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Charles Manson
Charles Manson was birthed by a 16 year old alcoholic, prostitute. Manson’s last name changed when his mother Kathleen married William Manson. Charles mother would always be drinking too much and spent a lot of time in jail. In 1939, his mother went to prison for armed robbery. Due to her always going to jail and prison, Manson moved in with his grandma and uncle. His grandma would subject him to the fanatic religious morals. His mother tried to send him to a foster home because she chose her boyfriend over her own son. She rejected him.

Manson was placed in several boys’ schools. He claimed he was repeatedly rape and he soon escaped. In 1951, when he was eighteen, Manson sodomizes a boy while holding a razor to his throat. He was sent to Federal Reformatory at Petersburg, Virginia.

In 1955, he married Rosalie Willis and had a son together named Charles Manson Jr. In April 1956, he was again sent to prison for a three years for auto theft and violating of his 1955 probation. Manson was released in 1958 and divorced Rosalie.

In 1958, he was released once again, but he began pimping and stealing. Married again to Leona, and fathered second son. He was again arrested on June 1, 1960. He was charged for white slavery and of forging a U.S. Treasury check. He was sent to McNeil Island Penitentiary. While in jail he met Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. His new friend taught him how to play the guitar. Manson was very skilled in playing the guitar and writing his own songs. Once he got out of prison he wanted to become famous with his talent. His second wife than again divorced him. He also learned and studied scientology while in prison.

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Charles Manson was still hoping for a music career. He hung out with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys did record on of Manson’s songs, which was called, “Never Learn Not to Love”. Manson believed Terry Melcher was going to improve his music career but it was not accomplished, Manson was

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