Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
Charles Manson is known as one of the most sinister and evil criminals
of all time. He organized the murders that shocked the world and his name still
strikes fear into American hearts. Manson's childhood, personality, and uncanny
ability to control people led to the creation of a family-like cult and
ultimately to the bloody murders of numerous innocent people.
Charles M. Manson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on November 11, 1934.
His mother, Kathleen Maddox, was a teenage prostitute. Manson's father walked
out on the still pregnant Maddox, never to be seen again. In order to give her
bastard son a name, Ms. Maddox married William Manson. He soon abandoned the
both of them.
Manson's mother often neglected Charles after her husband left her. She
tried to put him into a foster home, but the arrangements fell through. As a
last resort she sent Charles to school in Terre Haute, Indiana. Mrs. Manson
failed to make the payments for the school......
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