Manson: The Women

Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme said although she wasn’t ready for killing she “hoped that if I needed to I would.”

“It’s hard to be sorry if you’re going by your heart,” Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme said more than four decades after the assassination attempt in a Sacramento park. 

To some Charles Manson was a savior, to others he was a diabolical manipulator who destroyed countless lives. 

Dianne Lake once sought refuge with the family as a lonely 14-year-old—but would later become a star witness for the prosecution after often being the victim of Charles Manson’s rage. 

Charles Manson required his followers to give up their belongings—and their names—as part of his continued manipulation, according to one expert.

Just hours before their death, Manson Family victims Leno and Rosemary LaBianca had been talking about the Sharon Tate murders that happened the night before.  

From alternate theories about Charles Manson's motives to Family members' stories in their own words, these 10 books will keep you up at night.

Charles Manson spent more than half his life behind bars by the age of 32 — using prison as a training ground to learn from seasoned criminals before embarking on his own reign of terror. 

George Spahn agreed to give Charles Manson and his followers a place to stay for free—but according to one Manson follower there was nothing “lecherous” about the relationship between Spahn and the women.

Charlie Manson seduced many of his female followers by targeting those who were “hungry for a connection” and becoming exactly what each woman had been looking for.