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 ...

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 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.

In Errol Morris’ new Netflix documentary “CHAOS: The Manson Murders,” the Oscar-winning director explores how Charles Manson was able to convince four “Manson girls” along with Tex ...

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 ...

Netflix's Chaos: The Manson Murders challenges the official Manson narrative, questioning motives and prosecution tactics. The documentary reveals brutal details about the Manson murders ...