Pinterest 1) “His (Manson) so-called ‘‘power”,only lies in his happiness. The murders were allegedly committed to convince police that the killer(s) of Gary Hinman were in fact still at large. He believed the Beatles were speaking prophetically, through the White Album, to him directly.Ī third theory regarding the murders is that it was in response to a Family member Bobby Beausoleil getting arrested for the torture and murder of Gary Hinman. Manson took this name from the Beatles song, off the White Album. The Family gruesomely murdered Tate, the property’s caretaker Steven Parent, a famous hairstylist Jay Sebring, a screenwriter Wojciech Frykowski, and the heiress to the Folger coffee fortune, Abigail Folger.Ī second theory is Manson believed these murders would be a catalyst to the impending apocalyptic race war, Helter Skelter. One theory is that these murders were a misplaced act of revenge on Terry Melcher.Īt the time, Melcher had rented his home to Roman Polanski and his wife Tate. Melcher had previously backtracked on an agreement to record a record for Manson. The owner of the house was music producer, Terry Melcher. On August 9, 1969, Manson directed Tex Watson to take Susan Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krewinkel and go to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles and kill everybody. Manson’s Family committed a series of nine murders, most notably the murder of the 8 month pregnant, Sharon Tate. He started using the alias, Charles Willis Manson, and would say his name slowly “Charles Will Is Man’s Son.” He taught his devotees that they were the reincarnation of the original Christians, implying that he was the Christ. Soon, he had developed a group of followers, mostly female. Manson established himself as a form of guru in San Fransisco’s Haight-Ashbury, at the high of the hippie movement in 1967. Charles Manson, born Charles Milles Maddox, is a former cult leader which became known as the Manson Family in the late 1960s.
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