffered from antisocial personality disorder, a disorder that makes the sufferer unable to feel remorse for their actions and lack a conscience.^{[citation needed]} Manson was hostile towards society; Manson got a "kick" out of death and control. During the trial, one witness commented that "he [Manson] doesn't know about love... love is not his trip. Death is his trip." When questioned, Manson replied, "My trip is that death is the greatest form of love." Antisocial personality disorder (abbreviated APD or ASPD) is a psychiatric diagnosis in the DSM-IV-TR recognizable by the disordered individuals disregard for social rules and norms, impulsive behavior, and indifference to the rights and feelings of others. ...

Manson had been rejected by the music industry and wanted revenge. In 1968, Manson was introduced to record producer Terry Melcher, son of actress Doris Day, by Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who had picked up a couple of the Family members as they were hitchhiking. Manson and the Family moved into Wilson's house, where they lived for a year, and the Beach Boys recorded a song Manson wrote, calling it 'Never Learn Not to Love.' At the time, Melcher and his girlfriend, actress Candice Bergen, were living at the Tate house, and it was there Manson met him. Manson auditioned for Melcher, but Melcher decided not to sign him to a contract. Although Manson knew that Melcher and Bergen had moved to Malibu, Bugliosi suggested that Manson targeted the house because it represented his rejection by the show business community he wanted to enter, and that it was of no interest to him who his actual victims would be. It has also been rumored that Manson unsuccessfully auditioned for the Monkees, but this is an urban legend as he was in prison at the time of the auditions in 1965-66. The killers were attempting to clear the blame from Bobby Beausoleil, who had been arrested a few days earlier as a suspect in the Gary Hinman murder. This was a motive stated by the killers during interviews with them, featured in a 1972 Manson film documentary. They claimed that the motive for the murders was to clear fellow Family member Bobby Beausoleil, whom they described as a brother to them. Stating that they were willing to sacrifice their lives, (meaning the death penalty) to clear his name, they committed copycat murders to cast doubt on Beausoleil's guilt. This motive was substantially discredited during the penalty phase of the trial, where it became apparent that the "free Beausoleil" motive was contradicted by other testimony of the killers. Additionally, despite declaring they would die for Manson, the other people accused claim to have waited until the main trial was over and the death penalty was being discussed, and then only on redirect examination, to introduce this as a motive. It was dismissed by the prosecution as an attempt to clear Manson by means of the other defendants taking the blame. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Doris Mary Ann von Kappelhoff, known as Doris Day (born April 3, 1924), is an American singer, actress, and animal welfare advocate. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Hitchhiking in New Zealand, 2006 Hitchhiking (also called lifting, thumbing or hitching, Thumb up a ride) is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver or occasionally even a motorcycle driver. ... Never Learn Not To Love is a song recorded by The Beach Boys. ... Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, currently best known for her starring role on the television situation comedy Murphy Brown, and as William Shatners legal partner, Shirley Schmidt, on the ABC hit dramedy... Location of Malibu in California Coordinates: Country United States of America State California County Los Angeles Incorporated (city) 1991-03-28 [2] Government - Mayor Ken Kearsley [1] Area - City 100. ... The Monkees were a pop-rock quartet created and based in Los Angeles in 1965 for an NBC American television series of the same name. ... An urban legend or urban myth is a kind of modern folklore consisting of stories often thought to be factual by those circulating them. ... Robert Kenneth Bobby Beausoleil (born 6 November 1947, in Santa Barbara, California), was a member of the Charles Manson Family who was convicted of killing music teacher Gary Hinman on July 25, 1969. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Redirect examination is the trial process by which the party who offered the witness has a chance to explain or otherwise qualify damaging testimony brought out by the opponent during cross-examination. ...

Helter Skelter

Main article: Helter Skelter (Manson scenario)

