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The Manson 'Family'

It was the swinging 60s, a time of hedonism and sexual revolution.

Anti-establishment thinking was all the rage.

And against that backdrop, the now notorious Charles Manson unleashed his campaign of influence over young people in California.

Recruiting them as lovers and members of his very own cult, dubbed the ‘Family’.

The charismatic, self-styled guru’s young followers – a collection of runaways and other lost souls – would routinely prove their 

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