The world is a little less sinister now.
Charles Manson, the notorious cult leader and mass murderer of the 1960s, has finally died at the age of 83 (not soon enough, in our opinion). The maestro of a series of unforgivable mass murders that shook Los Angeles in 1969—including that of actress Sharon Tate and her husband Roman Polanski, was rightfully serving his nine lifetime sentences before dying of natural causes last weekend.
The string of events that created the infamous, malevolent Manson we all know today started in the California summer of 1967, where Manson identified as a guru of love to more than 18 women whom he shared a home with. The dark events of 1968 then convinced Manson that Armageddon was coming, urging him to create a radical movement that will soon cause one of the greatest killing sprees known to man.
Hosting an innumerable amount of LSD-fueled orgies sermons in his estate, Manson built his cult following later known as the Manson Family, who saw him as Jesus Christ and the devil all rolled into one. His dark charisma later on urged his followers to be at his beck and call, eventually leading them to blindly commit a series of heartless murders in California.
Thankfully, the venomous evil incarnate is now six feet below the ground, bringing with him all the spite and evil energy he once made present in our reality.
We’d love to say rest in peace, but in this case…we’ll pass.
