Proxy murder Charles Manson and the Manson Family Murders. Manson was the leader of the Manson Family cult that resided in California in the late 1960s. In 1969, the Manson Family committed nine murders across a five-week span. One of the more notable people murdered was actress Sharon Tate. Charles Manson did not commit any of the murders himself, but instructed the members of the Manson family to do it instead. In 1971, Manson was convicted on the charge of conspiracy. The court ruled that Manson had as much guilt tied to him with that of his followers. Manson had been sentenced
Charles L. Manson House Charles L. Manson House The Charles L. Manson House is a Frank Lloyd Wright designed home in Wausau, Wisconsin. Built over two years (1938 - 1941) for a successful local insurance agent, the Charles and Dorothy Manson House is among Wright’s Usonian designs. The home uses a square unit system, but introduces 30 and 60 degree angles to eliminate right angle corners. However, the strong horizontal line of the house descending three levels down the sloping wooded lot has the silhouette of Wright’s Prairie School houses. Typical of Usonians, the walls are sandwich compositions of plywood and tidewater red cypress