who is charles manson

charles Manson was born in November 1934 in the USA. His mother, sixteen-year-old Kathleen Maddox, shortly after the birth of the boy, broke up with the child's real father, Colonel Scott, and married William Manson, whose last name was later given to Charlie. At the age of six, Charlie's mother went to prison for robbery. The boy remained in the care of relatives.

It wasn't easy for the kid among the adults. The uncle instilled courage in the child by dressing him in a girl’s dress and sending him to school like that. It’s no wonder that his psyche was shaken by this and the boy turned from a “sissy” (as his uncle called him) into a cub.

When the mother was released, Manson was placed in the custody of the state. The boy spent the following years in special care. institutions. He was not known for his calmness and diligence. He was remembered there as a bully, a skipper and a thief of cars and bicycles. Once, Charles even tried to cross the Ohio state border in one of the stolen cars, but was detained and served his sentence in various colonies for three years.

Despite his obvious homosexual tendencies, after his release Manson fell in love with and married waitress Rosalie. With his pregnant wife, Charlie wanted to go to California in a stolen car, but was detained by the police. And again prison. The term is three years. Manson's son was born while his father was serving his sentence. The wife visited the prisoner for a long time, but one fine day she met another person, her true love, and stopped visiting her ex-husband.

In 1958, Charlie was released, but not for long. Soon he found himself behind bars again. In between serving sentences in prison, Manson managed to get married again and give birth to a second child. Then came the divorce. During this time, Charlie began studying Scientology.

In March 1967, Charlie Manson was released. Charlie was not attracted to freedom, perhaps because of habit (he lived most of his life behind bars). The former prisoner even asked to go back to prison, since he felt comfortable and liked it better there, but was refused.

"Family"

Charlie went to San Francisco, where he met Mary Brunner, later the first member of the Family. Together they traveled around California, attracting new people to join the “Family”. According to Manson, he picked up “children” abandoned by society. They were glad to join his community. Charlie gave them new names, new lives, cleansing their souls of pain and injustice. The "Brothers and Sisters" lived on the Spahn Ranch, formerly a location for filming Westerns. There, the friendly family enjoyed a free life: they took drugs, sang, and organized orgies.

In prison, Manson learned to play the guitar. And now, once free, he wanted to become famous with the help of his musical talent - to record an album. Charlie made an acquaintance with The Beach Boys drummer Dennis Wilson, who then introduced Manson to Terry Melcher (music producer). It is believed that anger at the producer, who rejected Charlie's talent, became the reason for the murder of Tate's owner and her guests, despite the fact that Melcher had not lived in the house where the bloody massacre took place for a long time. However, Manson denies this point of view.

In mid-July 1969, three members of the “Family” went to Gary Hinman, a mescaline supplier, to get money that they wanted to return to the bikers who, in their opinion, had bought a low-quality product. The seller refused to return the money. That same day, Manson arrived and cut off Hinman's ear with a saber. After two days, Gary did not return the promised amount of money, for which he was killed by members of the “Family”. At the crime scene, police found “Political Pig” graffiti on the wall and a paw sign drawn in the victim’s blood, leading investigators to believe it was the work of the Black Panthers.

The reason for subsequent events was the unusual interpretation of the Beatles album. Manson believed that the members of this group, through songs, conveyed to him messages from above, testifying to the war between the black and white races. Helter Skelter is the name Charlie gave to the coming revolution. According to him, after the start of the war, the “Family” needs to take refuge in the Valley of Death until the armed struggle between the races ends. During that period, the number of the “Family” will increase to one hundred and forty-four thousand. Then, according to Manson's plan, he and his community will become rulers of the world, because “blacks don’t know what whites know.”

On August 8, 1969, Manson ordered Tex (Charles Watson) and three other girls to go to the villa, which previously belonged to Terry Melcher (the day before, Charlie had arrived there looking for Terry, but was told that the music producer had not been living in the villa for more than a month), to kill everyone and take the money. Accompanying Tex were Sadie, Kathy (Patricia Krenwinkel), Linda Kasabian. Armed with knives, a pistol and a rope, the executioners went to the appointed place. Manson's final instructions were: "Leave something sinister."

They drove up to the house in a yellow Ford and climbed over the fence. Seeing a white car approach the gate, Tex came out of the bushes and shot the driver (they didn't need witnesses). The company of killers then headed towards the main entrance. Linda was left on duty at the gate. The others climbed into the house through the window. At this time, the hostess and her guests were blithely enjoying a casual conversation. She did not know that in a few minutes the life of her and the child would end (the woman was eight months pregnant). Members of the “Family” took the money, then tied up everyone (except for the hostess, there were two more men and two women in the house) and created a bloody mess. When the screams died down, Sadie took a towel, dipped it in the blood and wrote three letters “P”, “I”, “G” on the door. The job was done.

The satisfied and tired company went to the ranch to report to Manson how everything went. Charlie asked if they felt sorry for those killed. The four felt no remorse. The very next day it became known who the victims of the three young people were. These were Stephen Parent, Jay Sabring (stylist), Wojtek Frykowski (friend of film director Roman Polanski), Abigail Folger (daughter of a millionaire) and film actress Sharon Tate (Polanski's wife).

That same night (August 9), Manson wanted to show his flock with his own hands how to act. The same four, as well as Steve Grogan (“Clem”) and Leslie Van Houten, led by Charlie, set off to continue the Helter Skelter that had begun. (Manson said: “We need to show the little blacks what they need to do”). The unfortunate victims were the owners of the Rosemary and Leno La Bianca chain of stores. Bound and gagged, the husband and wife met their deaths. They were tortured for a long time. The killers literally cut helpless people into pieces. On the stomach of dead Leo they carved the word “WAR” with a knife, and Patricia wrote in blood on the walls of the house and the refrigerator “RISE”, “DEATH TO PIGS”, “HEALTER SKELTER”. It is worth noting that Manson did not take part in the massacre. He left in the car with Linda, Clem and Sadie right after Rosemary and Leo were tied up.

After the arrest of members of the "Family", Linda Kasabian acted as the main witness. It is known that Manson's court-appointed lawyer did not appear at the trial. Only five months later his dismembered corpse was found. It was suggested that this was the work of the “sisters of the Family.” As a protest and rejection of society, Charlie and his flock carved an “X” on their foreheads. The court sentenced seven people from the community to death in the gas chamber, but in 1972 the death penalty was abolished, so the sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.