Charles Manson. He and his cult, "The Family," together killed seven people, bloodied and butchered. The people who he and others killed, the Tate and LaBianca families, were wealthy and well-off. What could have made them do such a thing without pity or remorse? Read on........ MANSON: The Man Himself In 1954, Manson set up a commune-based cult, drawing in hippies, drifters. and the unemployed at the Spahn Ranch, near Los Angeles. Manson had lovely ideas …showed first 75 words of 1554 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1554 total…convicted of were oriented around the rich and famous. Sharon Tate, who was eight and a half moths pregnant, was hanged and her baby was cut out of her. She was the wife of movie director Roman Polanski. Abigail Folger was the heiress to the vast Folger estate and was killed along with her lover Voityck Fryowski, a famous writer. Jay Sebring was present at this gathering because he was a former boyfriend of Tate's.