Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) led the California-based Manson Family cult based in the late 1960s. Some cult members committed a series of nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy. Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions. While gathering his cult following, Manson was a singer-songwriter on the fringe of the Los Angeles music industry, chiefly through a chance association with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys, who introduced Manson to record producer Terry Melcher. In 1968, the Beach Boys recorded Manson's song "Cease to Exist", renamed "Never Learn Not to Love" as a single B-side, but without a credit to Manson. Afterward, Manson attempted to secure a record contract through Melcher, but was unsuccessful. Manson would often talk about the Beatles, including their 1968 self-titled album. According to Los Angeles County District Attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, Manson felt guided by his interpretation of the Beatles' lyrics and adopted the term "Helter Skelter" to describe an impending apocalyptic race war. During his trial, Bugliosi argued that Manson had intended to start a race war, although Manson and others disputed this. Contemporary interviews and trial witness testimony insisted that the Tate–LaBianca murders were copycat crimes intended to exonerate Manson's friend Bobby Beausoleil. Manson himself denied having instructed anyone to murder anyone. Manson's notoriety as an emblem of insanity, violence, and the macabre influenced pop culture. Recordings of songs written and performed by Manson were released commercially, starting with Lie: The Love and Terror Cult (1970). Since his incarceration, various musicians have covered some of his songs. Although originally sentenced to death in 1971, his sentence was commuted to life with the possibility of parole after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty statute in 1972. He served his life sentence at the California State Prison, Corcoran and died at age 83 in late 2017.
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Fotos
Películas (51)
My Grandfather Charles Manson
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Chaos: The Manson Murders
2025 · Self (archive footage)
"My World"
2024 · Music
The Beach Boys
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Joni Mitchell, Lady Blue
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Hymns from the Abyss
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Zappa
2020 · Self (archive footage)
Manson: Music from an Unsound Mind
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Manson: The Women
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: The Funeral
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Inside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson: The Final Words
2017 · Self (archive footage)
LA 92
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Truth and Lies: The Family Manson
2017 · Self (archive Footage)
Manson Family Vacation
2015 · (archive footage)
Face of Evil: The Charles Manson Murders
2015 · Himself
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Life After Manson
2014 · Self
Serious Serial Killers
2012
The Manson Family: Born to Kill?
2012 · Himself
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson, The Church of Satan, The Universal Order & The Process Church of Final Judgment
2012
Old Man
2012 · Himself (voice)
Iconoclast
2010 · Self (archive footage)
Dahmer vs. Gacy
2010 · Thanks
When You're Strange
2010 · Self (archive footage)
The Six Degrees of Helter Skelter
2009 · Himself
Manson: 40 Years Later
2009
Manson's Missing Victims
2008
Will You Kill For Me? Charles Manson and His Followers
2008
Il falso bugiardo
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Cease to Exist
2007 · Self (archive footage)
Inside The Manson Gang
2007 · Self
The Dark Side of Porn: Does Snuff Exist?
2006
Murders of Hollywood
2003 · Self (archive footage)
The Last Days of Sharon Tate
1999 · Self (archive footage)
Snuff Video: Volume Red
1997 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles Manson: Journey Into Evil
1995 · Himself
Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers
1994 · Writer
Safe Condition: Document in the Past Perfect
1994 · Charles Manson
No Sense Makes Sense
1993 · Himself
Pardoned From Above: The Charles "Tex" Watson Story
1992 · Self (archive footage)
Charles Manson Then & Now
1992 · Himself (archive footage)
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1992
Charles Manson Superstar
1989 · Himself
Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground
1988 · Self (archive footage)
Death Diploma
1987
The Killing of America
1981 · Self (archive footage)
This Is America Part 2
1980 · Self (archive footage)
Manson
1973 · Himself
Horrifying Hollywood Murders
· Self (archive footage)
Series (14)
Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes
2026 · Self - Killer / Cult Leader (archive footage)
Making Manson
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Euphoria
2019 · Self (archive footage)
1969
2019
Very Scary People
2019 · Self (archive footage)
Manson: The Lost Tapes
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Inside the Criminal Mind
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Manson Speaks: Inside the Mind of a Madman
2017 · Self (Archive Footage)
Dateline: Secrets Uncovered
2017 · Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015 · Self (archive footage)
Legends
2006 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ghost Hunters
2004
South Park
1997 · Charles Manson (archive footage)
Assassinations That Changed the World
1996