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Charles Manson
Cult leader Charles Manson being transported to a courthouse in Independence, California, 1969.
After Charles Manson was released from prison in 1967, he initially moved to the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, where he began gathering followers.12
The group eventually relocated to the Los Angeles area. During their time there, the Family lived for a period at a house rented by Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. By August 1968, the group moved to Spahn Ranch, a dilapidated former film set.1