Susan Atkins is notorious for her criminal past. For committing heinous crimes, she was arrested and sentenced to death, which was later replaced by life imprisonment.
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Biography
Susan was born in 1948 in California, the town of San Gabriel. The family was large and dysfunctional, parents abused alcohol and cared for children poorly.
At school, Susan was a quiet and “self-absorbed” child, she sang in a choir club, and after class in the choir of a local church.
In 1963, the girl’s mother died of oncology. My father did not have a permanent job, and he traveled with his children all over the country in search of work.
Edward Atkins eventually arrived with his family in Los Banos, California. He got a job working on the construction of the San Luis Dam, and left the children to himself. Susan soon found work to support herself and her brother. From time to time, distant relatives took care of the children.
My father often drank and was frustrated by children, so becoming an older girl, she dropped out of school and left for San Francisco in search of a better life. She worked in various industries, was an office clerk, secretary and even tried to make a career as a dancer - stripper.
During this period, the founder of the Church of Satan, Anton Sandor LaVey, met her, it was with him that Susan danced in a show called "Witches' Saturday."
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The first problems with the law for the girl arose in 1966. She was arrested for illegal possession of weapons, as well as for the purchase of stolen goods and robbery. Three months later, she was released on probation.
Manson family
In 1967, Susan met with musician Charles Manson. This happened in the house in which Atkins lived with her friends. After a couple of weeks, a police raid visited their home, as a result, Susan was on the street.
Manson invited the girl to his group, which he gathered for a summer trip. Atkins agreed and for creativity received the pseudonym Sadie May Glatz.
Gradually, the company grew and became the "Manson family." They stopped at a ranch in San Fernando (Southern California). Here, on October 7, 1968, Atkins gave birth to a son, whom Manson named Zesozous Zadfrack Glatz. After being arrested, Susan was deprived of parental rights, and the boy was given a new name and given to a new family for adoption.
In the "family" were very free morals, violence and crime were welcomed.