Transcript Document 7517285

-Charles MansonHannah Culley
Kadie Wittenmyer
Who Is Charles Manson?
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Born Charles Milles
Maddox
Born In Cincinnati,
Ohio
Led the Manson
Family
Early Prison Record
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First robbed a string of grocery stores
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He held a razor to a boys throat and
sodomized him while in Natural Bridge
Honor Camp
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Sent to Indianapolis Juvenile Center
Sent to Federal Reformatory in Petersburg, Virginia
Committed Grand Theft Auto and took the
vehicle Interstate
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Got 5 yrs probation, when he committed another
crime, they revoked his probation and was sentenced
to 3 yrs imprisonment in Terminal Island in San Pedro,
California
Manson Family on Spahn Ranch
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Dressed up in a different character every
day
Guys would tend to the rental horses and
the girls would cook
There was a lot of work and peer pressure
Bathed in creeks
At night they would sit in a big circle and
listen to “Helter Skelter”
Murder Details
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The Family would repeatedly stab their
victims
They would tie them up with anything
around such as lamp cords and clothing
They had no remorse for their victims
They would write on the walls in their
victims blood
Charles “Tex” Watson
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Manson’s right-hand
man
Responsible for the
Tate massacre’s first
victim
Now a reformed
Christian and is a
minister
Published several
books
Susan “Sadie” Atkins
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Member of Manson
Family
Responsible for
writing “PIG” on the
front door in Sharon
Tate’s blood
Been incarcerated
longer than any other
woman in California
history
Dennis Wilson
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Founding Member and
Drummer of The Beach
Boys
Manson Family lived in
his house after he
picked up two
hitchhikers that
belonged to the
Manson Family
Charles became his
protégé for awhile,
which traumatized him
Terry Melcher
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American Musician
Son Of Doris Day
Enemy of Charles
Manson because he
recorded his music
but didn’t end up
signing him
Sharon Tate
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Actress
Comedian
Model
Wife of Roman Polanski
Murdered by Manson
Family at 8 ½ Months
Pregnant
Asked to give birth to her
baby and then let the
Manson family kill her
Roman Polanski
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Director
Writer
Actor
Producer
Husband of Sharon
Tate
Fugitive from Justice
in The United States
Nixon’s Involvement
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Almost caused a
mistrial, because he
reported on TV that
Manson was guilty
before the case was
decided
The Manson Family
said it was an unfair
trial
Beatles Lyrics – “Piggies”
Lyrics
Have you seen the little piggies
Crawling in the dirt
And for all the little piggies
Life is getting worse
Always having dirt to play around in.
Meaning
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Have you seen the bigger piggies
In their starched white shirts
You will find the bigger piggies
Stirring up the dirt
Always have clean shirts to play around in.
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In their sties with all their backing
They don't care what goes on around
In their eyes there's something lacking
What they need's a damn good whacking.
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Everywhere there's lots of piggies
Living piggy lives
You can see them out for dinner
With their piggy wives
Clutching forks and knives to eat their bacon.
He thought the song
was telling him that
the Establishment
needed “a good
whacking.”
Piggies represented a
higher society in his
mind
The song refers to
forks and knives,
which fascinated them
Beatles Lyrics - “Blackbird”
Lyrics
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to
arise.
Meaning
Manson believe The
Beatles were urging
black people to arise
and revolt against the
white establishment
Beatles Lyrics – “Helter Skelter”
Lyrics
When I get to the bottom
I go back to the top of the slide
Where I stop and turn
and I go for a ride
Till I get to the bottom and I see you
again
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Do you don't you want me to love
you
I'm coming down fast but I'm miles
above you
Tell me tell me come on tell me the
answer
and you may be a lover but you
ain't no dancer
Go helter skelter
helter skelter
helter skelter
Yeah, hu, hu
Meaning
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Manson thought Helter
Skelter was the
revolution that would
take over everything
He often quoted “The
Beatles are telling it like
it is, Helter Skelter is
coming down.”
Helter Skelter was
printed on the
refrigerator at the
homes
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