Charles Manson

Most of his 'family' consisted of young, rootless people from middle-class families.

Winton Dean was born on March 18, 1916, in Birkenhead, England, UK.

The 'family' was a rag-tag group of 'flower children' that lived as a family with their guru ex-con named Charles Manson. They lived on the fringes of society and on the fringes of Death Valley. Among other things they killed at least 9 people (most estimate the total is much larger) before they were finally stopped in 1969.

Manson, Patricia Krenwinkle, Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, Charles 'Tex' Watson, Bobby Beausoleil were all convicted of murders (not at the same time) and given death. All death sentences were commuted to life when the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty due to cruel and unusual punishment for prisoners.

Helter Skelter is to act out in chaotic, disorderly, or in a crazy manner. It is also the name of a movie that is based on Charles Mason and a song by the Beatles.

The Family by itself had no goals. In fact Manson frowned on individual thinking. If any Family member proved to have their own thoughts that didn't agree with Manson's own, they could be delt with swiftly, and at times, lethally.

Manson's agenda is another matter. He wanted to start a race war, whites against blacks. According to Manson, the blacks would win but would be unable to run the world without the white people, enter Charlie. He and his select few would arise from the bottomless pit, meaning Death Valley, and Manson would be King of the World.

In reality, Manson was defective as a human. He was a rage-filled, manipulating, homicidal nut. He wasn't special, he was just a killer.

Manson's early life was a study in neglect and abuse. In and out of juvenile facilities beginning at the tender age of 9, Manson was abandoned repeatedly by his underage prostitute mother. When he wasn't in juvenile lock-ups he was passed from one relative to another, on occation he landed back with his mother, however briefly. To say that he was a career criminal is an understatement. There is almost no crime that Manson didn't try at least once. It was just a matter of time before his lessor crimes became murder. Prior to the Tate-LaBianca killings in 1969, Manson had been rejected as a musician by a record producer, ruining his plans for fame and fortune in the music industry. Anger, drugs and his connection to an occult group called The Process, Manson was a disaster waiting to happen. His unstable personality finally pushed him over the edge.

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The character of Nathan James is played by 8 year old actor, Riley Thomas Stewart.

Google Charles Manson swastika and hit images.

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Manson is a complex person and it's hard to sum him up in a limited space. Manson was a product of extreme abuse. He truly was unloved and unwanted for most of his young life. He is a small man (5ft 2in) trying to fit into a big world. From a young age he showed hostility and rage toward himself and his fellow man. He used his incarcerations to better his criminal activities and practice his manipulation skills on the weak and unaware.

He has been diagnosed with APD (anti-social peronality disorder) with episodes of psychotic behavior. Certainly not a man you want to invite into your home. Although not to forget what he has done, and not to forget that he is extremely dangerous, but to pity him, just a little.

Yes, he is living

Spahn Ranch.

Yes. Charles Denton "Tex" Watson is still alive, he is 71 (born December 2, 1945)

Charles Duke is 75 years old (birthdate: October 3, 1935).

It's going to be summer and Abel wants to tell everyone about Blueback so the groper could not be harmed. Dora Jackson reassures Abel that the groper is safe now. When the visitors come there is a rumor that Blueback it going to hurt you if you stay close to him for about 5 minutes, so everyone was afraid.

He has endured decades of through long-term solitary confinement. Manson, is locked away in protective custody at Corcoran State Prison in Corcoran.

Charles Manson had married a 17 year old girl by the name of 'Rosalie Jean Willis'. He married her in the winter of January 1955. After the marriage they decided to move to California. Very soon after the wedding Charles Manson was arrested. His wife became pregnant in April. Very soon after the arrest and giving birth to the child, Rosalie left city with a truck driver and her son Charles Jr. Reports say that 'Charles Jr.' committed suicide in the year 1993.Charles Manson spent most of his adult life in prison. And he never got the opportunity to meet his son properly; in fact he was not even present at his son's birth.

No, he did not. How that story goes is he went on stage one night at a concert and had his girlfriend dress like him and come out on stage and give him head. The audience was really stoned and that's how the rumor was formed because that's the only way they could explain seeing "him" do that to "himself." (That's at least how he explained it in A Long Hard Road Out of Hell).

He is a person with an unusual ability to dominate others. He assembled a destructive, doomsday cult around himself, which the media later called The Family. At one time, it numbered in excess of 100 individuals at the Spahn Ranch some 30 miles northwest of Los Angeles CA. Manson was referred to both as "God" and "Satan" by his followers. As the family's guru, he claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

Manson could never be described as a great speaker. Winston Churchill was a great speaker, President Kennedy was a great speaker, and of course Hitler was called "the great orator". What Manson was, was a small fish in a very small puddle. He manipulated, bullied, threatened and frightened the hell out of everyone that met him. To me that's not great anything.

Well put Rumba, like I say he was a person with an unsual ability to dominate others not a well spoken man. I like your words betters in this question.

There was actually never a ranch or property with that name. For a time, Manson and his band of miscreants lived on an old movie set called Spauhn's Movie Ranch. The owner, George Spauhn, at the time in his eighties, let the 'family' live on the ranch in exchange for work. It is always a little surprising that Mr. Spauhn did not become a victim himself. The fact that he was almost totally blind may have saved his life. The actual location is 12000 Santa Susana Pass Rd., in the hills above Chatsworth, California.

After the Hindman, Tate and LaBianca murders in Los Angeles, Charles thought it would be safer to move the family further from the crimes. They ended up in Inyo County, at a place called Barker Ranch, which is located east of L.A., inside Death Valley National Park.

It's the perfect crime. He sends his little 'robots', they take all the chances, and if they are caught he can honestly say 'I didn't do it' and the rest of the family can vouche for him. He was there with them all night. Like most serial killers, Manson has a higher-than- average IQ.

His big mistake was to underestimate Vincent Bugliosi. Manson didn't count on "The Bug" as Charlie called him, being less like a bug and more like a terrier. Bugliosi sank his teeth in and wouldn't let go. Not until Manson sat in the 'chair'. (Califonia's electric chair)

He married his childhood sweetheart whose name escapes me just now but think it begins with D He has 2 boys and a girl all pretty adult these days