Charles Milles Manson, often referred to as Helter Skelter.
We know him as the man who was the leader of an American cult.
This cult has approximately 100 followers and it was famously known as The Manson Family.
Charles Manson has been in prison 46 years, and he was even given the death penalty.
Once when Charles Manson was just 9 yrs old he lit his school on fire.
Things are about to get really crazy so sit back and get ready for this.
This is the prison life of Charles Manson.
Charles Manson has become one of the most notorious, distinguished, well- known criminals
in history.
Charles Manson is one of the biggest names in criminal history.
The life he lived is absolutely insane so lets start from the beginning.
Charles Milles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 and he was an American criminal,
cult leader and a singer- songwriter.
Is this real life right now.
Is it just me or did Charles Manson have an amazing voice.
Instead of being a criminal he could have went into the life of fame and fortune.
Instead he just got the life of fame, and imprisonment.
That song was titled My World and he wrote it and recorded it back in 1967.
Manson could have signed to a record label and history would have been altered.
Also Manson had connections with Dennis Wilson.
Now this was a huge deal because Dennis Wilson ended up creating The Beach Boys.
Instead of being called the Beach Boys Manson is now being called Helter Skelter which is
a term he took from the Beatles song of the same name.
Manson thought that the Beatles made a song about him.
Also the Beach Boys did record one of his songs titled Cease to Exist.
They changed the name to Never Learn Not to Love and it was released as a single back
in 1968 without crediting Manson.
Here is a small sample of the song Cease to Exit sang by Charles Manson.
IN 1974 Charles Manson stated his religion was Scientology.
He often studied this while incarcerated.
Charles Manson lived in California and his cult was responsible for killing 9 people
in 4 different locations.
This took place between 1969 just 2 years after he sang My World.
In 1971 Manson was convicted of first- degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for
the deaths of 7 people.
All of the members of the cult was apparently ordered by Manson himself to commit the crime.
He was also convicted of first degree murder for 2 other deaths.
Charles Manson is a very intelligent guy who often uses comedy to defend himself.
Some people say he is intelligent while others think hes mentally unfit.
Charles Manson has also maintained his innocence.
He always pleaded not guilty and that’s what really kept him in prison for a very
long time.
If he took some sort of plea deal there might have been a point in time where we witnessed
Charles Manson free but instead he spent 46 years behind bars.
As decades went on he was always asked the same question.
Did you do it?
Do we have an innocent person in prison?
We know there are many people who are in prison for crimes they have not committed is Charles
Manson one of them?
That is a hugely debated question.
During Manson conviction he was originally sentenced to death but his sentence was commuted
to life with the possibility of parole after California’s invalidated the states death
penalty statute in 1972.
This came just 1 year after the conviction.
Manson is very lucky that the death penalty takes a long time to carry out.
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Manson avoided the death penalty but he wasn’t able to get paroled from prison.
He spend almost 5 decades behind bars.
Manson’s criminal career actually started at a very young age.
Manson was just 17 yrs old back in 1951.
He was deemed insane and on a pshychiatrist recommendation Manson was transferred to Natural
Bridge honor camp which is a minimum security institution.
Manson was able to go home to his aunts house so he could help him out, and help him find
work.
But soon after Manson was caught raping a boy at knifepoint.
He was put in jail again.
During this time he committed a further 8 serious disciplinary offences, three involving
homosexual acts.
Because of these behaviors Manson was transferred into a maximum security reformatory located
in Ohio.
He was expected to remain in prison and released on his 21st birthday which was in November
1955.
Good behavior for Manson during this time actually led him to an early release.
Staying out of prison did not last long at all.
In 1959 Manson pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to cash a forged US Treasury
check which he claimed to have stolen from a mailbox.
That charge was actually dropped but he received a 10 yr suspended sentence and probation for
another crime for forcing a 16 yr old girl to prostitute.
By 1967 at the age of 33 yrs old Manson spent more than half his life in prisons and other
institutions.
Age 34 years old Manson dedicated his time to create
his cult.
Charles Manson may not have killed anyone with his bare hands but it is believed that
he told people to kill and those actions were carried out.
The Manson Family were responsible for many times like assaults, thefts, and there were
reports of an attempted assassination of the unitied states president at the time
President Gerald Ford.
So the first attempt on the Presidents life was a member of the Manson Family and the
second attempt was from another woman named Sara Jane Moore who was in prison for 32 yrs.
Well shes out now and has become famous.
Charles Manson started to become a house hold name in the 80s.
He gave 4 interviews to mainstream media.
The first one was recorded at California Medicial Facility and it air in 1981.
It appeared on The Tomorrow Show by Tom Snyder
on NBC.
Charles Manson is very influential and something about him allows himself to get people to
do what he want.
Manson doesn’t know life outside of prison.
He even once said that it’s a good idea for him to stay in prison because what he
has done in the past he is willing to do it again and he would even do it better.
In 1984 an inmate Jan Holmstrom poured paint thinner on Manson and set his body on fire
so Manson actually has burns all over his over.
It covers about 20 percent of his body which is significant.
Because of this Manson was often kept in isolation and moved around.
1989 he was housed at San Quentin State Prison.
This prison is known for its toughness.
Charles Manson was often clever with his responses.
Often times he would just ask the question back so that was an interview at the San Quentin
Prison.
Even in prison it seemed like he still had connections to the outside world and had followers
inside of his prison.
In 2009 Manson was caught with a cell phone and he had contacted people in California,
new Jersey, Florida and British Columbia so he might have also had ties with Canada.
Later in life Manson decided to have a Nazi Swastika on his forehead.
This became very controversial.
Mansons prison life story came to an end.
He has been denied Parole many many times.
He was given 12 parole hearings and at his 12th one he realized he just won’t be released
from prison.
The panel at his hearing always noted that Manson had a history of controlling behavior,
and mental health issues including schizophrenia, and paranoid delusional disorder which posed
a great danger to himself and society.
On November 19th 2017 just a few years back when he was 83 yrs old.
The beginning on 2017 so in January Manson was suffering from Gastrointestinal Bleeding
at California state prison he was rushed to Mercy Hospital.
Manson needed surgery but doctors considered him to weak for surgery so he just returned
back to prison.
Whatever treatment he had received was not disclosed so maybe he didn’t receive anything
and I am sure there are conspiracy theories out there saying that doctors probably didn’t
want to help save this mans life and he might be better dead.
I doubt that’s what happened.
Well on November Manson had a heart attack and passed away.
He might have died but his legacy, his life story, his cultural impact will always live
on.
Manson left everything to his son Matthew Roberts.
It must be so crazy knowing your father is Charles Manson.
Well there you guys have it.
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