Charles Mansonby Lindsey Johnson, Edwin Rodriguez

Charlie Manson

• “No name Maddox” was born without a father to his 16 year old mother in Cincinnati, Ohio.

• His mother was an alcoholic, and once sold him for beer to a waitress.

• When he was fourteen a court placed him in the Gibault School for Boys. He ran away to his mother, but his mother would always rejected him.

• From the time he was fourteen, he had been in and out of prison for all sorts of theft.

• He was illiterate until the age of sixteen, when he learned to read in a maximum security institution.

His Release• Manson had been in institutions for more than half of his

life, and right before his release from prison in 1967, he requested that he be permitted to stay. – "Don't let me out, I can't cope with the outside world". – “I can't handle the maniacs outside, let me back in”.

The Rising of the Family

• Manson moved to San Francisco in 1967.

• He established himself as a guru, and preached about scientology.

• Young females were attracted to his charisma, and started following him.

• The use of LSD, a hallucinogenic drug, helped Manson hook, control, and manipulate his followers.

The Growth

• The Family lived at 636 Cole Street, in San Francisco during the summer of 1967.

• In November, Manson and nine of his followers painted a bus, took out the seats, and went on a drug ridden ride up and down the west coast of America.

• They picked up more and more followers along the way.

Rules of the Family• No one in the family was allowed to see doctors• Women in the family were required to have children• For a baby’s delivery, the mother would be held in the air by the family, Manson

would “catch” the baby, and cut the umbilical cord with a guitar string. • Manson would beat members if they didn’t follow his command or hesitate on

doing as there told.• All members were required to take LSD, smoke marijuana, and participate in

orgies. – This included Manson, the men, the women, and all of the children. – The majority of the children were born while their mothers were taking LSD

The Beach Boy• Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys became part of the

family when he picked up two hitch hiking girls who were part of the family.

• The next day Manson and his family moved in with Wilson.

• Over the next few months Wilson paid for Manson to record in studios, and introduced him to several musicians and producers.

• Masons recordings, if they exist, have never been released.

• Wilson also paid a $100,000 bill for the medical treatment the family needed for gonorrhea and other damage.

Helter Skelter

• Manson believed that the tension between whites and blacks was growing, and that the blacks would rise in rebellion against the whites.

• He convinced his followers, “The Family”, that they needed to be together to survive during the chaos.

• Manson believed the The Beatles had also predicted the racist turmoil, and wrote the White Album filled with subliminal messages, made solely for the Family.

• Manson is thought to have believed that The Beatles were angels sent from God to tell him to take control of the “race-war”

Overall Murders

• Manson planned to make the murders look like they'd been done by African Americans.

• He wanted Whites to retaliate against Blacks"Helter Skelter" (his made up term for a race war).

• He was convicted for 7 murders– He was convicted for 7 murders, 8 if you count

Sharon Tate's unborn baby. Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Voytek Frokowski, Steven Parent, Leno La Bianca and Rosemary La Bianca

• 8 murders if you count Sharon Tate's unborn baby.

The Hinman Murder• In June of 1969 Manson told a male family member that Helter Skelter was

ready to happen.• During a discussion between Manson and family member Bobby Beausoleil,

Manson told Bobby “Blackie never did anything without whitey showin' him how," he said, "It looks like we're gonna have to show blackie how to do it.“

• Manson was telling Beausoleil that in order for the blacks to revolt, to cause Helter Skelter, The Family was going to have to show them how.

• One month later, on July 27, Manson ordered Beausoleil to murder their former friend, Gary Hinman.

• Before leaving Hinman’s residence, Beausoleil wrote “Political Piggy” in Hinman’s blood on the wall of his house.

• Beausoleil was arrested nine days later, caught in Hinman’s stolen car. The murder weapon was in the tire.

The Tate Murders

• On August 8th, Manson told the Family Helter Skelter was here.

• Manson directed Tex Watson to take Family members Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel to "that house where Melcher used to live" and "totally destroy everyone in it, as gruesome as you can.” He told the girls to do as Tex would instruct them.

• The four members gruesomely murdered Steven Parent, Wojciech Frykowski, 8 and a half month pregnant Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, and Abigal Folger.

The LaBianca Murders

• The following night Manson and six Family members drove to the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.

• They broke into the home of Leno LaBianca, a supermarket executive.

• They proceeded to stab LiBianca and his wife, Rosemary.

• Leno LaBianca was stabbed by Manson with a bayonet over a dozen times.

• Manson wanted all of the members to participate, so everyone had a chance to stab Rosemary.

Conviction• The trial began on June 15, 1970. • The prosecutions main witness

was Kasabian, who, along with Manson, Atkins, and Krenwinkel, had been charged with seven counts of murder and one of conspiracy.

• However, since she Kasabian did not participate in the murders, she was granted immunity in order to testify.

• On January 25,1971, guilty verdicts were returned against the defendants on all counts.

• They were all sentenced to the death penalty, but since California abolished the death penalty, their sentences were reduced to life in prison.

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