Manson regarded as foretold, by The Beatles, on The White Album,^[4]^[9] an apocalyptic war of which he was destined to be both the uncanny cause and the ultimate beneficiary.^[3] When the young, white, female hippies of San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury would be drawn to him by his music, black men, thus deprived of the white women whom the political changes of the 1960s had made sexually available to them, would be without an outlet for their frustrations and would lash out in violent crimes against whites.^[10] After a resultant murderous rampage against blacks by frightened whites would have been rhetorically exploited by the Black Muslims to trigger a war of mutual near-extermination between racist and non-racist whites over the treatment of blacks, the Black Muslims would arise to finish off sneakily the few whites they would know to have survived;^[3] indeed, they would kill off all nonblacks.^[11] This article is about the prophesied war that inspired the Tate-LaBianca murders. ... The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ... The Beatles is the ninth official album by the Beatles, a double album released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). ... Hippies (singular hippie or sometimes hippy) were members of the 1960s counterculture movement who adopted a communal or nomadic lifestyle, renounced corporate nationalism and the Vietnam War, embraced aspects of Buddhism, Hinduism, and/or Native American religious culture, and were otherwise at odds with traditional middle class Western values. ... Categories: US geography stubs | San Francisco neighborhoods ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In this epic sequence of events, which Manson told his followers would take place in the summer of 1969 and which he termed Helter Skelter, after the White Album track of that name, the Family had little to fear; they would wait out the war in a secret city that was underneath California's Death Valley and that they would reach through a hole in the ground.^[3] As the actual remaining whites upon the war's true conclusion, they would emerge from underground to rule the now-satisfied blacks, who, as the vision went, would be incapable of running the world; Manson "would scratch [the black man's] fuzzy head and kick him in the butt and tell him to go pick the cotton and go be a good nigger."^[12] Laid out by Manson repeatedly, this scenario became such a part of the Family members’ communal belief that they stocked up supplies and mapped out routes to Death Valley before the crimes were conceived; but by mid-1969, Manson was heard to say blacks did not know how to start the events. He would have to show them. This article is about the Beatles song. ... Death Valley and Panamint Range The salt lake at Badwater, Death Valley is the lowest point in western hemisphere. ...

In a series of books chronicling his life as an FBI agent, John Douglas submitted the theory that Manson really was innocent of plotting the initial set of murders. Douglas, who spent significant time interviewing Manson during his time as a special agent, believes that initially, Manson's sole goal in leading "The Family" was to live out the rest of his days as an isolated demi-god ruling over a group of impressionable young people who would do his bidding. In order to ensure that they remained loyal to him, Manson convinced them that he really was a deistic figure who would protect them during the coming Armageddon and rule over them in a peaceful society afterwards. Douglas' theory goes on to state that Manson's followers took his prophesying more literally than intended and carried out the Sharon Tate murders in order to spark Armageddon. According to Douglas, once Manson learned about the Tate murders, he felt he had no choice but to act as if he were still in control and go along with the LaBianca killings in order to protect his image and prevent his followers from turning on him. John E. Douglas (born June 18, 1945) is a former FBI agent and one of the first profilers. ...

At trial, the prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi, placed Helter Skelter as the main motive. ^[13] In addition to explanations of the White Album references executed in blood at the crime scenes, evidence included testimony that in the hours before the killers were sent out on the Tate murders, Manson told Family members, "Now is the time for Helter Skelter."^[14] Further testimony indicated that, on the night of the LaBianca murders, Manson considered discarding on the street a wallet he apparently obtained in the LaBianca house; he "wanted a black person to pick it up and use the credit cards so that the people, the establishment would think it was some sort of an organized group that killed these people." ^[15] Vincent Bugliosi (born August 18, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca murders. ... The Establishment is a pejorative slang term to refer to the traditional and usually conservative ruling class elite and the structures of society which they control. ...

Investigation and trial

The two cases were not well investigated by police, principally due to rivalries between the Tate team (older) and the La Bianca team (younger): the Tate team were not open to suggestions that the two cases were connected. As a result of this, Bugliosi himself played a significant and active role in gathering the evidence needed to convict.

Ronald Hughes, a young lawyer with an extensive knowledge of 1960s counterculture but no trial experience, was the final state-appointed attorney for defendants Manson and Van Houten (several other attorneys were appointed and then dismissed during the trial). He suggested to Manson that he should obtain a different attorney for himself, Irving Kanarek, and continued to defend Van Houten, apparently feeling that he could defend Van Houten more effectively. He hoped to show that Van Houten was acting under the influence of Manson, and to portray Manson as controlling her actions. This may have cost Hughes his life. In late November 1970, Hughes went camping near Sespe Hot Springs. He disappeared, and his decomposed body was discovered four months later. It is thought that other members of the Family killed him in reprisal for impugning Manson in court. One member of the Family described this as "the first of the retaliation killings". The counterculture of the 1960s began in the United States as a reaction against the conservative social norms of the 1950s, the political conservatism (and social repression) of the Cold War period, and the US governments extensive military intervention in Vietnam. ... Irving Kanarek is best known for being Charles Mansons lawyer in the Tate-LaBianca Murder Trial. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

