... person to join a cult such as the Charles Manson family? It all started one fine day in Cincinnati, Ohio, on November 12, 1934 when an illegitimate, unplanned little Charlie Manson, later to be one of America's most notorious serial killers, was born to his sixteen-year-old, alcoholic mother by the name of ... What was now known as the Manson Family survived through a combination of stealing and taking whatever could be eaten from what the supermarkets discarded everyday. In Manson's family, he used three of the seven methods used to influence and recruit a new member of his family. The...

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