This harmless-looking boy grew up to be one of the most evil men in history! – Story Of The Day!

As we reflect on the carnage associated with the Manson name, we must look beyond the spectacle and into the source. The boy in the photograph was once just a child who needed a home, a name, and a reason to believe in the goodness of others. Because he found none of those things, the world eventually had to reckon with the man he became. The tragedy of Charles Manson is not just what he did to his victims, but what a broken world did to the boy he used to be, and the terrifying reality that the same machinery of neglect is still in operation today.