The Murder Of Charles Manson In The 60's

In the 1960's many things were going on. Although Charles Manson and his cult were committing crimes before the 60's, this is when the most infamous murder occurred. Manson's cult, The Family, murdered actress Sharon Tate, who was nearly nine months pregnant, and her four friends. Though, Manson wasn't personally there when the crime happened, he sent them to do it. He even told them to make it as gruesome as possible. They stabbed each victim multiple times and wrote sayings on the wall in their blood. this is why "Manson has become a metaphor for evil" (Cannon 8). The murder of Sharon Tate and her friends showed how much influence Manson really had over his followers.
The Family was originally a christian based group. Manson’s followers
They also said they watched him bring dead animals back to life (Rothman 3). This is a pretty intense accusation to make about someone, but considering these people worshiped the man & thought of him as a God nothing is entirely impossible. He used sex to control his people (Cannon 8).At one point in their lives, all of these people were just normal people, living their own lives. Once they came into contact with the monstrous Charles Manson it changed them forever. They were doing things they never would have thought of doing in their normal state of mind. They had them taking other people's lives and they had no feelings about it at all, That’s not normal human behavior, we aren’t made to brutally murder each other. He made these once innocent people into monsters like him, and even though Manson has been locked away for many years, He still has an influence on some of these people today. Not many people understand, but some things just aren’t meant to be understood. He was just a very manipulative individual. I mean, doesn't a person have to be to convince other human beings to brutally murder another? People believe his motive for the crime was to turn the whites against the blacks. He wanted people to believe there was a "violent black uprising" (Rothman