The song "Helter Skelter" from the "The Beatles" (the White album) is supposed to have set him off or motivated him to commit the Tate murders. A "Helter Skelter" is a fairground ride, but Manson interpreted it something different. He also seems to have read something into "Piggies" that was not there. George Harrison says that in "Piggies", he was only having a swipe at the greed of the middle and upper classes in England.
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Charles Manson.
Peter Manson was born in 1969.
Marilyn Manson by far. Disturbed is just a regular group. Manson is an icon.
Lynnette "Squeaky" Fromme was one of Charles Manson's followers who would attempt to assassinate US President Gerald Ford on September 5, 1975.
No, it's been a silly rumor since the late 90's. Manson has said himself that it is not true.