Jonathan Epstein The Family Analysis

Charles was born November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio (Jennifer Rosenburg). His mother, Kathleen Maddox, gave birth to Charles at the young age of sixteen (Jennifer Rosenburg). At the age of thirteen, Charles stole a vehicle and committed robberies (About Charles Manson). This was just the beginning for Charles, he resided in boys homes, jail, and prison most of his life. After Charles was paroled his second time in 1967, he began searching for people to control. “While Charles was in San Francisco, he started attracting groups of young drop outs and runaways” (About Charles Manson). “He took advantage of this confusion and injected himself into their lives as a father figure and a lover. Manson called his group the 'family' and they drifted in and out of towns,” Criminal Profiling

When people hear the name Charles Manson, people automatically think of the string of horrible murders this man was involved in during the summer of 1969. Charles Manson is infamous for creating “the Manson Family” and sought to create a war between races with his followers. The book Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi, the main prosecutor in the Manson trial, chronicled the murders carried out by Manson and his followers, the trial following the murders, as well as the psychological diseases that may affect Manson as a person. Manson is responsible for several murders, including that of the pregnant Sharon Tate and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. While Manson never took part in the physical murders, he was

The jury convicted John Gotti on thirteen counts. The counts were things such as the murders of Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti being ordered. He had to stay in his cell for twenty three hours of the day. He also paid the Aryan Brotherhood fifty thousand dollars a year for his protection during his imprisonment. John Gotti was then beat up by an African American inmate named Walter Johnson. Because of what had happened, Gotti offered the Aryan Brotherhood one hundred thousand dollars to kill him and of course the Aryan Brotherhood accepted. After Gotti’s death, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn said that they would not have a Mass for his burial but they could have a

Many years ago, Charles Manson’s brutal murders left behind a legacy of fascination and terror. The case of the Manson murder received endless amounts of publicity and is still spoken of to this day. The Manson murders shocked the nation, and brought the darkness of mid 60s californian life to light. It ended the innocent indulgent peace of Southern California and highlighted political and social unrest. On August 9, 1969, Charles Manson and his clan kill five people (not including the unborn child of Sharon Tate) residing in the home of movie director, Roman Polanski.

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

Charles Manson was one of the most well known murderers that didn 't actually kill anyone, instead he had people do it for him. Helter Skelter or other known as Charles Manson brainwashed people that are part of his “family” into thinking they should kill innocent people just because he told them to.

Would you kill for love or to feel loved by a convict? Well Patricia Krenwinkel did. Patricia should not be granted parole because she knew right from wrong. That night when Manson picked her for the murders she was excited, She knew she was going to kill. "This is a crime children grow up hearing about," said parole commissioner Susan Melanson.(Killer Cult)

All Charles Manson wanted to be was a music sensation and this was his opportunity. One day in 1968, two teenage girls were hitch

The following night, Krenwinkle went on another killing spree, at the request of Manson, where she stabbed Rosemary LaBianca and her husband to death. Krenwinkle showed no remorse, and wrote “death to pigs” in their blood.

Manson and his group of followers who shared his passion for an unconventional lifestyle and habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs, such as LSD and magic mushrooms. There was around 100 people in the family. They began to believe, without question, Manson's claims that he was Jesus and his prophecies of a race war. The first victims fell on August 9, 1969, at Roman Polanski's Beverly Hills home at 10050 Cielo Drive. Manson chose four of his best comrades, Charles Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Linda Kasabian. The victims in the house was, actress Sharon Tates, and her partner Wojciech Frykowski. There was also many more people in the house also. The first victim to go was 18 year old Steven Parent, a friend of Tates. He was shot when he was driving up the driveway back to the house. Kasabian was horrified by the shooting of the boy, and she remained outside to keep watch. When the other three broke into the house, they got everyone else into the living room and tied them up. Manson himself took no part in the actual killings but directed his murderous disciples to the address and instructed them to kill everyone. Jay Sebring was shot and kicked as he tried to defend Ms. Tate. Frykowski and Folger managed to escape from the house but were chased and stabbed to death. Folger saw Frykowski get killed. Folger got away but was

Manson illustrated how he believes all the people he killed were justified kills. People treated him bad therefore he had to get equal. His crazy mind began down a dark path when he was born to a 16-year-old single mother. He went from foster home to foster home until he went to a juvenile reformatory. Charles was sent for having repeated encounters with the law.

Charles Manson is known as the most infamous serial killer in American history. The murders he was responsible for are the subject of endless conjecture regarding his intent, motives, and influences. The mysterious part of his story though is this: how was he able to orchestrate the murder of over fifteen people, but never actually murder anyone himself? How could he possibly manipulate individuals to such an extent? Manson had numerous psychological predispositions that enabled him to achieve such a feat. He had a largely problematic upbringing that was one of the chief contributors to his extensive life of crime. He was in and out of prison and psychiatric facilities his entire life, and his life concluded in one as well. His adolescence

The Elmore family boarded their plane on May 18, 2015 to head to California for their cruise to Mazatlan. Once they arrived to California, Gavan's dad went to go rent a car so they could travel to the boat docks where the cruise is docked. His dad left, leaving his wife, his oldest son, and Gavan behind in the super hot weather. When his dad finally arrived with the car, the Elmore’s hit the open road to the boat docks. They arrived at the docks and gave their luggage to a man who brought it on the boat. Meanwhile the Elmore’s had to wait in a line to get registered for about an hour and half. When they all got to the front they registered and went on the boat.

First, I chose this case because of the reverberation of Charles Manson and his crimes. I first had knowledge of the Charles Manson case after it was referenced in the TV show, Criminal Minds, after a cult killed 7 people.

Berry’s immediate family consists of her mom, dad, sister and brother. Her mom’s name is Cindy and she is 60 years old and the director of a nursing home. She says that her mom is soft spoken and her kindness can be taken as a weakness. Her mom is also a diabetic who takes her health seriously. Berry says that her mom usually doesn’t experience any problems with her diabetes. Berry’s dad is named John and is also 60 years old. He works as a real estate agent. Last year, John was diagnosed with cancer and has been receiving chemo treatment. He is currently doing well but there are days where he isn’t feeling 100%. She says that her parents love each other and love showing affection for each other. She reports that they have been together for