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Charles Manson and the perversion of the American dream

  • Written by William McKeen, Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Boston University
imageCharles Manson leaves a Los Angeles courtroom in March 1970.George Brich/AP Photo

When Charles Manson died in November 2017, his name carried weight even among those who weren’t alive when he committed his crimes.

For decades, Manson was the symbol of evil, a real-life boogeyman who loomed as the American conception of wickedness incarnate....

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