During the trial, Manson and his followers courted media attention. Manson appeared at the trial with an "X" he had carved into his forehead with a knife. This was copied by his followers the next day. The pattern was modified several times and copied by his followers each time. Eventually the pattern was turned into a swastika and is now a permanent scar. At one point during the trial, Manson shaved his head, his followers again mimicking. The defendants, acting in concert with each other, deliberately disrupted the proceedings to the point where Judge Charles Older had them removed from the courtroom on several occasions. A monitor system was rigged up in the lockup so that the defendants could follow the proceedings. On several occasions, Manson verbally threatened both the judge and prosecutor Bugliosi in court, and at one point attempted to physically attack the judge. The defendants eventually became so disruptive that Judge Older banned them from the courtroom altogether. A right-facing Swastika in a decorative Hindu form The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either left-facing () or right-facing () forms. ... Charles Chuck Older (1917-2006) was a member of the American Volunteer Group The Flying Tigers and one of its Aces. ...

Manson's followers tried to dissuade an estranged follower, Barbara Hoyt, from testifying against Manson at the trial by giving her a free trip to Hawaii - and a hamburger laced with LSD once she arrived there (the conspirators were under the mistaken belief that an LSD overdose was fatal). Hoyt was found in a drugged semi-stupor on a street near a Honolulu beach, hospitalized, and identified herself as a witness in the Tate-LaBianca trial once she recovered from her LSD trip. The involuntary overdose ultimately made Hoyt an even stronger witness for the prosecution, and she testified about Family discussions about the murders.

Although Manson himself was not present at the Tate/La Bianca killings, he was convicted on seven counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder on January 25, 1971, for ordering and directing them, and on March 29, 1971 was sentenced to death. Atkins and Krenwinkel were convicted on the same counts, as was Watson (who was tried separately from the others due to extradition problems), and Van Houten was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy. Some members of Manson's "Family" have claimed that the killers tried to implicate Manson in order to appear less guilty themselves. The death sentence was automatically commuted to life in prison after the California Supreme Court, in its decision in California v. Anderson 64 Cal.2d 633, 414 P.2d 366, (Cal. 1972), resulted in the invalidation of all pending death sentences imposed in California prior to 1972. The killers, giggling in court, were asked if they felt remorse, and gave answers that indicated they did not. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... The Supreme Court of California is the state supreme court in California. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with People_v. ... // The United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States Case citation is the system used in common law countries such as the United States, England and Wales, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Australia and India to uniquely identify the location of past court... Justices of the Supreme Court of California (circa May 2005). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Capital punishment (also known as the Death Penalty) in the United States is officially sanctioned by 38 of the 50 states, as well as by the federal government and the military. ...

Aftermath

On March 6, 1970, Manson released an album titled Lie: The Love & Terror Cult to help finance his defense. The album was put out by ESP Records and included the song that had previously been recorded by the Beach Boys. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... ESP-Disk is a New York-based label, owned and operated by Bernard Stollman. ...

The Family survived the incarceration of Manson. After his arrest, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, one of Manson's shrewdest, toughest and most obedient followers, effectively took command of the management of the Family in his absence. With a handful of other followers, mostly women, she perched on the steps of the Los Angeles courthouse during the trial, shaved her head to protest his conviction and, copying Manson, gouged an X into her forehead as a sign of loyalty. She later explained: "We have X'ed ourselves out of this world." In 1970 the Charles Manson family recorded an album titled The Family Jams of songs written by Manson, although he didn't appear on the album. Lynette Alice Squeaky Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is a former member of Charles Mansons Family, convicted of attempting to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford in 1975. ... The Family Jams is an album featuring members of the Charles Manson family. Recorded in or around 1970, the album was released in 1997. ...

On November 13, 1972, Michael Monfort, James Craig, Priscilla Cooper, Nancy Laura Pitman and Lynnette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme were held for the murder of James T. Willett and his wife. November 13 is the 317th day of the year (318th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 48 days remaining. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

By 1974, the original Manson "family" had dwindled to only Fromme and Sandra Good. Motivated by Manson's new ideology, they sent a series of threatening letters to heads of corporations, making threats unless they stopped polluting the environment. Sandra Good was a friend and room-mate of Lynette Squeaky Fromme, who allegedly attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, at the time of the threat. ...

