or a series of murders, or a siege in a compound. In fact, according to Turner, the Family is “still alive and well” today and have never considered themselves acult— always referring to themselves as a “family.” But
Shea began to complain about Manson and the family to George Spahn. He knew that the group would one day be trouble and he wanted them to move off the ranch. But Spahn was enjoying the attention of Manson's "girls" who Charlie had ordered to take care of the elderly man's needs. Th...
"Is she an animal? I think she was then, and I fear that she still is," Debra Tate told ABC News of Manson Family member's release Manson Family Parolee By Daniel Kreps Former Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Released From Prison ...
In July 1969, Manson ordered the Family to carry out the murder of an acquaintance, Gary Hinman, who Manson claimed in later interviews owed him money. The family members wrote "Political piggy" on the wall in Hinman's blood and a panther paw, seemingly to blame the murder on the Black...
(Nelson had no such problem with Manson Family member Susan Atkins, aka Sexy Sadie, with whom he exchanged friendly letters. Nelson visited Atkins in prison a few times and declared her to be “a very attractive mature forty-three-year-old women [sic] and still quite sexy.”) In 1990,...
Manson believes the producers of his early albums didn't really get his sound. WhilePortrait of an American Familywas executive produced by Reznor, it was initially produced by Roli Mosimann, whom Manson claims wrecked the album and tried to add a pop sheen. ...
even certain. It's rumored that Manson had a child with Mary Brunner, the first member of the Manson family, and given the amount of unprotected sex going on when the "family" was together, it's entirely plausible that there are other Manson children alive in the world [source:Marquez]....
And throughout, the fascination with Manson—his absurd yet fascinatingly detailed philosophy, his hold over his "Family," the terrifying magnetism that turned him into, asRolling Stonecalled him when the magazine put him on the cover in 1970, "the most dangerous man alive"—never abated....
If so, he learned his lessons well, because even while in jail, Manson was able to inspire members of his so-called “family” to make twoassassination attemptson then President Gerald Ford. Manson continues to have a cult following, and his life has led to an opera and a musical called...
Most of his disciples, known collectively as the “family,” have renounced him. But he still has a kind of following. The Manson groupies of today aren’t dancing in the nude around a bonfire at Spahn Ranch—and most would insist their identification with Manson is ironic—but the man’...