Charles manson

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Charles manson
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Biography

• Born November 12, 1934 (age 73) Cincinnati,
  Ohio, United States.
• Charges Murder and conspiracy.
• Penalty Death, reduced by abolition of death
  penalty to life in prison.
• Status Ineligible for parole until 2012.

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Biography (Cont.)

• Parents Kathleen Maddox, Colonel Scott (father),
  William Manson (stepfather)
• Children Charles Milles Manson, Jr. (mother
  Rosalie Jean Willis), Charles Luther Manson
  (mother Leona), Valentine Michael "Pooh Bear"
  Manson (mother Mary Brunner)

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Terry Melcher

• A Famous record producer.
• Son of Dorris Day.
• Producer of the Beach Boys.
• Told Manson No to recording him.

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Sharon Tate

• Rents out Terry Melchers house.
• Married Roman Polanski.
• Hollywood Actress.
• 8 ½ months pregnant.
• Murdered by the Manson Family.

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Nixon Involvement

• Nixon almost caused a mistrial in the Manson
  case.
• Declared Manson guilty before the virdict.

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Who Is Roman Polanski

• Roman Polanski is a Hollywood producer who is
  also the husband of Sharon Tate who was murdered
  along with her unborn child by Charles Tex
  Watson and Susan Atkins

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What Happened At the murders

• Shortly after midnight on August 9th, 1969
• Charles Watson shot Steven Parent 4 times
• Watson went on to shoot Hollywood hairstylist Jay
  Sebring and stabbed him Seven times
• Watson and Atkins then stabbed Sharon

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The Beatles influence on Manson.

• Manson believed that The Beatles spoke to him
  through their lyrics.
• One album in particular was The Beatles White
  Album.
• Several songs from the White Album crystallized
  Manson's thinking about a coming revolt by blacks
  against the white Establishment.

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Blackbird

• Blackbird singing in the dead of night/ Take
  these broken wings and learn to fly/ All your
  life/ You were only waiting for this moment to
  arise.
• Beatles were urging black people to arise and
  revolt against the white establishment.

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Piggies

• Have you seen the little piggies/ Crawling in the
  dirt/ And for all those little piggies/ Life is
  getting worse/ Always having dirt to play around
  in. Have you seen the bigger piggies/ In their
  starched white shirts/ You will find the bigger
  piggies/ Stirring up the dirt/ Always have clean
  shirts to play around in.
• In their styes with all their backing/ They
  don't care what goes on around/ In their eyes
  there's something lacking/ What they need's a
  damn good whacking.
• Everywhere there's lots of piggies/ Living piggy
  lives/ You can see them out for dinner/ With
  their piggy wives/ Clutching forks and knives to
  eat their bacon.
• Manson interpreted "piggies" to mean members of
  the Establishment. He saw the song as telling him
  that the Establishment needed "a damn good
  whacking."  Manson frequently quoted the line
  referring to the need for a "whacking."

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Helter Skelter

• When I get to the bottom I go back to the top of
  the slide/ Where I stop and I turn and I go for a
  ride/ Till I get to the bottom and I see you
  again. Do you, don't you want me to love you/ I'm
  coming down fast but I'm miles above you/ Tell me
  tell me tell me come on tell me the answer/ You
  may be a lover but you ain't no dancer./ Helter
  skelter helter skelter/ Helter skelter.
• Will you, won't you want me to make you/ I'm
  coming down fast but don't let me break you/ Tell
  me tell me tell me the answer/ You may be a lover
  but you ain't no dancer./ Look out helter skelter
  helter skelter/ Helter skelter.
• Look out, cause here she comes./ When I get to
  the bottom I go back to the top of the slide/ And
  I stop and I turn and I go for a ride/ And I get
  to the bottom and I see you again./ Well do you,
  don't you want me to make you/ I'm coming down
  fast but don't let me break you/ Tell me tell me
  tell me the  answer/ You may be a lover but you
  ain't no dancer./ Look out helter skelter helter
  skelter/ Helter skelter/ Look out helter skelter/
  She's coming down fast/  Yes she is/ Yes she is.
• According to former Family member Brooks Poston,
  Manson told the group on New Year's Eve 1968
  "Are you hep to what the Beatles are saying? 
  Helter Skelter is coming down.  The Beatles are
  telling it like it is." 

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Dennis Wilson

• Drummer for the Beach Boys.
• Charles Manson had briefly become Dennis Wilson's
  protégé before the murders.
• Claims to have understood why Manson killed the
  people.

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The Family
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The Family

• Charles Manson
• Charles Tex Wilson
• Susan Sadie Atkins
• Patricia Katie Krenwinkle
• Linda Kasabian
• Lynette Squeaky Fromme

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Sadie Atkins

• Susan Denise Atkins born May 7th, 1948
• convicted murderer who has been imprisoned in the
  State of California for her participation, along
  with Charles Manson and other members of their
  "family", in a series of murders often called the
  "Manson murders", among which the most notorious
  are the "Tate/LaBianca" murders.

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Tex Watson

• Charles "Tex" Watson born December 2, 1945 in
  Dallas, Texas. An American murderer and former
  member of Charles Manson's "Family". He was
  convicted of the murders of actress Sharon Tate,
  Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech
  Frykowski, and Jay Sebring that took place in the
  early morning hours of August 9, 1969, at the
  Tate residence at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict
  Canyon, and also of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at
  the LaBianca residence in the Los Feliz
  neighborhood of Los Angeles the following night.
  Watson's accomplices in the murders were Susan
  Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia
  Krenwinkel. Watson himself personally inflicted
  many of the wounds to the victims.