On September 5, 1975, Fromme unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate US President Gerald Ford in Sacramento [2]. It appears that, although she managed to get close to Ford, by mistake the chamber of her Colt .45 pistol was empty. She was heard to say, "It didn't go off. Can you believe it? It didn't go off!" She stated she had committed the crime so that Manson would appear as a witness at her trial, and thus have a worldwide platform from which to talk about his apocalyptic vision. She escaped from prison in December 1987, apparently to try to reach Manson, but was recaptured two days later. September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... Nickname: River City Location of Sacramento in California County Sacramento Government - Mayor Heather Fargo Area - City 99. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Manson gave two notable interviews in the 1980s: the first on June 13, 1981 at California Medical Facility by Tom Snyder for NBC's The Tomorrow Show, and the second at San Quentin Prison by Charlie Rose for CBS News Nightwatch (aired March 7, 1986). Rose's interview won the national news Emmy Award for "Best Interview" in 1987.^[16] June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... California State Medical Corrections Facility California State Medical Corrections Facility, also known as CMF, is one of the two prisons in Vacaville, California, and the home of well known criminal Edmund Kemper. ... Tom Snyder, host of CBS The Late Late Show A news presenter for WNBC-TV of New York City and KNBC of Los Angeles in the 1970s, Tom Snyder (born May 12, 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) was raised Roman Catholic, graduated from Marquette University High School, and gained national fame... The Tomorrow Show was an American late-night television talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | US geography stubs | Prisons in California ... Charlie Rose Charles Petee Rose Jr. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (67th in leap years). ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Manson is currently incarcerated in California's Corcoran State Prison.^[17] His CDC inmate number is B33920. All of his applications for parole have been denied, most notably in 1986 when he appeared before the parole board with a swastika evident on his forehead. He is known for his theatrics when given the opportunity to appear in the media, and in one taped parole hearing said he wanted to go to the moon. He has been overheard in conversations with at least one of his former "Family" members saying that it doesn't matter what he says or does because he knows he will be kept in prison for the rest of his life, implying that at least some of his fanatical behavior is deliberate. During his imprisonment, Manson has received more mail than any other prisoner in the United States prison system. It is said that he gets over 50,000 pieces of mail a year–a combination of fan mail, hate mail, and mail from curiosity-seekers. California State Prison, Corcoran is a state penitentiary in Corcoran, Kings County, California. ... Parole can have different meanings depending on the area and judiciary system. ... A right-facing Swastika in a decorative Hindu form The swastika (from Sanskrit ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either left-facing () or right-facing () forms. ...

In January 2000, Manson was publishing messages on a now-defunct website run by Manson followers George Stimson and Sandra Good. Manson has been mentioned in several musical and television works. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Out on May 7th 2007 is the Charles Manson album "The summer of Hate – the ’67 Sessions". Released by Lupo Records^[18] here for the first time are the complete recordings that were made on 11th September 1967 in a rehearsal studio, which went onto be used as demos to try to secure a recording deal.

Parole hearings

Manson was entitled to a parole hearing in 2002, and was denied early release, in particular due to a litany of offenses ranging from drug trafficking to arson to assaulting guards. He is next eligible for parole in 2007.^{[citation needed]} Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...

Fromme, eligible for parole since 1985 following the 1975 incident, has consistently waived her right to a hearing.

Discography

Albums

Lie: The Love And Terror Cult (LP, Performance, 1970. Reissued on LP/CD/MC on various labels). Recorded in 1968.
White Rasta (MC). Songs and improvisations recorded in jail in 1983.
Poor Old Prisoner Boy : The 55th Anniversary Album (LP, Remote Control Records). Contains 55 minutes of jail recordings. Edition of 555 copies.
Son Of Man (LP, 1992). The A side contains jail recordings, while the B side is etched with a reproduction of a drawing of faces done by Manson. Also includes liner notes of poetry attributed to Manson.
Live At San Quentin (CD, Grey Matter, 1993). Contains the same tracks as White Rasta, in a different order. Cover art apes The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds album.
Charles Manson (CD, Grey Matter, 1993). A combination of Lie and The Manson Family Sings, packaged to look like The Beatles' White Album.
Commemoration (CD, White Devil Records, 1994). Released to commemorate Manson's 60th birthday and "sixty years of struggle against cowardice, stupidity and lies".
Manson Speaks (2CD, White Devil Records, 1995). Contains one disc of recitals by Manson of poetry and the Bible and one disc of Manson's opinions of actual events at the time of the release.
The Way Of The Wolf (CD, Pale Horse, 1998). Music and some bonus conversation recorded in jail in the 1980s.
Unplugged 9.11.67 Volume 1 (CD, Archer C.A.T. Productions Inc.). Recordings done by Manson in 1967 as well as spoken words between Manson and some people at the recording session.
A Taste of Freedom (CD-R, 2000(?)). Contains telephone conversations with Charles Manson recorded in late 1999 and early 2000. Very limited edition.
All The Way Alive (CD, People's Temple Records, 2003). Previously unreleased studio recordings from 1967. Edition of 1000 copies.
One Mind (CD, FamilyJams.com, 2005). New recordings of songs, guitar, impromptu poetry and words.
Sings (CD, ESP Disk, 2006). Digitally remastered combination of Lie and 12 of the 13 tracks on All The Way Alive.

