Charles Manson

Nascido(a) em
12 de novembro de 1934 · Cincinnati, Ohio, EUA
Falecido(a) em
19 de novembro de 2017 · Bakersfield, Califórnia, EUA (morte natural)
Nome de nascimento
Charles Milles Maddox
Apelidos
- Mac
- Charlie
Altura
1,57 m

Mountain man beard
Long unwashed hair
Swastika on his forehead
Short stature
Long, rambling and bizarre diatribes about his actions, philosophy and his general views on the world

Never blinked when speaking. This was used by Anthony Hopkins in his portrayal of Hannibal Lecter after he watched videos of Manson being interviewed.
He misinterpreted The Beatles' songs "Helter Skelter" and "Blackbird" to have hidden messages of an impending race war that would destroy the world and leave Manson and his "Family" to inherit the earth. In reality, "Helter Skelter" referred to a fairground ride.
His mother, Kathleen Maddox, was fifteen years old when he was born. His father is unknown, but is believed to be Colonel Scott, possibly a light-skinned African American. Kathleen won a child support order against Scott, but collected almost no money from him.
A failed folk singer and songwriter, several recordings of his works are commercially available, most of which were recorded in prison (as a convicted felon, he received no money from the sale of these recordings. Any royalties are paid into a victims' rights fund; among its recipients are Voytek Frykowski's son Bartlomiej Frykowski).
Though only charged with two murders, he claimed to have committed 35 and some authorities think even that may have been an understatement.

My uncle told me, "Don't go to no Yankee school, boy". So I burned the school down.
Nobody. I'm nobody. I'm a tramp, a bum, a hobo. I'm a boxcar and a jug of wine . . . and a straight razor if you get too close to me.
Maybe I should have killed [400] or 500 people . . . then I would have felt better. Then I would have felt I really offered society something.
[to an interviewer] If I wanted to kill somebody . . . I'd pick up this book and beat you to death with it! And I wouldn't feel a thing! It'd be like walking to the drug store.
[1994 interview with Diane Sawyer on the Tate-LaBianca murders] They maybe [sic] influenced, or they might have thought they were my instructions, but I wasn't . . . I wasn't, uh . . . directing traffic.