The Children of the Stars
6 min readSep 28, 2020
How Charles Manson courted Hollywood’s impressionable offspring
In early 1968, Charles Manson was living in Topanga Canyon near Los Angeles with several young women. He’d been released from prison nearly a year earlier (March 1967) and initially received approval from his parole officer to live in San Francisco. But by late ’67, Charlie wanted to be closer to Hollywood, in order to find success as a musician.
When he met Deirdre Shaw, aka ‘Didi’, he grew hopeful that her connections would help him find success.
