Photo: California Department of Corrections / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Susan Atkins is a subject I approach with unease rather than fascination. An ordinary girl from San Gabriel, California, she was drawn into Charles Manson's Family and took part in the horrifying 1969 murders, and nothing softens the cruelty of what she did. What I keep returning to is the mechanism of it: how a vulnerable young person, given the right manipulator at the wrong moment, can be reshaped into something monstrous. I feel no urge to romanticize her, and my sympathy stays with the victims. She died in prison in 2009, and I think her life is worth recording only as a sober warning about the reach of cults.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Susan Atkins
- Name (Japanese)
- スーザン・アトキンス
- Reading
- すーざん・あときんす
- Born
- May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Rat
- Origin
- San Gabriel, California, United States
- Occupation
- criminal / serial killer
2. Background
- High school
- Leigh High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.susanatkins.org/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Atkins
Frequently asked questions
When was Susan Atkins born?
May 7, 1948 – September 24, 2009.
Where is Susan Atkins from?
Susan Atkins is from San Gabriel, California, United States.
What does Susan Atkins do?
Susan Atkins works as criminal, serial killer.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.