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Short Biography: Charles Manson
Charles Manson was born on November 12th,1934, had always had a troubled past, he has had a history of manipulation,controlling behavior, and suffers from schizophrenia. During his childhood his mother sold him to a woman who wanted to have children in return for a pitcher of beer. His uncle had to search for the woman who took Charles and get him back, he took his uncle's last name, which is Manson(CNN Hanson Family Murders). At age twelve he was sent to an all boys school in Indiana for stealing. He spent countless years in and out of reform schools and even prison for crimes(CNN Hanson Family Murders). Somewhere around 1967 he was introduced to the Beach Boys Dennis Wilson music by Gary Hinman(CNN Family Murders). He was heavily influenced

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