Singles

"I'm On Fire" / "The Hallways of Always" Tracks taken from "Live At San Quentin"
"Look At Your Game, Girl" / "Your Home Is Where You're Happy"
"Bwomp" Track taken from "Mushroomhead - XX"

Recordings by The Family not featuring Charles Manson

The Manson Family Sings The Songs Of Charles Manson (LP). 1970 recordings of Manson's songs performed by Steve Grogan as lead singer, along with Red, Blue, Gypsy, Brenda, Ouisch and Capistrano.
The Family Jams (2CD, Transparency 0011). The first disc is called The Family Jams and contains all the music on The Manson Family Sings The Songs Of Charles Manson, while the second disc entitled Family Jams Too features previously unreleased recordings also dating from 1970.

References

Footnotes

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f The Charles Manson (Tate-LaBianca Murder) Trial by Doug Linder. 2002. University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
^ Prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Testimony of Paul Watkins in the Charles Manson Trial UMKC Law. Retrieved 7 April 2007.
^ ^a ^b Chapter 11, Charles Watson autobiography as told to Ray Hoekstra Website of Charles Watson. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
^ http://www.metal-observer.com/articles.php?lid=1&sid=1&id=9790
^ "Manson loses parole bid" BBC News, 25 April 2002. Retrieved 19 April 2007.
^ http://www.wargs.com/other/manson.html
^ The Manipulator by Marilyn Bardsley. Crime Library. Courtroom Television Network, LLC. Retrieved 7 April 2006.
^ The Influence of the Beatles on Charles Manson UMKC Law. Retrieved 7 April 2006.
^ Prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
^ Prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
^ Witness Paul Watkins, quoted in prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
^ Prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
^ Manson quoted by witness Linda Kasabian, as quoted in turn in prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 20 April 2007.
^ Witness Linda Kasabian, quoted in prosecution's closing argument 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
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^ Charlie in Prison By Marilyn Bardsley. Crime Library. Courtroom Television Network, LLC. Retrieved 7 April 2006.
^ Charles Manson early demos surface

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External links

Prosecution's closing argument in trial of Charles Manson 2Violent.com. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
Will You Die for Me? Charles Watson autobiography as told to Ray Hoekstra; presented at Watson website. Retrieved 16 April 2007.
CharlieManson.com - Major site for information on Charles Manson
Manson's official website (archive.org copy)
Charles Manson at MusicBrainz
Famous Trials - The Trial of Charles Manson by Douglas Linder. University of Missouri at Kansas City Law School. 2002. 7 April 2007.
Crime Library - Charles Manson by Marilyn Bardsley. Crime Library. Courtroom Television Network, LLC. 7 April 2006.
Manson Direct - A frequently updated website on Charles Manson
The Manson Family Today

[3] - Shows Manson Family victims (flash-video with music).

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	While waiting to be tried for the Tate and LaBianca murders, his court-appointed attorney Brian Reese remarked that Manson was an example of the "total failure of modern society..." As the leader of the Family he said he was Christ and Satan simultaneously.
	Katie, as she was known in the Family, was part of the death squads sent to Cielo Drive and the LaBianca house in Los Feliz.
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	The bizarre and gruesome murders that were linked to Manson assured his place in history, but the insatiable curiosity directed at this little ex-con hippie turned him into a pop culture icon, whose mere name can provoke gasps of disgust and twitters of glee, all at once.
	Manson seems to have been leader by default, because he was the right person at the right time who could give them all what they wanted.
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