Charles M. Manson

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reclaimed her son she promised that she would take care
of him and provide for his every need. Unfortunately, all these promises were
soon shattered by liquor and men. She frequently neglected Charles by telling
him she would be back in an hour and then not show up for the rest of the night.
Sometimes when her guilt took her over she would give him fifty cents and
another promise; and at other times she just abused him.
When Mrs. Manson got fed up with taking care of Charles she arranged to
have Charles put in a foster home, but arrangements fell through. As a last
resort she sent Charles to Gibault School in Terre Haute. Mrs. Manson couldn't
keep up the payments and once again Charles was sent back to his mother's abuse.
At only fourteen Manson rented himself a room and supported himself with odd
jobs and petty theft. His mother turned him into the juvenile authorities.
Once there Manson met Rev. George Powers who had him sent to Boys Town near
Omaha, Nebraska. Charles ...

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has any roots in the
penal system,” Said one acquaintance (New York Times Magazine January 4, 1970).
“Inside, you have to be aware of everything, and when he came out,
Charlie was like a cat. Nothing got by Charlie if something happened within a
hundred miles of him, he made sure he knew about it. Every time he came into a
room, he cased it, like an animal. Where were the windows? What was the
quickest way out? He never sat with his back to the door.”

Soon after his release, Manson went off to Haight Ashbury, where the
hippie movement was coming about. At the time the true hippies, the gentle ones
who believed in peace, love, and sharing with others, were like a primitive
tribe ...

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