The Final Years of Charles Manson
8 min readJul 14, 2020
his life in prison, after his convictions for murder
Excerpted from The Manson Family: More to the Story — you can learn more by visiting MansonFamily.net
When Charlie was found guilty of the Tate/LaBianca killings, he was headed back to the only place he had ever really known. He often said that jail was his father.
In fact, one could argue that going back to prison was the greatest thing that ever happened to Charlie, since it fulfilled his dreams of fame. A cult of personality grew around Manson, even in his…