Charles Manson Philosophy

Tara Cambra
Sara Shier English 650
8 November 2016
Charles Manson
Charles Manson was brought into this world by a fifth teen year old girl with a drug and alcohol addiction. Kathleen Maddox, Manson’s mother, spent most of Manson’s childhood in jail for auto theft. Maddox made a living by selling her body she left Manson behind, for she wanted nothing to do with him. Manson spent his childhood with his aunt and uncle in West Virginia, yet he spent a good portion of those years instationalized for various crimes he committed.
Upon Manson’s release from prison, in(what year) , he moved to San Fransisco, where he hoped to pursue a career in music. Manson was in love with music he believed he could become a professional musician. He wrote several
Manson would take various parts of religions and combine them to make his own philosophy. Manson believed so much into his own philosophy that when the Beatles released their song “Helter Skelter” he predicted an upcoming race war. Manson believe the blacks were going to slaughter all the white people. Manson promised his followers they would be saved because they would hide under ground. When the blacks did not take an act on Manson’s “Helter Sketler” fantasy, Manson told his followers they would have to show the blacks how to start the race war. This is when Manson ordered four of his followers to a murder on 10050 Cielo Drive In Los
The followers used a fork to carve the word “war” into the belly of Leno. The family left the fork inside the dead body.
Manson and Tex also had scammed Bernard Crowe to get money for Manson and the family. Crowe did not take this lightly so he threatened Manson. Manson shot Crowe, but he did not die. Manson believed Crowe was part of the Black Panthers. Out Manson and his family fear retaliation from Crowe and moved to Death Valley from the Spahn Ranch.
Apart from running away to death Valley Manson and his family could not avoid the trouble for the recent murders. Manson and the family were arrested for suspicion of vandalism on the Death valley Park, not murder. The police did not know they had murders in custody until Susan Atkins confessed. Atkins confessed to all crimes while Manson tried manipulating it into being a racial war issue.
During trial Manson and Van Houten shared an attorney, Hughes, but Hughes decided to drop Manson in order to help defend Van Houten. Hughes Believed he could use the defense that Van Houtem was under the influence of Manson. Hughes went missing after taking a camping trip, his body was found decomposed several months later. Hughes murder was believed to be victim retaliation, by Manson’s followers, for betraying their