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The Manson Family (known among its members as the Family) was a commune, gang, and cult led by criminal Charles Manson that was active in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. [1][2][3] The group at its peak consisted of approximately 100 followers, who lived an unconventional lifestyle, frequently using psychoactive drugs, including amp...
1 day ago · Related article Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten released from California prison, official says Manson was born Charles Maddox in Cincinnati to an unmarried 16-year-old mother in 1934.
2 days ago · Crime Museum - Charles Manson and the Manson Family. Charles Manson, a notorious criminal and cult leader, orchestrated a series of brutal murders that shocked the world and left an enduring legacy as one of history’s most infamous figures.
4 days ago · The Manson Family killed nine people including the heavily pregnant Hollywood actress Sharon Tate, wife of Roman Polanski. One of Manson's young followers, Susan Atkins, stabbed Tate to death and ...
Jul 25, 2019 · It’s the summer of 1969, and what none of the characters know is that Tate and five others will soon be brutally murdered by members of the Manson Family, the cult led by Charles Manson that ...
Jun 2, 2024 · A murderous cult led by Charles Manson, the Manson Family butchered nine people in and around Los Angeles in July and August 1969. At least two Manson Family members who were convicted and served time became born-again Christians.
Oct 5, 2024 · His parents were 15-year-old Kathleen Maddox and 23-year-old Colonel Scott (a name, not a rank). When Maddox became pregnant, she wanted to marry Scott—but unbeknownst to her, he was already married to someone else.
Jul 12, 2023 · Members of the Manson “family” arrived at the Hollywood Hills home of Sharon Tate on Aug. 8, 1969, where they stabbed, beat and shot to death the young actress and her friends — celebrity hairstylist Jay Sebring, coffee heiress Abigail Folger and aspiring screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski.
Sep 8, 2024 · From Squeaky Fromme and Bobby Beausoleil to Tex Watson and Leslie Van Houten, some members of the Manson Family cult walked free after the infamous Tate-LaBianca murders of 1969 — while others spent the rest of their lives behind bars.
Nov 20, 2017 · As members of Charles Manson's messianic cult, several of the so-called Family committed murders at his request. Mostly young women from middle-class backgrounds, they were convinced to join...
