Photo: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
I include Charles Manson in this database with deliberate caution, because notoriety should never be confused with achievement. What I take from his story is a warning about charisma: a failed musician who learned, across a lifetime spent mostly in institutions, how to find lost young people and weaponize their need to belong. The murders his followers committed in 1969 ended innocent lives and scarred a culture. If there is any value in studying him, it lies in recognizing how cults recruit and control, and in keeping our attention on the victims rather than on the myth that grew around their killer.
Overview
Charles Milles Manson (né Maddox; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who was the founder of the Manson Family. He gained notoriety for ordering the Tate–LaBianca murders, where his followers murdered nine people around Los Angeles in 1969. Before the murders, Manson had spent more than half of his life in correctional institutions.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Charles Manson
- Name (Japanese)
- チャールズ・マンソン
- Reading
- ちゃーるず・まんそん
- Born
- November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Dog
- Origin
- Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 157 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- criminal / cult leader / serial killer / musician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Arroyo High School
- University
- Pasadena City College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.