Charles Manson
Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother was a 16 year old unmarried girl, Kathleen Maddox. Three weeks after his birth, he was named Charles Miles Maddox. Not too long after his birth, his mother married a laborer, William Manson, whose last name was given to Charles. There's much speculation about Manson's birth father, but truth is, nobody really knows. There are sources that say a "Colonel Scott" was his father, but there is no proof. According to Manson, his mother was an alcoholic. He was once sold for a pitcher for beer to a childless waitress. His uncle retrieved him days later.
In 1939, his mother was sentenced to five years in prison for robbing a service station. Manson then moved in with an aunt and uncle in McMechen, West Virgina. When his mother was paroled in 1942, he stayed with her in several different run down hotels. He has said that the day she came and got him after she was paroled was his sole happy childhood memory. In 1947, his mother tried to have him placed in foster care but no home was available, so he was sent to The Gibault School for Boys in Indiana. After ten months, he escaped to be with his mother, who rejected him.
He burglarized a string of grocery stores, and got caught when stealing a bike. He was sent to an Indianapolis juvenile center. After one day, he escaped, this then led to being recaptured and sent to a Boys Town. Once there he befriended a boy and they escaped days later. They committed two armed robberies; he was caught again and sent to the Indiana School for Boys. It was at this time he claimed later in life he was sexually brutalized. He was thirteen at the time. And after many failed attempts he finally escaped in 1951, with two other boys. They were later caught in Utah driving to California in stolen cars. Since this was a federal crime, taking a stolen car across a state line, he was sent to Washington, D.C., National Training School for Boys. He had four years of
In 1939, his mother was sentenced to five years in prison for robbing a service station. Manson then moved in with an aunt and uncle in McMechen, West Virgina. When his mother was paroled in 1942, he stayed with her in several different run down hotels. He has said that the day she came and got him after she was paroled was his sole happy childhood memory. In 1947, his mother tried to have him placed in foster care but no home was available, so he was sent to The Gibault School for Boys in Indiana. After ten months, he escaped to be with his mother, who rejected him.
He burglarized a string of grocery stores, and got caught when stealing a bike. He was sent to an Indianapolis juvenile center. After one day, he escaped, this then led to being recaptured and sent to a Boys Town. Once there he befriended a boy and they escaped days later. They committed two armed robberies; he was caught again and sent to the Indiana School for Boys. It was at this time he claimed later in life he was sexually brutalized. He was thirteen at the time. And after many failed attempts he finally escaped in 1951, with two other boys. They were later caught in Utah driving to California in stolen cars. Since this was a federal crime, taking a stolen car across a state line, he was sent to Washington, D.C., National Training School for Boys. He had four years of