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Charles Manson: Lie: The Love and Terror Cult
Lie: The Love and Terror Cult is the debut studio album by American murder-conspirator Charles Manson. It was released on vinyl on March 6, 1970 by Phil Kaufman, through a record label branded Awareness Records. Although not a commercial success, it retains a following among those interested in the Manson case, inspiring many cover versions and samples.
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His birth certificate identified him as “No Name Maddox.” It seems that everyone now knows his current name.
The man who would later become known as Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 to 16-year-old single mother Kathleen Maddox.
Manson achieved counterculture/cult status in the most literal way possible by becoming the leader of his own cult, the Manson Family. He has inspired terror on the one hand and near-religious devotion on the other. He always wanted fame, and when he didn’t receive it by becoming a rock star, he set his sights on mass murder as a means to gain notoriety.
Manson met record producer Terry Melcher through Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and became homicidally angry when Melcher didn’t follow through on what Manson interpreted to be a promise to make him a star.
Manson ensured his name would live in infamy on August 9, 1969, when he told a group of his followers to go to Melcher’s (former) home and murder everyone inside in as gruesome a fashion as possible. The victims of these brutal killings were actress Sharon Tate and her unborn child (she was 8 ½ months pregnant), Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, Stephen Parent and Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folger coffee fortune.
The following night, Manson and another group broke into the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Manson tied the victims up and had his followers murder them.
Manson provided a symbolic end to the 1960s hippie era and the idealism of that period in time.
Charles Manson died of natural causes on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the age of 83 while serving 9 consecutive life sentences in a California penitentiary.
The man who would later become known as Charles Manson was born on November 12, 1934 to 16-year-old single mother Kathleen Maddox.
Manson achieved counterculture/cult status in the most literal way possible by becoming the leader of his own cult, the Manson Family. He has inspired terror on the one hand and near-religious devotion on the other. He always wanted fame, and when he didn’t receive it by becoming a rock star, he set his sights on mass murder as a means to gain notoriety.
Manson met record producer Terry Melcher through Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys and became homicidally angry when Melcher didn’t follow through on what Manson interpreted to be a promise to make him a star.
Manson ensured his name would live in infamy on August 9, 1969, when he told a group of his followers to go to Melcher’s (former) home and murder everyone inside in as gruesome a fashion as possible. The victims of these brutal killings were actress Sharon Tate and her unborn child (she was 8 ½ months pregnant), Jay Sebring, Voytek Frykowski, Stephen Parent and Abigail Folger, heiress to the Folger coffee fortune.
The following night, Manson and another group broke into the home of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. Manson tied the victims up and had his followers murder them.
Manson provided a symbolic end to the 1960s hippie era and the idealism of that period in time.
Charles Manson died of natural causes on Sunday, November 19, 2017 at the age of 83 while serving 9 consecutive life sentences in a California penitentiary.
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