charles man skpon his followers unleashed terror in southern california. seven people were murdered in 24 hours, including pregnant actress sharon tate. you can see the full story in the cnn special report, face of evil, the charles manson murders tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. eastern. here s a preview. manson s destructive course through life was fixed from the start. i don t have any particular reality. he spoke to cnn from prison in 1987. i spent the best part of my life in boy schools, prisons and reform schools because i had nobody. manson blamed his mother for his troubled youth. kathleen maddox give birth to manson in cincinnati, ohio, at the age of 16 and went to prison
one of america s most notorious killers. what produced the violence? what was the point? well, i think where the violence comes in is the psychopathic or antisocial, if you will, nature of charles manson. this is a man who had a, to say the least, troubled, undisciplined, abusive childhood, and neglected and did not have good parental supervision. it just was chaotic. a chaotic life. charles manson was born no name maddox on november 12th, 1934, in cincinnati, ohio. to 16-year-old kathleen maddox. kathleen was a hard-partying thief first and a mother a distant second. manson acted out accordingly. and from the age of 12, spent the bulk of his life in reform
schools and prisons. he never knew his father. and as for his relationship with kathleen, it was, to say the least, complicated. though his mother denied it, manson often claimed she was a prostitute. if you got a game going, you know, and you need somebody for an excuse, first of all, my mother was a prostitute and she lived in the street. so you can t very well say that i pimped my mother when she gave me some milk. do you see what i m saying? in other words, i was raised in that alley. that alley is where i live. i live in the street. i lived where it s rough and it s tough and it s hard. nobody gave me nothing. everything i got i had to fight for it and scratch for it. so it s the same principle when it comes down to surviving. if me and you are on the street, you re the strong one, you re the one with the power. i take second seat with you.
and from the age of 12, spent the bulk of his life in reform schools and prisons. he never knew his father. and as for his relationship with kathleen, it was, to say the least, complicated. though his mother denied it, manson often claimed she was a prostitute. if you got a game going, you know, and you need somebody for an excuse, first of all, my mother was a prostitute and she lived in the street. so you can t very well say that i pimped my mother when she gave me some milk. do you see what i m saying? in other words, i was raised in that alley. that alley is where i live. i live in the street. i lived where it s rough and it s tough and it s hard. nobody gave me nothing. everything i got i had to fight for it and scratch for it. so it s the same principle when it comes down to surviving.
responsible for the murders of nine innocent people. he became a terrifying cultural icon. how you do? how you do? we ve invited former fbi profiler candice delong to watch manson s 1987 today show interview and shed some light on one of america s most notorious killers. what produced the violence? what was the point? well, i think where the violence comes in is the psychopathic or antisocial, if you will, nature of charles manson. this is a man who had a, to say the least, troubled, undisciplined, abusive childhood, and neglected and did not have good parental supervision. it just was chaotic. a chaotic life. charles manson was born no name maddox on november 12th, 1934, in cincinnati, ohio. to 16-year-old kathleen maddox. kathleen was a hard-partying thief first and a mother a distant second. manson acted out accordingly.