Susan Atkins

The Family consisted mainly of Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel, Charles "Tex" Watson, Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, and Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme. Manson’s motive to begin killing all started when he had told the family “Helter Skelter” was coming, Helter Skelter was

Charles Manson and the Manson Family      “Jails, courtrooms and prisons had been my life since I was twelve years old.” (Emmons and Manson, 21) These are the words of Charles Milles Manson, a convicted serial killer who has never actually murdered a single person in his life. Manson was born “no name Maddox” on November 12, 1934, and has in fact been in prison for more than half of his life. (28) It was 1967, after Manson had just been released from the Federal Penitentiary at Terminal Island

“Charles Manson was an illegitimate, unplanned child, born to a 16-year-old mother. His mother was irresponsible, into drugs and criminal activity, and unable to care for a child. She reportedly sold him when he was a young child for a pitcher of beer” (Henderson). Sounds like an amazing childhood, right. Wrong. Charles Manson was bounced around from house to house, and because of that, his childhood was not that great. Because of his nerve wrecking childhood, Manson was bound to be a criminal. As

The name of Charles Manson When you hear the name Charles Manson, you think of one the wickedest man to ever walk the face of the earth. His name is well known in the hearts of America; not in a positive way. More in a heartbreaking and terrified way. Manson’s childhood, his behavior, his ability to control and manipulate people the way he did is something no one could understand. He organized a cult like family and constructed them to do brutal things to several people. Here is one question for

killers that swarmed California in the late 60s. This is no ordinary family. This family is lead by the notorious cult leader and manipulator mastermind Charles Manson. With his followers: Charles “Tex” Watson, Bobby Beausoleil, Mary Brunner, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, Patricia Krenwinkel, Bernard Crowe, Leslie Van Houten, and Steve Grogan. This family would brutally kill innocent people they brought a reign of terror to California. (Crimemuseum) Born November 12th, 1934 Charles Manson would

Manson In the summer of August, 1969, free love reigned and cries of protest against the Vietnam War could be heard throughout the streets of America. It seemed to most that this era, filled with the ideals of hippies and psychedelic media, would never end. However, the era seemed to come to an abrupt halt on the night of August 9th, when five innocent people were horribly slain, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate. These murders would be followed by another set, the following night. This time

On the morning of August 9, 1969, three LAPD officers arrived at 10050 Cielo Drive (Bugliosi 7). The scene that awaited them was horrendous. In the driveway, in a parked car, the body of Steven Parent was found. He was shot four times and stabbed once. Laying about eighteen or twenty feet past the front door of the house, Voytek Frykowski had been shot twice, beaten over the head with a blunt object thirteen times, and stabbed fifty-one times. Also discovered on the lawn was coffee heiress Abigail

Charles Manson “Helter Skelter” Criminology Professor Charles Manson “Helter Skelter” Charles Manson long and crazy life started at birth, and has not ceased since. He is still today one of the biggest icons in the murder mix, as being a serial killer. He is a man with many different powers and ways to draw people in. His long, hard, and crazy life all started with his mother, Kathleen “Kathy” Maddox. She was the youngest of three children born to Nancy and Charles Maddox, she

committed to Charlie and felt they should tell the police all that they knew and heard from the so-called Family members. Based on the testimony of ex-Family members and people who had been acquainted with the Family, Charles Manson, Charles Watson, Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel were all indicted on seven counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder for the Tate-LaBianca slayings, while Leslie Van Houten was indicted on two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy

Susan Atkins was born on May 7, 1948 in California. She had a really difficult childhood. She has two brothers, one older and one younger. She was very self-conscious and quiet. She always felt unloved by her parents because they favored her brothers more. Allegedly, Susan was molested by her older brother, his friends, her father’s friends, and friends of the family. She grew up in a middle class neighborhood. She was in her school’s glee club and church choir. Growing up, both of her parents were