Dennis wilson and the manson family cult

This week marks the 50th anniversary of the gruesome Tate-LaBianca Murders, which were carried out by a group that has become known as the Manson Family. The killings in the summer of had a transformative effect on America. As Joan Didion wrote in her essay “The White Album,” “Many people I know in Los Angeles believe that the Sixties ended abruptly on August 9, , ended at the exact moment when word of the murders on Cielo Drive traveled like brushfire through the community, and in a sense this is true.

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The tension broke that day. The paranoia was fulfilled.”

Here are nine things you should know about the murderous cult and their demonic leader:

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1. The Manson Family was a messianic cult and commune located in California in the lates. The group was formed and led by the notorious criminal and cult leader Charles Manson.

The crimes committed by the Manson Family included multiple murders, torture, hostage-taking, and the attempted assassination of President Gerald