40 Facts About Charles Manson, the Notrious Cult-leader

40 Facts About Charles Manson, the Notrious Cult-leader

Tim Flight - September 1, 2019

40 Facts About Charles Manson, the Notrious Cult-leader
The Indianapolis News on March 7, 1949, reports on Manson’s sentence. IndyStar

31. Manson was sent to another juvenile facility, but escaped to spend weeks breaking the law

The law caught up with Manson within a few weeks, after he was caught riding a stolen bike. The sympathetic judge sent him to the famous Boys Town facility, the subject of a Hollywood movie starring Mickey Rooney, but after just 4 days inside, Manson and an accomplice escaped, stole a car, and committed a few armed robberies. The youngsters eventually wound up committing burglaries on behalf of the other boy’s Fagin-like uncle. On their third job, they were caught escaping through a skylight, and arrested. Manson escaped the very same night, letting 30 others free with him.

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