Unemployed ex-convict Charles Milles Manson, a musician and son of a prostitute, gathered a group of middle-class followers in 1967 California's flower power era. Institutionalized from extensive prison time, Manson became a leader who needed followers. He sent his "Manson Family" to carry out his hatred of society, aiming to ignite a race war between whites and blacks. The group's brutal actions in 1969, including the infamous murders with blood-splattered slogans, forever linked Charles Manson's name with evil.
Born to Kill?
Charles Manson, a charismatic ex-con, orchestrated a brutal attack in 1967, sending his followers to murder seven people in a bid to spark a racial conflict.
