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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History

Charles Manson

Tuesday May 30, 2006
Charles Manson is a convicted serial killer who has become an icon of evil. In the late 1960s, Manson founded a hippie, cult group known as "the Family" whom he manipulated into brutally killing others on his behalf.

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July 4, 2006 at 9:13 pm
(1) Six Pack says:

Not only did Charles Manson not kill anyone, he certainly can’t be called a serial killer. He manipulated others to kill on his behalf, through the use of sex and drugs, but unlike other true serial killers like California’s Zodiac, never took anyone’s life.

January 10, 2008 at 11:36 am
(2) megan says:

agree’d. he never touched anyone. and it was no cult. people had freedome to come and go as they please. he may have done some irational things but he did nothing out of harm,

February 25, 2009 at 3:01 pm
(3) Linnzi says:

nope

March 10, 2009 at 12:19 am
(4) Treshel says:

I am not so sure he is a good guy , he had motive, but realistically he DIDNOT commit the murders by his own hand. So do you think that if Manson told someone to jump off of a bridge that they would? Yes they probably would, since he could sell an island to someone in the Sahara Desert.

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