Charles Manson

Charles Manson was a criminal and a musician. Born November 11, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he died November 19, 2017 in Bakersfield, California.

He played a mix of styles, including acoustic, folk, and spoken word.

He is known in connection with the 1969 “Tate-LaBianca” murders and other crimes, for which he was convicted on a total of nine counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. His 1971 death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in 1972, when California temporarily abolished the death penalty.

The most widely accepted account of the crimes, trial, and motive for the “Tate-LaBianca” murders is the subject of the 1974 book Helter Skelter, written by Vincent Bugliosi with Curt Gentry.