AP+Is+Charles+Manson+a+Serial+Killer?

Is Charles Manson a Serial Killer? - provoking his followers to commit a crime - his childhood - street child - runaway - his mom was 16 when he was born - string arm robbery - brother sold drugs - prostitute - absence of mother b/c she was in jail - aunt and uncle took him to church - another uncle said they are rebels - he set the school on fire - spent time w/ mother and many of her boys - he runaway to find his mother and when he found her she didn't want him back - stole and broke into stores - stole cars and committed 1st armed robbery - ran away 18 times - went to an all boys school Leslie Houston: follower Patricia Krenwrickle: follower, whatever he believed she would believe - got a girl named Rose to help him steal guns - been in jail all of his life - committed small town crimes - violated probation - interest in music: Alvin - developed his way at looking at the world - he was raised in prison - spent alot of time in his ceil - he had spent half of his 32 yrs. in prison - far different world when he got out - he came out of jail when it was all about the "flower people" Layntte: family friend Charles Watson - was bitter and thought his music would never be heard - it was like summer camp and Manson was the counselor - killing old egos - it was like Halloween everyday (wore different outfits) - complete mirroring of him - took drugs LSD - get rid all of the condition - oneness and the power of love - there was no right or wrong and there was no difference between life and death - he was paranoid and and angry Murder one - told Pat to get in the car and do everything that TEX says, he had shot someone 4 times, there was an attempt to tie everyone up - one of the girls ran off and and Pat ran after her with a knife and started to stab her - stab a total of 102 times, 5 victims Murder two: -Leslie knew ppl would die - Pat had a knife - leslie held down the girl and neither of them could kill her - they went to get TEX - manson told TEX to make sure that everyone got there hands dirty - manson: "if your going to do something do something good and let them know that you were there." - ritual killing: - hollywood stars - the 1st thought it was a drug hit so everyone started to flush there drugs down the toilet - "the more you kill the better you like it" - the Crime of the Century - manson would stare and make a scene in the court room - he told the girls everything to do	- 8 murders w/out reason - defense lawyer was found dead in the woods for not agreeing with Manson - the women shaved their head when they told them they were going to be prosecuted ( death is a beautiful thing)