Charles MansonEssay Preview: Charles MansonReport this essayCharles Manson has been named “the most dangerous man alive.” Society referred to him as the devil. They believed he was the reason society was so bad in the 1960s. The 1950s to the 1960s was uncontrollably filled with violence. Our culture was shattered by the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Senator Robert F. Kennedy. At the same time, body bags from Vietnam were building up from a war that was tearing our nation apart. Riots and antiwar protesters marched across America. Many people worried that the US was getting out of control. “The Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, 1969” wrote Didon in The White Album. On August 8,1969, director Roman Polaskis housekeeper found five bodies, slashed and bloody. Manson was the metaphor of evil! To many, Charles Manson symbolized the end of civilized society and the dawn of a new age of terror. (Lagarde)
|Posted: September 28, 2004 5:18:12 AM
What a beautiful way to spend a Sunday:
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I wonder about a black man who’s wearing this. And it’s just awesome.
[Posted: September 28, 2004 5:26:00 AM
Oh, this is going to make me feel better about my feelings.
I guess if I was still here this morning, I’d know.
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I hope they get back to me.
[Posted: September 28, 2004 5:39:14 AM
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[Update: There was a brief bit of silence as this whole thing took place. It was at 8:01 AM (5:34 AM Eastern Standard Time) when it started and it was taken all the way back to 10:59. It was also the time of the most interesting night. I guess we’re just not ready to let this be seen as a true time in history. Perhaps its a bit of an exaggeration. And let me guess that’s the second part of your plan: we just have to give it some attention and to start from an odd vantage in the back seat with each passing day. After all, we’re just two hours from home. Maybe you can give it another look while I’m going down. The reason why I’m putting this above your regular Saturday morning, isn’t because my work schedule means I’ve already slept for another 20 hours (though it might still look okay when I’m sleeping if you can’t wait for it). Not because I’ve been able to get out of bed on the way back from work – that’s more just a coincidence, after all. The reason is simple. We just have to give this a try, and get to know each other again, and in the interim, maybe a little more.
[Update: This morning, some people from The Daily Beast shared this on Twitter. Their story isn’t all that interesting. Please don’t write me that way, because it’s a fake one I can’t write.)]
What are you doing? A.S.? W.H.? A.B.? A.? W.? B.? [Update: A few commenters here have now posted to see if they believe this: a.k.a., “The Daily Beast.” I’ve tried to get an answer from them — and have gotten almost no answer from The DailyBeast. There’s really no telling what’s coming from you, but you’re one of the few who seems to be following it, and it sounds like they have some very good info. As your other two sources are pointing out, both The Daily Beast and The Daily Beast have some very good info on the Manson murders/heres how it was accomplished, and I’ll let people know about it later.
But back to the question I have with this one: how did you decide that this was necessary? I’ve always figured that it was necessary because I had to write in as the editor of this piece, and to write about a murder. When I didn’t respond to my requests, I thought it’d best to just finish it off, which it was. After I had done this for a while, I decided I wanted to work on it myself. Maybe a month or two after I began to work, the last person who had the audacity to post on this blog would have to do it again. And I think it would be very helpful to make it as clear as possible. I just wanted to make sure that everyone would have a clear understanding of what was taking place
On November 12, 1934, Charles Milles Manson was brought into this world by Kathleen Maddox and Colonal Scott. At the time Kathleen was a 16 year old troublemaker. Charlie never knew his father and never really had a “father figure.” His mother was the kind that children are taken away from and put in foster homes. Kathleen had the habit of disappearing for days and weeks at a time, leaving Charlie with his grandmother or aunt. Kathleen Maddox was sentenced to a penitentiary for armed robbery, Charlie was sent to live with his aunt and uncle; who were going to try to straighten him out. When Kathleen was released from jail she didnt want Charlie as her responsibility, preferring her life of drinking. At this point in time she was willing to trade Charlie for a glass of beer. Charlie was adapted to a life of violence and loneliness. He kept to himself and didnt have any friends. Charlie was an observer, he never got involved or talked to people. Soon Charlie was following in his mothers foot steps. He began stealing and causing trouble. By age nine he was sent to a reform school. In less than a year he ran away from his school. He tried to run to his mother but she wanted nothing to do with him. Charlie was in and out of reform schools, jails, and institutions. By 1958, Charles Manson was released on parole only to cause more chaos. (Newsweek,55)
On the streets Manson chose pimping as his career. In 1959 he was arrested once again on two federal charges. This time Manson did not receive jail time, giving thanks to a young women pretending to be pregnant with his child. At the age of twenty-six Charles Manson was sent to the US penitentiary. By 1959 Charles had been committed of rape, drug use, pimping, stealing, and fraud. Manson was emotionally insecure and was lacking attention.
