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Charles Manson “Ha ha ha, now what?” 2 ritual killings from followers of Charles Manson Born to an unmarried 16 year old teenage mother in 1934 Mother went prison for armed robbery Charles loved to sing Was influenced by crazy mountain man uncle Set the school on fire at 9 Mother sent him away and when he tried to come back she wouldn’t take him back- he never trusted anybody again At a boy’s school was raped and beaten The followers of Manson came from solid well to do families Been to jail all of his life Married a 17 year old girl when he was 20 and stole cars He was convicted of forgery, robbery, and soliciting prostitutes Prison was the only home he knew Was very manipulative The cult moved around a lot They didn’t believe in time Manson made all of his followers take part in the murders Manson wanted the followers to make sure they left something to make sure the world knew they were there The cult caused a frenzy throughout high profile Hollywood Manson wanted to defend himself in court He would direct the followers to do certain things during the trial Manson lunged ten feet toward the judge Manson and the followers are still in prison now serving life terms Manson killed the guy that he thought was a black panther

Due Tuesday after we return from break.

How was Charles Manson the same as the other serial killers that we studied? Manson wa similar to the serial killers we have studied because he had a very bad childhood like the other killers. He came from a broken home like the most of the other killers and felt abandoned by one or both parents. Also, most of the killers, like Manson, justified their killings by some warped moral or religious reasoning that they believed to be true.

How was Charles Manson different from other serial killers? Unlike the other serial killers, Manson had developed a cult of killers. He had developed a family and demanded that others kill for him. The other killers we studied lead a seemingly normal life to the people closest to them while Charles Manson led his followers into his warped mind and manipulated them into killing on his command.

In terms of the definitions we presented in class, does Charles Manson classify as a serial killer? Even though I would classify Charles Manson as way more sick and demented than a "normal" serial killers because he manipulated other people to kill on his command, and those people went out together and killed multiple people. However, Charles Manson was said to supposedly have killed 1 or 2 people which doesn't qualify as a serial killer because to be qualified as a serial killer a person has to kill 4 people at 4 separate occasions. Charles Manson is oompletely crazy and was the mastermind behind a killing cult, but technically he isn't a serial killer because he doesn't meet the criteria of a serial killer.