Charles Manson was born in Ohio, Cincinnati on November 12, 1934. Manson was a very good manipulater as well as cult leader. His mother Kathleen Maddox was at age 16 and was drinking and was in jail most of her time and Kathleen didn't want to take care of her son anymore so he was sent to an orphanage. When Charles was nine he had started stealing cars and was soon doing burglary. He loved music and he wrote original songs and he believed he would become a famous singer, so when he left jail he headed to make his music career a reality. He met the Beach Boys and The Beatles sadly, his music career did not become a successful which upset Manson.Charles Manson had a very religious mind, he believed that blacks were going to rise up and slaughter all the white people. He lead his followers to an underground city located in Death Valley. On August 9, 1969 Manson sent four of his followers to kill the man who had not helped Manson on his music but they murder Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski that rented the house from Terry Melcher. Soon Manson and his followers were arrested and Manson was found guilty of a first degree murder and had the conspiracy to commit murder. Charles Manson has been held in jail for three decades and is being held at California's Corcoran Prison.