Charles Manson and The Family

Helter Skelter

Charlie Milles Manson

• “No name Maddox” was born a bastard child to his 16 year old mother in Cincinnati, Ohio.

• His mother was an alcoholic, and once sold him for a pitcher of beer to a childless waitress.

• When he was fourteen a court placed him in the Gibault School for Boys. He ran away to his mother, but his mother rejected him.

• From the time he was fourteen, he had been in and out of prison for all sorts of theft.

• He was illiterate until the age of sixteen, when he learned to read in a maximum security institution.

His Release

• Manson had been in institutions for more than half of his life, and right before his release from prison in 1967, he requested that he be permitted to stay. – Tom Snyder: Let's go back to 1967, the time you were winding

up serving a term of a number of years, ten years, and written accounts indicate that you told the authorities, "Don't let me out, I can't cope with the outside world". Do you have a recollection of that? And do you --

– Manson: You're making a desperate plea out of something, man. There's no desperate plea out of it. I said I can't handle the maniacs outside, let me back in.

– Snyder: I didn't use the word desperate; that's your word, Charles.

– Manson: Yeah, well, your inflection and your voice tones were, uh, implications there.

The Rising of the Family

• Manson moved to San Francisco in 1967.

• He established himself as a guru, and preached about scientology.

• Young females were attracted to his charisma, and started following him.

• The use of LSD, a hallucinogenic drug, helped Manson hook, control, and manipulate his followers.

The Growth

• The Family lived at 636 Cole Street, in San Francisco during the summer of 1967.

• In November, Manson and nine of his followers painted a bus, took out the seats, and went on a drug ridden ride up and down the west coast of America.

• They picked up more and more followers along the way.

Rules of the Family

• No one in the family was allowed to see doctors in the beginning

• Women in the family were required to have children• For a baby’s delivery, the mother would be held in the air

by the family, Manson would “catch” the baby, and cut the umbilical cord with a guitar string.

• Manson would beat members if they looked as if they were “thinking”

• All members were required to take LSD, smoke marijuana, and participate in orgies. – This included Manson, the men, the women, and all of the

children. – The majority of the children were born while their mothers were

taking LSD

The Beach Boy

• Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys became part of the family when he picked up two hitch hiking girls who were part of the family.

• The next day Manson and his family moved in with Wilson.

• Over the next few months Wilson paid for Manson to record in studios, and introduced him to several musicians and producers.

• Wilson also paid a $100,000 bill for the medical treatment the family needed for gonorrhea.

Helter Skelter

• Manson was convinced shear calamity was on its way. He believed that the tension between whites and blacks was growing, and that the blacks would rise in rebellion against the whites.

• He convinced his followers, “The Family”, that they needed to be together to survive during the chaos.

• Manson believed the The Beatles had also predicted the racist turmoil, and wrote the White Album filled with subliminal messages, made solely for the Family.

• Manson is thought to have believed that The Beatles were angels sent from God to tell him to take control of the “race-war”

PiggiesLyrics

Have you seen the little piggies/ Crawling in the dirt/ And for all those little piggies/ Life is getting worse/ Always having dirt to play around in. 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.

In their styes 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.

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.

Manson Interpretation

Manson interpreted "piggies" to mean members of the Establishment. He saw the song as telling him that the Establishment needed "a damn good whacking."  Manson frequently quoted the line referring to the need for a "whacking."

Comment

The song refers to forks and knives.  Rosemary LaBianca

received 41 knive wounds, Leno LaBianca received 12 knive

wounds and 7 fork wounds.  On a wall in the LaBianca home, in Leno's blood, was written the

phrase "Death to Pigs." 

The Hinman Murder• In June of 1969 Manson told a male family member that Helter Skelter was

ready to happen.• During a discussion between Manson and family member Bobby Beausoleil,

Manson told Bobby “Blackie never did anything without whitey showin' him how," he said, "It looks like we're gonna have to show blackie how to do it.“

• Manson was telling Beausoleil that in order for the blacks to revolt, to cause Helter Skelter, The Family was going to have to show them how.

• One month later, on July 27, Manson ordered Beausoleil to murder their former friend, Gary Hinman.

• Before leaving Hinman’s residence, Beausoleil wrote “Political Piggy” in Hinman’s blood on the wall of his house.

• Beausoleil was arrested nine days later, caught in Hinman’s stolen car. The murder weapon was in the tire.

The Tate Murders

• On August 8th, Manson told the Family Helter Skelter was here.

• Manson directed Tex Watson to take Family members Atkins, Linda Kasabian, and Patricia Krenwinkel to "that house where Melcher used to live" and "totally destroy everyone in it, as gruesome as you can.” He told the girls to do as Tex would instruct them.

• The four members gruesomely murdered Steven Parent, Wojciech Frykowski, 8 and a half month pregnant Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, and Abigal Folger.

The LaBianca Murders

• The following night Manson and six Family members drove to the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles.

• They broke into the home of Leno LaBianca, a supermarket executive.

• They proceeded to stab LiBianca and his wife, Rosemary.

• Leno LaBianca was stabbed by Manson with a bayonet over a dozen times.

• Manson wanted all of the members to participate, so everyone had a chance to stab Rosemary.

Conviction• The trial began on June 15, 1970. • The prosecutions main witness

was Kasabian, who, along with Manson, Atkins, and Krenwinkel, had been charged with seven counts of murder and one of conspiracy.

• However, since she (Kasabian) did not participate in the murders, she was granted immunity in order to testify.

• On January 25,1971, guilty verdicts were returned against the defendants on all counts.

• They were all sentenced to the death penalty, but since California abolished the death penalty, their sentences were reduced to life in prison.

Revolution Blues by Neil YoungWell, we live in a trailerat the edge of townYou never see us'cause we don't come around.We got twenty five riflesjust to keepthe population down.But we need you now,and that's whyI'm hangin' 'round.So you be good to meand I'll be good to you,And in this land of conditionsI'm not above suspicionI won't attack you,but I won't back you.

Well, it's so good to be here,asleep on your lawn.Remember your guard dog?Well, I'm afraidthat he's gone.It was such a dragto hear himwhining all night long.Yes, that was me with the doves,setting them freenear the factoryWhere you built your computer,love.I hope you get the connection,'cause I can't takethe rejectionI won't deceive you,

I just don't believe you.

Well, I'm a barrel of laughs,with my carbine onI keep 'em hoppin',till my ammunition's gone.But I'm still not happy,I feel likethere's something wrong.I got the revolution blues,I see bloody fountains,And ten million dune buggiescomin' down the mountains.Well, I hear that Laurel Canyonis full of famous stars,But I hate them worse than lepersand I'll kill them

in their cars.

The Tate House

Happy Landing• When people thought the 1

world was flat that we all could slide off. Now its the sun coming up in the East people think the TV would all go off there big fear no more beer or the price of gas rent jobs payments the big danger they never think about no thought about - air water - AW is noteven in a dream - oh well - happy landing

Happiness is a Warm Gun

• http://youtube.com/watch?v=itfms556DgE

Bibliography

• http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/manson/mansonbeatles.html

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson