Timothy Ha
Gosling
True Stories: Infamous Criminal Project
Welcome to the Charles Manson Blog
On this blog I will analyze the Manson Family murders and why Charles Manson is guilty for them – even though he didn’t kill anyone.
Charles Manson
Feb, 24, 2020
Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to a mother that was only 16 years old and no father to raise him. Manson would have a rebellious early life, serving time for crimes that would total up to approximately 17 years by the time he was 32. He would then move out to San Francisco when he got out in 1967 and then form a group which is now known as the “Manson Family.” Manson’s early life of crime and the consequence of living half his life in jail, may have led him to go down a path in which he would become one of the most infamous criminals of the 20th century.
Manson also had a few connections to songwriting in which he was inspired by the Beatles song, “Helter Skelter,” in which he would use to try to insinuate a race war. He tried to start the race war by murdering celebrities and pinning it on African Americans. It was also said he wanted to kill the celebrities as a way to get back for his own personal music career for not taking off. He would later claim, “You’re stealing my music everyday, you’re writing my songs, you’re playing my game.”
The Manson Family and the Murders
Feb, 25, 2020
“The Manson Family” is the name given to the group of Manson’s followers which consisted mainly of girls that would use drugs with him and literally follow him around. The girls would later claim however that Manson was brain washing them with hallucinogenic drugs to do whatever he wanted them to do. They would do mirroring exercises with their palms and faces so that he was the focal point at all times. This would all be used in the trial as brainwashing or hypnotism to which he took advantage of these women.
August 9th, 1969, Cielo Drive. Pregnant actress Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, and Steven Parent are all murdered by Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Charles “Tex” Watson. The murderers were all apart of Manson’s Family. Leslie Van Houten would murder in a different case, but was also part of the family.
A later account by Patricia was that Charles had woken her up and told to “Do whatever Tex tells you to do.” She also claims that Leslie didn’t want to murder Mrs. LaBianca, another victim, but Tex forced her to kill her.
Susan Atkins would later be quoted “The more you kill, the better you like it.” This quote would later ignite the trial against the family as well as Charles Manson.
Trial and Aftermath
Feb, 26, 2020
In the trial, Manson was convicted on seven counts of murder and one count of conspiracy to murder- which means he is given the same punishment for the crime committed. Manson claims he was innocent the whole time even claiming he, “Never broke nobody’s will, I never told anybody to do anything other than what they wanted to do.”
But the girls tell a different story. They claim that there wasn’t a single thing allowed to be done without his expressed permission. One even takes offense that he, “Doesn’t own up to his share.”
The defendant claims he never explicitly commanded them to do anything, but the family has something else to say. They claim he didn’t need to give an explicit command because Manson had brainwashed Tex to do his bidding.
This however was backed up by Manson’s portrayal of himself in court. He carved a “X” into his forehead, talk about nonsense, and have random staring matches this the jury or even the people in the people in the public seating. This would be the driving point that the crazy man had at least something to do with the murders and deemed untrustworthy.
Though many don’t believe the brainwashing, most people believe that he certainly was involved with the murders in some way. All that’s needed to make him guilty, was just one order, and he definitely has one too many people claiming that he, the leader of the Manson Family, was the guy to call those shots.
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