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Manson: Helter Skelter, CIA, & "Project Chaos" - [09:54]
Michael Stroup
Published on Jun 24, 2015
Charles Milles Manson (born Charles Milles Maddox, November 12, 1934)
is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family,
a quasi-commune that arose in the California desert in the late 1960s.
In 1971 he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven
people: actress Sharon Tate and four other people at Tate's home; and
the next day, a married couple, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca; all carried
out by members of the group at his instruction. He was convicted of the
murders through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member
of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in
furtherance of the conspiracy's objective.[1][2] His followers also
murdered several other people at other times and locations, and Manson
was also convicted for two of these other murders (of Gary Hinman and Donald
"Shorty" Shea).
Manson believed in what he called "Helter Skelter", a term he took from the
song of the same name by the Beatles. Manson believed Helter Skelter to be an
impending apocalyptic race war, which he described in his own version of the
lyrics to the Beatles' song. He believed the murders would help precipitate
that war. From the beginning of his notoriety, a pop culture arose around him
in which he ultimately became an emblem of insanity, violence and the macabre.
The term "helter skelter" was later used by Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi
as the title of a book that he wrote about the Manson murders.
At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed former convict,
who had spent half of his life in correctional institutions for a variety of
offenses. Before the murders, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the
Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis
Wilson, a founding member and the drummer of the Beach Boys. After Manson was
charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs
written and performed by him were released commercially. Various musicians,
including Guns N' Roses, White Zombie and Marilyn Manson, have covered some
of his songs.
Manson's death sentence was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when a
1972 decision by the Supreme Court of California temporarily eliminated the
state's death penalty.[3] California's eventual reinstatement of capital punishment
did not affect Manson, who is currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison.
Michael Stroup
Published on Jun 24, 2015
Charles Milles Manson (born Charles Milles Maddox, November 12, 1934)
is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family,
a quasi-commune that arose in the California desert in the late 1960s.
In 1971 he was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the murders of seven
people: actress Sharon Tate and four other people at Tate's home; and
the next day, a married couple, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca; all carried
out by members of the group at his instruction. He was convicted of the
murders through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member
of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in
furtherance of the conspiracy's objective.[1][2] His followers also
murdered several other people at other times and locations, and Manson
was also convicted for two of these other murders (of Gary Hinman and Donald
"Shorty" Shea).
Manson believed in what he called "Helter Skelter", a term he took from the
song of the same name by the Beatles. Manson believed Helter Skelter to be an
impending apocalyptic race war, which he described in his own version of the
lyrics to the Beatles' song. He believed the murders would help precipitate
that war. From the beginning of his notoriety, a pop culture arose around him
in which he ultimately became an emblem of insanity, violence and the macabre.
The term "helter skelter" was later used by Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi
as the title of a book that he wrote about the Manson murders.
At the time the Family began to form, Manson was an unemployed former convict,
who had spent half of his life in correctional institutions for a variety of
offenses. Before the murders, he was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the
Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis
Wilson, a founding member and the drummer of the Beach Boys. After Manson was
charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted, recordings of songs
written and performed by him were released commercially. Various musicians,
including Guns N' Roses, White Zombie and Marilyn Manson, have covered some
of his songs.
Manson's death sentence was automatically commuted to life imprisonment when a
1972 decision by the Supreme Court of California temporarily eliminated the
state's death penalty.[3] California's eventual reinstatement of capital punishment
did not affect Manson, who is currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison.
