American Cult Leader: Charles Manson

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American cult leader, Charles Manson is linked to 35 murders of Sharon Tate and other famous Hollywood residents. He grew up with a family who didn’t want him, so he lived on the streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1955, he married a 17-year-old and soon had a baby. His wife left him and he had another baby with a different woman while he was on probation. He was released in 1967 and learned to read music and play the guitar. Manson was influenced by drugs and music and found a group of people called “The Family”, who were interested in the same things he was. Charles Manson hired his most reliable “Family” members to carry out his murder plan. Manson was rejected in showbiz and that’s why he chose Roman Polanski’s Beverly Hills home. There were

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