Charles Manson and the Manson Family

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The Manson Family. The Manson Family was a cult in the late 60s. The cult was lead by Charles Manson, and was responsible for nine murders. The cult was called a 'destructive doomsday cult', and at one point had around one hundred members. The Family gathered at Spahn Ranch, which is around 30 miles out of Los Angeles. The family referred to Manson as both 'God' and 'Satan', and he claimed to be a reincarnation of Jesus Christ. Charles Manson had many absurd beliefs, and he had a way of persuading other people to believe and follow him. Charles Manson was born in 1934 to a single mother, and never knew his father. His mother spent time in jail, she was an excessive drinker, and she often abandoned a young Manson to go out. He was soon placed in public institutions, and beginning at the age of nine, he was caught up in many petty crimes and sent to boys reformatories. Manson was said to do good work at school, but only when he could see there was something in it for him. He showed many sociopathic tendancies as a young child an teen, and a psychiatrist said he would one day become a "fairly slick institutionalised youth". Later in his life, Manson was found to have raped another boy whilst holding a razor to his throat, he spent a good part of the 50s and 60s in prisons. When Charles Manson was released from prison the last time, in '67, he said "Oh, no, I can't go outside... I couldn't adjust to that world." Music played an important role in Manson's life. Before forming the cult, he was trying to create a career in music for himself. He tried for a career, and met somebody he thought would help him further it, but when nothing came from it, he was mad. Charles Manson had a very domineering personality, and when he wanted something he didn't tend to stop until he had it. Manson was narcissistic and very selfish, and he would only do things if he thought he'd

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