One of the prevailing theories around Charles Manson is that the infamous cult leader had intended to incite a race war by orchestrating his so-called family’s killing spree in the 1960s.

The Manson family’s infamous crimes are reexamined in the March 2025 Netflix documentary 'CHAOS: The Manson Murders' Emily Krauser is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been at PEOPLE ...

What if I add to that list the name Sharon Tate? Ah, there you go. Those are the names of the people killed by Charles Manson and some demented buddies on the nights of Aug. 8 and 9, 1969 ...

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 ...

Charles Manson and the murders committed by his followers have been the topic of numerous movies, docuseries and TV shows over the years.In Touch takes a deep dive on the projects related to ...

Charles Manson spent the majority of his 83 years behind bars Lynsey Eidell is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in ...

The new Chaos: The Manson Murders documentary on Netflix—which began streaming today— is proof that even over 50 years later, audiences will never tire of the gruesome tale of Charles Manson ...

Charles Manson died while serving nine life sentences in 2017 — nearly 50 years after masterminding the 1969 killings of Sharon Tate and eight others in Los Angeles. The infamous criminal ...

Charles Manson leaves court after deferring a plea on the murder charges on Dec. 11, 1969. Credit - Courtesy of Getty Images In the late summer of 1969, panic spread throughout Los Angeles.

Charles Manson is a towering figure in the true-crime world because of the notorious murders he is accused of orchestrating, as well as the cult-like psychological hold he had over his followers.