The mystery of Charles Manson’s motive in notorious cult killings is getting a fresh look as an FBI criminal profiler reveals a "perfect storm" of factors came together for the infamous murders.

Seven of Charles Manson's dedicated followers were convicted for the nine murders he orchestrated John Malmin/Los Angeles Times via Getty For decades, many have wondered how Charles Manson could ...

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Do you know these names: Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Jay Sebring, and Leno and Rosemary LaBianca? What if I add to that list the name Sharon Tate? Ah, there you go.

The cause of death for notorious cult leader Charles Manson was acute cardiac arrest, with colon cancer as a factor. That's according to a death certificate obtained by TMZ, which listed ...

“Frankly, I still don’t know what happened,” author Tom O’Neill says early on in Netflix’s new documentary Chaos: The Manson Murders. “But I know that what we were told didn’t happen.” ...

The Manson family murdered innocents in an attempt to start a race war Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in ...

Imagine being Charles Manson's kid. That can't be easy, and, not surprisingly, all three of the notorious killer's sons changed their names. The cult leader, who is the subject of a new Netflix ...

Charles Manson is escorted to court for a preliminary hearing on December 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California ; Members of the Manson "family" attend pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles.