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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.
Jul 12, 2023 · Here are the key members of the Manson Family who were convicted of committing murder in the summer of ’69 and where they are now. Susan Atkins. Murdered Sharon Tate. Getty Images. In December...
Jul 25, 2019 · As the 50th anniversary of the Manson Family’s crimes approaches, here’s a primer that attempts to untangle the who, what, where, and why of the case. Who was Charles Manson?
Jun 16, 2024 · Manson’s hold over his followers was graphically illustrated in 1969, when the Family carried out several murders on Manson’s orders. The most famous victim was actress Sharon Tate, wife of film director Roman Polanski, who was killed in her Los Angeles home along with three guests.
Nov 20, 2017 · CNN — Charles Manson’s followers were young and zealously committed. Now, 48 years after the brutal series of killings, the cult leader is dead, and most of the “Manson Family” of followers, who...
Jul 12, 2023 · The Manson Family—including Manson and his young, loyal disciples—is thought to have carried out some 35 murders. Most of their cases were never tried, in part for lack of evidence.
Jul 12, 2023 · Even by the standards of the Manson Family, the 73-year-old Van Houten has experienced a legal odyssey, with multiple trials. She was originally sentenced to death for helping Manson's...
Jan 22, 2020 · Perhaps one of the most famous cults of all time, Charles Manson began forming the Manson Family in late 1967 upon his release from prison for a series of small crimes. He recruited 100 or so...
Charles Milles Manson ( né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969.
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.
