The Murder Of The Manson Family By Timothy Dwight

Ever experienced shivers down the spine hearing of any infamous criminals, or any crime incident, but was still intrigued to know as many of the interesting interconnected specific details in connection to the crime account? That becomes the case when one of the characters from In Cold Blood says, “A whole family. Gentle, kindly people, people I knew – murdered” (Capote, 66). In this chaotic human civilization, criminals appear in the forms of thieves, computer hackers, illegal drug sellers, hired killers, gangs, and many other forms. Some of the law-abiding citizens also play a role in the civilization by taking their sincere attempts to stop or curb such detrimental societal elements. Law enforcement authorities such as the police force or

In 1969, Charles Manson got in a conflict with a black drug dealer which fueled his homicidal urge, and concluded that the Black Panthers would seek revenge. Although the drug dealer was not a Panthers member, paranoia got the best of him. He transformed Spahn Ranch into a heavily-armed camp with night patrols and armed guards. Manson told his followers that the promised Helter Skelter race war was on the way. Charles Manson established himself as a messiah-like figure in the hippie counterculture of San Francisco. He moved in with a Berkeley grad student named Mary Brunner, and soon had 18 women living in the house with them.

Charles Miles Maddox was born on November 12th 1934 in Cincinnati Ohio to Kathleen Maddox. A few years after Charles was born Kathleen had married William Manson who gave Charles his last name. The marriage did not last long, after the divorce Charles was sent to an all boy school. At an early age Manson showed signs of a serial killer, in elementary he would gain followers of mostly gullible girls and tell them to attack other girls but when teachers questioned Manson he would tell them that the girls had done the acts on their own will and he had nothing to do with it.

The year was 1969, and in early August seven people were brutally murdered; words like “Pig,” “Healter Skelter” and “Rise” were found printed in blood at the crime scenes. Eventually it is discovered that the perpetrators of these horrific crimes are cult members living on the outskirts of society, led by a man named Charles Manson. But who is Charles Manson? Charles Manson is a monster, certainly, but as a monster he offers us a unique look into the human mind. This semester we have learned about the many different types of people who may engage in individual forms of interpersonal violence. Charles Manson however, provides us the case study of a man whose life revolved around interpersonal violence in all its manifestations. There was

In two days there were seven dead, 169 stab wounds inflicted, and seven gunshot wounds (“CNN”). That was the fate of the victims of Charles Manson’s family. Some of the victims were were brutally stabbed to death, while others were shot dead. Charles Manson never participated in any of these heinous murders; he manipulated others to commit the murders for him. Charles Manson was a very manipulative man and is known as the “icon of evil”. From his troubled childhood, to his adult life as leader of the infamous Manson Family, Charles Manson led a life that made him notorious.

In the book American Murder Houses: A Coast-to-Coast Tour of the Most Notorious Houses of Homicide, author Steve Lehto shares his perspective of the Manson case based of evidence he gathered. Lehto believed Manson’s motive behind these murders came from his belief in an impending race war between blacks and whites in America which was inspired by “Helter Skelter”, from the Beatles’ White Album. He believes that Manson’s way of thinking was that there needed to be some kind of spark to get the race war going, like a well-staged murder by white people that made it look like it was the doing of black militants. Lehto makes it very clear that while this idea is one of Charles Manson, Manson himself does not directly participate in the Tate killings, only Family members did, and while he did enter the LaBianca home, he was not present during the

On August 6, 1969, a megalomaniac named Charles Manson ordered his “Family” to kill everyone in a house that used to be owned by a well known music recorder named Terry Melcher. However, Malcher was not occupying the house but instead the house was occupied by a renowned movie producer, Roman Polanski, and his wife, actress Sharon Tate. On that date, Manson’s family perpetrated one of the most gruesome crime in Hollywood’s history by stabbing to death Sharon Tate and her friends. The case that ensued after the murder became one of the most publicised murder trial in the history of crime.

Manson's life is a great example and reason why it is so important that kids get brought up in a healthy way. It's also why having kind, responsible teachers are important. There are countless kids who's parents are terrible influences on them, and they need people to show them the valuable life lessons and morals needed in this life. Kids exposed to violence, only makes them more likely to be violent people who commit crimes. There are countless examples of this happening, and what's sad is how easy the solution is to this. However many parents aren't willing to change themselves to save their kids from being exposed to various types of violence or just immoral behaviors. Obviously being poorly brought up doesn't always lead to kids becoming

It was revealed in a book about Manson that his plan he thought their was going to be a war between balock and white people. He wanted to start this war with the killings, hoping people would think black people, or a civil rights group, had committed the murders. In Manson’s mind this would have started the war, which he called Helter Skelter after the Beatles song.

Since his birth, Charles Manson has led a life of rejection, jealousy, and incarceration. Due to his absent parents, he began a life of crime which eventually led him to manipulate a group of people who were responsible for multiple deaths and assaults in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. Charles Manson’s hectic childhood led to his life of crime and caused his imprisonment for life.

The Manson trial began in June of 1970. The jury in this case was locked up for the entire trial to protect the jury from the publicity and the harassment they would face from the public. Five women and seven men were selected to be on the jury with ages spanning from twenty-five to seventy-three. One of the jury members was a retired deputy sheriff.

Although Perry’s retelling is embellished with relatable stories pointing to peer pressure, insecurity, and other classic human struggles as being the reasoning behind the murder. These ideas are displayed through diction and imagery; therefore solidifying the theme that evil is often not sinister, but an extreme, yet human, response to struggle and despair.

Charles Manson became known worldwide after helping commit numerous gruesome murders near Hollywood, California. Although, Manson’s legal troubles did not start from that point, he had been in and out of institutions and prisons since the age of twelve, for many different reasons. “For, let out of prison in 1967, the year of ‘the summer of love,’ he became the most hated and vilified figure in America, a symbol of everything that had gone wrong in the ‘60s” (Smith). Even though his release from prison was short lived, he managed to do a lot of damage during his time of freedom. Manson received a life sentence in May of 1970 for the nine murders he helped execute (Baughman). Charles Manson is a well recognized name across the United States.

     Charles Manson has been named "the most dangerous man alive." Society referred to him as the devil. They believed he was the reason society was so bad in the 1960's. The 1950's to the 1960's was uncontrollably filled with violence. Our culture was shattered by the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. At the same time, body bags from Vietnam were building up from a war that was tearing our nation apart. Riots and antiwar protesters marched across America. Many people worried that the US was getting out of control. "The Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969..." wrote Didon in The White Album. On August 8,1969, director Roman Polaski's housekeeper found

Charles Manson is notoriously connected to the brutal border of Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents. Born Charles Milles Maddox to sixteen year old Kathleen Maddox, Charles was born into mayhem. Kathleen was an alcoholic and a prostitute; she was not very accepting of her son and showed him no love. Kathleen married William Mason and quickly that marriage dissolved. Fighting for his mother’s attention Charles left his home and lived on the streets. Manson began to do petty crime to get by. Charles Manson spent about half of his life in prison; he was noted for being a model prisoner. In 1955 Charles got married to a seventeen year old and moved to California. She became pregnant and soon after Manson began his life of crime,