Manson was a charismatic character in Hollywood in the late 60’s. Having connections to stars like The Beach Boys. he had an infectious friendly personality that people gravitated towards. In 1967, he lead a group of young adults known as the Manson Family. They lived in an abandoned set. Manson would later instruct his family to commit eight murders within the span of three days. Manson’s ability to be charismatic and friendly on the outside but evil and psychopathic on the inside made him a dangerous force. The family lived by Manson’s say and did whatever was asked of them. They saw Charles as a Messiah, as he prophesied many things. One thing he prophesied was that a race war was coming that would end the world as we know it. Manson was a sociopath, or he had Antisocial personality disorder. Anti-social personality disorder is a long term pattern of exploiting and violating others with no real remorse. Early in Manson’s life, he was sent to a correction school, where they tested his IQ. The test results showed he had a 109 IQ and was severely anti-social. His sociopath tendencies enabled him to manipulate and control others with no real remorse or emotion. The fact that Manson was able to get multiple people to go around and kill 8 just because he wanted them too shows his ability to control. During his court case, the judge ruled Manson was too crazy to give parole. Manson also suffered from schizophrenia and paranoid delusion disorder, another reason Manson was unfit for the real world. Manson requested many times to be released on Parole, the last time being in 2012. Charles Manson ended up dying in prison in 2017. Manson’s actions showed how his personality disorders reflected on how he treated people and what he had people do for him. Sane human beings would have the ability to feel bad about manipulating their friends.
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