Manson had obsessions with music; the Beatles and his guitar. He hoped that in his future he would be employed in the music business. (UMKC) On March 21,1967, Charles was released from prison for the second time. The 32 year old went to San Francisco. Charles Manson protested his freedom, “Oh no, I cant go outside there…” “I know I wont be able to adjust to the world, not after I spent all of my life locked up and my mind was free. I am content to stay in the penitentiary, just to take my walks around the yard in the sunshine and play my guitar.” The prison guards ignored Manson and unleashed the evil man into society once again.
For Charles Manson, religion was a strong force that he used to manipulate the minds of his followers. When Charles was 34 he decided he wanted a family. Charles started to attract a group of followers, many of whom were young women with troubled lives, rebelling against their parents and society. All of Charlies followers were weak willed people who were naпve, gullible, and easy to lead. Manson used LSD and amphetamines to alter his followers personalities. (Manson) Mansons “family” referred to Charles as “God” or “Jesus Christ.” The family traveled around California trying to find a place to join together and live. In the spring of 1968, the “family” moved in with a music teacher, Gary Hinman. Eventually Hinman became very uncomfortable with Manson and his girls and told them to move out. Manson then found George Spahn and conned the old man into letting the him and his followers live on the ranch. The Manson “family” was surviving off of stealing and scavenging. Manson made sure that the girls did what he wanted them to. They listened to and looked up to Manson. They took drugs he took if he told them to. They would satisfy his sexual needs one after the other if he told them to. When Charlie carved a black X on his forehead his “family” did too. (Singer,55)
The ninth chapter of Revelation was the Mansons family guide. Manson believed that in many ways he was following the bible. Charles was “god” and his “family” was his followers. His family believed that the “four angels” referred to in the Revelations, was the popular band, the Beatles. Manson viewed the Beatles as prophets who were placed on Earth to warn of an upcoming revolution. Manson believed that the Beatles were talking to him through their music. (Missouri)
Charlie came up with a philosophy; something he dreamed up to impress his followers. The focus of his philosophy was a kind of Armageddon. Charlie preached that someday the black men were going to rise up to power and start killing all of the whites, and turn the cities in to an inferno of racial revenge. In Charlies eyes the colored man could win this war. Charlie figured that the blacks wouldnt be able to hold on to this power because of natural inferiority. In 1968, Charlie forecasted a racial war. The Beatles released their White Album, which had the song “Helter Skelter.” The lyrics fit Charlies theory of war: “look out helter skelter, helter skelter, helter skelter. Shes coming down fast, yes she is, yes she is.” The Armageddon now had a name. It was “Helter Skelter.” According to Charlie his family would survive this racial holocaust because they would be hiding in the desert safe from the chaos of the city. He pulled from the book of Revelations, the concept of a “bottomless pit,” the entrance of which was a cave underneath Death Valley that led down to a city of gold. This is where Charlie and his family planned on waiting out this war. Charlies concept was that when the war was over the Manson “family” would be one of the only white families left. Then, the Manson “family” would rule the world, because the blacks could not handle it. (Buglioso,321) Because the Armageddon never came, Manson felt like he should take it into his own hands. During the summer of 1969 Charles made a few members of his